Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the
Cooch Behar district
Cooch Behar district (), also known as Koch Bihar district, is one of the List of districts of West Bengal, 23 districts of the state of West Bengal in India. The district is the part of Jalpaiguri division, Jalpaiguri Division. Cooch Behar ci ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Subdivisions
Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
Administrative units
Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision has 1 police station, 2 community development blocks, 2 panchayat samitis, 28 gram panchayats, 259
mouza
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s, 253 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 8
census town
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India
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s. The municipality is:
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar (), also known as Koch Bihar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on bank of the Torsa river. The city is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the ...
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar (), also known as Koch Bihar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on bank of the Torsa river. The city is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the ...
.
Police stations
Police stations in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Blocks
Community development blocks in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision are:
Cooch Behar I
Cooch Behar I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Guriahati, one of the constituent pan ...
block consists of 15 gram panchayats, viz. Chandamari, Falimari, Haribhanga, Patchhara, Chilkirhat, Ghughumari, Jiranpur, Putimari–Fuleswari, Dauaguri, Guriahati–I, Moyamari, Deoanhat, Guriahati–II, Panisala and Suktabari.
* Cooch Behar II block consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Ambari, Dhangdhinguri, Madhupur, Takagachh–Rajarhat, Baneswar, Gopalpur, Marichbari–Kholta, Bararangras, Khagrabari, Patlakhawa, Chakchaka, Khapaidanga and Pundibari.
Education
The table below presents a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Cooch Behar district, with data for the year 2012–13.
Note: Primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar (), also known as Koch Bihar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on bank of the Torsa river. The city is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the ...
satellite campus
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Cooch Behar College
Cooch Behar College is an undergraduate college located in Cooch Behar, in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was established in 1970 and offers Bachelor's Degree in Science (BSC),Commerce (B.Com) and Arts (BA). The college is affiliated to ...
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2013 in Cooch Behar district, with data for the year 2012–13.:
.* Excluding nursing homes.
Medical facilities
Medical facilities in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
*M.J.N. Hospital (District Hospital),
Cooch Behar
Cooch Behar (), also known as Koch Bihar, is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal and it stands on bank of the Torsa river. The city is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. During the British Raj, Cooch Behar was the seat of the ...
M, 400 beds
*Cooch Behar Jail Hospital, Cooch Behar M, 10 beds
*Cooch Behar Police Hospital, Cooch Behar M, 30 beds
*J.D.Hospital (TB), Cooch Behar II, 120 beds
*New Cooch Behar Railway Hospital, Cooch Behar II, 2 beds
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
*Dewanhat Rural Hospital, Cooch Behar I CD block, Dewanhat, 30 beds
*Pundibari Rural Hospital, Cooch Behar II block, Pundibari, 30 beds
Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)
*Cooch Behar I CD block: Putimari Phuleswari (PO Patpushu) (10), Chilkirhat (6)
*Cooch Behar II CD block: Patlakhawa (6), Bokalir Math (4), Gopalpur (10), Kaljani (4)
Legislative segments
As per order of the
Delimitation Commission
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in respect of the
delimitation of constituencies
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Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)
Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Cooch Behar in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 1 Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency are in Cooch Behar di ...