Paschim Medinipur district or West Midnapore district (also known as Midnapore West) is one of the districts of the state of

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. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the

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into Paschim Medinipur and

Purba Medinipur Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative ...

. On 4 April 2017, the Jhargram subdivision was converted into a district. GDP of West Midnapore district is 12 billion USD.

Geography

Paschim Medinipur, located in the south-western part of West Bengal, was created with the partition of the erstwhile Midnapore district, then the largest district of India, on 1 January 2002. It ranks second in terms of geographical area (9,295.28 km²) amongst the districts of the state, next to South 24-Parganas (9,960 km²). It ranks third in terms of rural population (4.58 million) following South 24-Parganas (5.82 million) and Murshidabad (5.13 million). It ranked fourth in terms of percentage of tribal population (14.87) following Jalpaiguri (18.87), Purulia (18.27) and Dakshin Dinajpur (16.12) in 2011. Broadly speaking, there are two natural divisions of the district.

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and NH 16 (old numbering NH 60) from Bankura to Balasore, cuts across the district and roughly is the dividing line between the two natural divisions. To the east of this road, the soil is fertile alluvial and the area is flat. To the west, the

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gradually slopes down creating an undulating area with infertile laterite rocks and soil. The landscape changes from dense dry deciduous forests in the west to marshy wetlands in the east. The alluvial portion may be further subdivided into two divisions. First, it is a strip of purely deltaic country nearer to the Hooghly and the Rupnarayan, intersected by numerous rivers and watercourses subject to tidal influences. Second, it is rest of the eastern half of the district. It is a monotonous rice plain with numerous waterways and tidal creeks intersecting it. The tidal creeks are lined with embankments to prevent flooding of the fields. Much of the area is water-logged.

Floods and drought

Paschim Medinipur district is subject to both

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s and

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. Ghatal and parts of Kharagpur subdivision covering an area of are flood prone. Water logging during the rainy season affects Ghatal and the southern parts of Kharagpur subdivision and results in loss of crops in such areas as Sabang, Pingla and Narayangarh CD Blocks. Medinipur Sadar subdivision is drought prone. Although the district is away from the sea, cyclones hit it frequently in October–November.

Major cities and towns

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is the district headquarters.

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision. It is the largest, most populated, multicultural and cosmop ...

is the largest city in the district. Other important towns and cities in the district include:

Ghatal Ghatal is a city and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Ghatal subdivision. History In ancient times, when Tamralipta was an active port, Ghatal had its own ‘Bandar’ (port), 3&n ...

, Belda,

Chandrakona Chandrakona is a town and a municipality in the Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. The city is located between Ghatal and Garhbeta. The king – Chandraketu was the founder of the kingdom of Ch ...

, Ramjibanpur,

Garbeta Garbeta is a census town in the Garhbeta I CD block in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is on the bank of the Shilabati. ''Gar'' in Bengali means a nullah. The boundary ...

Balichak Balichak is a census town in the Debra CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Balichak is located at . It has an average elevation of 12 metres ( ...

Dantan Dantan is a village in the Dantan I CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Dantan is located at . Area overview Kharagpur subdivision, shown partly in ...

, Mohanpur,

Keshiari Keshiari (also spelled ''Keshiary'') is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Keshiari CD block is a large ...

Keshpur Keshpur is a village in the Keshpur CD block in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Keshpur is located at . Area overview Paschim Medinipur district (be ...

, Narayangarh, Sabang,

Daspur Daspur is a village, with a police station, in Daspur I CD Block in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. History Daspur is a very old establishment, British made their barrack in this area in e ...

Goaltore Goaltore, also spelled Goaltor, is a village in the Garhbeta II CD block in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India. Geography Location Goaltore is located at . Area overview There are large f ...

, Debra

Villages

Paschim Medinipur district is home to the most villages of any district in India. The 2011 census lists Paschim Medinipur as having 8,694 villages, of which 7,600 are populated, and 1,094 are uninhabited. The district with the next highest number of villages, Mayurbhanj, in the state of

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, has 3,950 villages, 3,751 of which are inhabited.

Economy and politics

In 2006 the

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named Paschim Medinipur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the eleven districts in West Bengal currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). 106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being part of

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activities, constitute the Red corridor. In West Bengal the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor. However, as of July 2016, there has been no reported incidents of

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related activities from these districts for the previous 4 years. In the period 2009–2011 LWE violence resulted in more than 500 deaths and a similar number missing in Paschim Medinipur district.

Divisions

Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Administrative subdivisions

The district comprises three subdivisions: Kharagpur, Medinipur Sadar and Ghatal. Kharagpur subdivision consists of

municipality and ten community development blocks: Dantan–I, Dantan–II, Pingla, Kharagpur–I, Kharagpur–II, Sabang, Mohanpur, Narayangarh, Keshiari and Debra. Medinipur Sadar subdivision consists of

municipality and six community development blocks: Medinipur Sadar, Garhbeta–I, Garhbeta–II, Garhbeta–III, Keshpur and Shalboni. Ghatal subdivision consists of five municipalities ( Ramjibanpur,

Khirpai Khirpai, also known as Kshirpai, is a city and a municipality in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. The city is situated between Ghatal and Chandrakona, near the banks of the rivers Shi ...

