Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the

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. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the

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, the city is a gateway to

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and northeastern states of India. Alipurduar was a sub-divisional town of

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is loca ...

district until 2007 when it was created a separate district.

Geography

Location

Alipurduar is located at .

Area overview

Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the

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in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the

in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in the urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of

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people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district.

Demographics

In the 2011 census, Alipurduar

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had a population of 127,342, out of which 64,898 were males and 62,444 were females. The 0–6 years population was 10,545. Effective literacy rate for the 7+ population was 89.16 per cent.

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, Alipurduar had a population of 73,047. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Alipurduar has an average literacy rate of 78%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 54% of the males and 46% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Municipality

Education

Schools

* St. Joseph's High School * Little Flowers English School * Railway Higher Secondary School * Stepping Stone Model School * Techno India Group Public School * M. C. William Higher Secondary School * Alipurduar High School * Alipurduar Girls' High School * Alipurduar Newtown Girls' High School * Kendriya Vidyalaya * St. Xavier's School *Jitpur Higher Secondary School * Shyamaprsad Vidyamandir Boys & Girls * Alipurduar Gobinda High School * Rabikanta High School

Colleges

* Alipurduar University * Alipurduar Mahila Mahavidyalaya (affiliated with

University of North Bengal University of North Bengal (abbreviated as NBU) is a public state collegiate major research university in North Bengal region of West Bengal, which is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Be ...

) * Vivekananda College, Alipurduar (affiliated with

) * Industrial Training Institute (ITI),

Birpara Birpara is a census town in Alipurduar I CD block in Alipurduar subdivision of Alipurduar district, West Bengal, India. Geography Location Birpara is located at . Area overview Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensi ...

* Nani Bhattacharya Smarak Mahavidyalaya,

Jaigaon Jaigaon is a census town in Alipurduar subdivision under Kalchini Block of Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located on the country's border with Bhutan, and ''Bhutan Gate'' separates the two countries. Phuentsholing ...

* Birpara College,

* Falakata College,

Falakata Falakata is a city and a municipality, lying near Jaldhaka River in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Falakata is located at It has an average elevation of 88 m ...

* Sahid Kshudiram Mahavidyalaya, Uttar Kamakhyaguri * Samuktala Sidhu Kanhu College * Falakata Polytechnic * Lilabati Mahavidyalaya * Pijushkanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya

Institute

* Industrial Training Institute Note: The map presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

References

External links

Official website of Alipurduar Municipality

Official website of Alipurduar district
* {{Authority control Cities and towns in Alipurduar district Cities in West Bengal