Bolpur Subdivision is an administrative subdivision of

Birbhum district Birbhum district () is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the northernmost district of Burdwan division—one of the five administrative divisions of West Bengal. The district headquarters is in Suri. Other impo ...

in the state of

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Overview

Bolpur subdivision is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, a sub-micro physiographic region. It covers the

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s of the Mayurakshi and Ajay, in the south-eastern part of the district. This area exhibits somewhat upland topography sloping from north-west to south-east.

Geography

Subdivisions

Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Administrative units

Bolpur subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 40 gram panchayats, 621

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s, 579 inhabited villages, 1

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and 4

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s. The municipality is:

Bolpur Bolpur is a city and a municipality in Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bolpur subdivision. Bolpur municipal area includes Santiniketan. The city is known as a cultural and educational hub of ...

. The census towns are: Ilambazar,

Surul Surul is a census town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Surul is a village adjacent to Visva-Bharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore. A major part ...

, Parota and Labhpur. The subdivision has its headquarters at

Police stations

Police stations in Bolpur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:

Blocks

Community development blocks in Bolpur subdivision are:

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 40 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks: * Bolpur Sriniketan block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Bahiri–Panchshowa, Raipur–Supur, Sarpalehana–Albandha, Singhee,

Kankalitala Kankalitala is a temple town in Bolpur Sriniketan CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location It is located about from Bolpur on the Bolpur– Labhpur road. It is situ ...

, Ruppur, Kasba, Sattor and Sian Muluk. * Ilambazar block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Batikar, Ghurisha, Mongoldihi, Belati, Illambazar, Nanasole, Dharampur, Joydev–Kenduli and Sirsha. * Labpur block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bipratikuri, Dwaraka, Jamna, Labpur–II, Chauhatta–Mahodari–I, Hatia, Kurunnahar, Thiba, Chauhatta & Mahodari –II, Indus and Labpur. *

Nanoor Nanoor (also spelt Nanur, called Chandidas Nanoor), is a village in Nanoor CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal. Nanoor is the birthplace of 14th century lyric poet Chandidas of '' Vaishnava Padavali'' fame. It i ...

block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bara Saota, Daskalgram–Kareya–I, Chandidas Nanoor, Daskalgram–Kareya–II, Kirnahar–II, Kirnahar–I, Thupsara, Uchkaran, Charkalgram, Jalundi and Nawanagar Kadda.

Education

Birbhum district had a literacy rate of 70.68% as per the provisional figures of the census of 2011. Rampurhat subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.12%, Suri Sadar subdivision 71.16% and Bolpur subdivision 72.71%. Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Birbhum district, with data for the year 2013-14: The following institutions are located in Bolpur subdivision: *

Visva-Bharati Visva-Bharati (IAST: ''Viśva-Bhāratī''), () is a public central university and an Institute of National Importance located in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India. It was founded by Rabindranath Tagore who called it ''Visva-Bharati'', which ...

was founded by

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

Santiniketan Shantiniketan (IPA: Help:IPA/Bengali, �antiniketɔn is a neighbourhood of Bolpur town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in West Bengal, India, approximately 152 km north of Kolkata. It was established by Maharshi Devendra ...

in 1921. It was declared a central university and an “institution of national importance” in 1951. * Bolpur College was established at

in 1950. * Purni Devi Chaudhuri Girls' College was established at Bolpur in 2004. * Bengal Institute of Technology & Management (BITM), a private engineering college on Santiniketan-Sriniketan Bypass, PO Dwaranda, was established in 2001. * Santiniketan Institute of Polytechnic (SIP), a polytechnic college on Tatarpur, Muluk, Bolpur-Santiniketan, Birbhum, was established in 2010. * Sambhunath College was established at Labhpur in 1963. * Chandidas Mahavidyalaya was established at Khujutipara in 1972. * Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya was established at Ilambazar in 2007.

Healthcare

Medical facilities in Bolpur subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
Bolpur Subdivisional Hospital,

, well known as Sian Hospital, 125 beds
Pearson Memorial Hospital,

, 50 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)
Labpur Rural Hospital, Labpur CD Block, Labhpur, 30 beds
Nanoor Rural Hospital, Nanoor CD Block,

, 30 beds
Ilambazar Rural Hospital, Ilambazar CD Block, Ilambazar, 30 beds Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)
Bolpur Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block,

, 60 beds Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)
Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block: Panchsowa (6), Sattore Kasba (PO Sattore) (10), Supur (PO Rajatpur) (10)
Labpur CD Block: Bipratikuri (6), Dwaraka (6), Ramkrishnapur (PO Brahamanigram) (6), Thiba (10), Abhadanga (6)
Nanoor CD Block: Banagram (PO Nanoor) (6), Khujutipara (10),

Kirnahar Kirnahar is a village in Nanoor CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Kirnahar is located at . It has an average elevation of . Kirnahar is located in the south-eastern ...

(10)
Ilambazar CD Block: Batikar (10),

Jaydev Kenduli Jaydev Kenduli is a village and gram panchayat in khoyrasol community development block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum District in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is believed to be the birthplace of Jayadeva, an issue that is still d ...

(6)

Electoral constituencies

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(parliamentary) and

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(state assembly) constituencies in Bolpur subdivision were as follows:

References

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