, Kharar and

) and five community development blocks: Chandrakona–I, Chandrakona–II, Daspur–I, Daspur–II and Ghatal.

is the district headquarters. There are 28 police stations, 21 development blocks, 7 municipalities and 290

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

s in this district. Other than municipality area, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 11 urban units: 7 municipalities and 4

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Kharagpur subdivision

* One municipality:

. * Dantan I community development block consists of rural areas with 9 gram panchayats and one

: Chaulia * Dantan II community development block consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats. * Pingla community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. * Kharagpur I community development block consists of rural areas with 7 gram panchayats and two census towns:

Kharagpur Railway Settlement Kharagpur Railway Settlement is a census town in the Kharagpur I CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Kharagpur Railway Settlement is located at . ...

and Kalaikunda. * Kharagpur II community development block consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats. * Sabang community development block consists of rural areas only with 13 gram panchayats. * Mohanpur community development block consists of rural areas only with 5 gram panchayats. * Narayangarh community development block consists of rural areas with 16 gram panchayats and one census town: Deuli. *

community development block consists of only rural areas with 9 gram panchayats. *

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community development block consists of rural areas with 14 gram panchayats and one census town:

Medinipur Sadar subdivision

* One municipality:

. * Midnapore Sadar community development block consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats. *

Garhbeta I Garhbeta I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography In Garhbeta I CD block 85% of the cultivated area has a ...

community development block consists of rural areas with 12 gram panchayats and two census towns:

and

Amlagora Amlagora is a census town in the Garhbeta I CD block in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Amlagora is located at . Area overview Paschim Medinipur dist ...

* Garhbeta II community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. * Garhbeta III community development block consists of rural areas with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns: Durllabhganj, Dwari Geria and Naba Kola. *

community development block consists of rural areas only with 15 gram panchayats. *

Salboni Salboni (also written as Salbani) is a village in the Salboni CD block, in the Medinipur Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Salboni is the location of one of the Reserve Bank of India curr ...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats.

Ghatal subdivision

* Five municipalities: Ramjibanpur,

, Kharar and

. * Chandrakona I community development block consists of rural areas only with 6 gram panchayats. *

Chandrakona II Chandrakona II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography In Chandrakona II CD block is a flat deltaic country intersec ...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 6 gram panchayats. *

Daspur I Daspur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography In Daspur I CD block, the area is a flat deltaic country inters ...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. *

Daspur II Daspur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ghatal subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography In Daspur II CD block, the area is a flat deltaic country inters ...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 14 gram panchayats. *

community development block consists of rural areas only with 12 gram panchayats.

Assembly Constituencies

There are 15 assembly constituencies in Paschim Medinipur district. They belong to four Lok Sabha constituencies. Medinipur and

constituencies both comprise six constituencies of Paschim Medinipur district and one from Purba Medinipur district. Jhargram constituency contains two constituencies of Paschim Medinipur district, while

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contains one constituency.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Paschim Medinipur district has a

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of 5,913,457, roughly equal to the nation of

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or the US state of

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. This gives it a ranking of 14th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 14.44%. Paschim Medinipur has a

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of 960

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for every 1000 males, and a

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of 79.04%. After bifurcation the district had a population of 4,776,909. In the divided district, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 892,763 (18.69%) and 546,167 (11.43%) of the population respectively.

Religion

Hindus are the majority population.

Language

At the time of the 2011 census, 87.15% spoke

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, 6.29% Santali and 2.49%

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as their first language. Other languages spoken in the district include

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Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Koda.

Culture

Tourism

Aatchala Khargesvara Temple at Kshirpai of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal 01

* Patachitra Village (Naya, Pingla) * Gopegarh Heritage Park * Hatibari Forest banglow and Jhilli Pakhiralay * Gurguripal Heritage Park * Parimalkanan park, CKT * Gangani Garhbeta * Rameshwar Temple, near Rohini (On the bank of Subarnarekha river with nearby green forest called Tapoban) * Gourya Temple, near Kharagpur * Bisnu Temple, Kultikri * Rashikananda Memorial, Rohini * Mogolmari Boudhabihar, Mogolmari, Dantan * Prayag Film City, Midnapore Film City or Chandrakona Film City at Chandrakona Road

Notable personalities

* Khudiram Bose – Mohobani, situated under the Keshpur Police Station in the Medinipur. One of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement. *

Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE ( bn, ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর; 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. ...

– Birsingha, a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. He was a philosopher, academic educator, writer, translator, printer, publisher, entrepreneur, reformer and philanthropist. *

Rajnarayan Basu Rajnarayan Basu ({1826–1899) was an Indian writer and intellectual of the Bengal Renaissance. He was born in Boral in 24 Parganas and studied at the Hare School and Hindu College, in Kolkata, Bengal. A monotheist at heart, Rajnarayan Basu c ...

, writer and proponent of Young Bengal movement.He served as the headmaster of Midnapore Zilla School (later known as Midnapore Collegiate School) which was also the forerunner of Midnapore College. * Hemchandra Kanungo, an Indian nationalist and a member of the Anushilan Samiti.He was one of the creators of the Calcutta flag, based on which the first flag of independent India * Birendranath Sasmal, social activista lawyer and political leader. He was known as Deshpran because of his work for the country and for his efforts in the Swadeshi movement. He was born in Contai, in undivided Midnapore district. *

Satish Chandra Samanta Satish Chandra Samanta (15 December 1900 – 4 June 1983) was an Indian independence movement activist and a member of the Lok Sabha from 1952–77. At the age of 15 he was influenced by his guru, Swami Prajnanananda Saraswati and adopted the li ...

, social activist * Nirmal Jibon Ghosh, revolutionary *

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy ( bn, হোসেন শহীদ সোহ্‌রাওয়ার্দী; ur, ; 8 September 18925 December 1963) was a Bengali barrister and politician. He served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 ...

, Chief Minister of Bengal during British period, Prime Minister of Pakistan and founder of the Awami League * Narayan Chandra Rana, Rana has left his mark in many branches of Astrophysics and in Amateur Astronomy in India. *

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– Midnapore * Mahasweta Devi, writer and Magsaysay Award winner *

Byomkes Chakrabarti Byomkes Chakrabarti (also spelled Byomkesh Chakraborty or Byomkesh Chakrabarty) (1923–1981) was a Bengali research worker on ethnic languages. He was also a educationist and a poet. His major contribution to linguistics was in finding out som ...

, Linguist, writer and poet - Kharar & Jhargram *

Souhardya De Souhardya De (born 2004) is an Indian writer, columnist, and podcaster, from Midnapore, West Bengal. He is a columnist for the ''Sunday Guardian'' and a recipient of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, a civilian award for Indian citizens ...

, Orientalist and Bal Puraskar recipient 2021 *

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, Indian business journalist * Anirban Bhattacharya, actor in Tollywood movies

Education

Universities and colleges

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* Ambigeria Government College * Belda College * Bhatter College * Chaipat S.P.B. Mahavidyalaya *Chandrakona Vidyasagar Mahavidyalaya *

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* Dr B C Roy Institute of Medical Sciences & Research *

Garhbeta College Garhbeta College is a co-educational college situated in Garhbeta, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. It was established in the year 1948 and offers undergraduate education. The college is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. History Garhbet ...

* Gourav Guin Memorial College * Government General Degree College, Mohanpur * Government General Degree College, Keshiary *

Hijli College Hijli College is an undergraduate, coeducational college situated in Hijli, near Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, and West Bengal. It was established in the year 1995. The college is under Vidyasagar University. Hijli College started functionin ...

* IIT Kharagpur * Institute of Science & Technology * K.D. College of Commerce and General Studies *

Kharagpur College Kharagpur College, established in 1949, is one of the Heritage Colleges in Paschim Medinipur. It offers Undergraduate & Postgraduate courses in Arts, Commerce and Science. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. Popularly known as ''Inda Col ...

* Keshiary Government College * Kharagpur Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital *

Midnapore College Midnapore College, established in 1873, is the oldest college in Midnapore, in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in arts and sciences. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. ...

(Autonomous) (formerly known as Day college) * Midnapore City College * Midnapore Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital * Midnapore Law College * Midnapore Medical College and Hospital *

Oriental Institute of Science and Technology Oriental Institute of Science & Technology (OIST) is a private engineering college located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, owned by the private group "Oriental Group of Institutes". It is affiliated with the Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwa ...

* Narajole Raj College *Paramedical College * Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya * Raja Narendra Lal Khan Women's College * Sabang Sajanikanta Mahavidyalaya * Salboni Government College * Sankrail Anil Biswas Smriti Mahavidyalaya * Santal Bidroha Sardha Satabarsiki Mahavidyalaya * Medinipur Sadar Government Polytechnic * Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya *

Vidyasagar Teachers' Training College, Midnapore Vidyasagar Teachers' Training College, Midnapore (VTTC), also known as Midnapore B.Ed. College, is a B.Ed. college situated in Midnapore, West Bengal. It was established in 1968. The college, under West Bengal University of Teachers' Training, ...

Vidyasagar University Vidyasagar University was established by an Act of the West Bengal legislature which was notified in the '' Calcutta Gazette'' on 24 June 1981. It is an affiliating university in Paschim Medinipur district of southern West Bengal, India. It ...

Vivekananda Satavarshiki Mahavidyalaya Vivekananda Satavarshiki Mahavidyalaya, also known as Manikpara College, established in 1964, is a college in Manikpara, in Jhargram district, Jhargram District. It offers undergraduate courses both honours and general courses in arts, commerc ...

* P G Institute of Medical Sciences, Chandrakona Town

Healthcare

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the subdivision-wise medical facilities available and patients treated, after the separation of Jhargram, in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Paschim Medinipur district. *Excluding nursing homes

Notes

References

External links

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Map of old Medinipur district (district has now been split)
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