Paschim Medinipur (English: ''West Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is one of the districts of the state of

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. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur and

Purba Medinipur 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 divisions of West Bengal. The ...

. On 4 April 2017, the

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subdivision was upgraded to 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 Midnapore (Pron: mad̪aːniːpur), or sometimes Medinipur, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Midnapore. On 1 January 2002, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namely Purba Medinipur ...

, 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. NH 14 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

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...

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

Midnapore Medinipur or Midnapore is a city known for its history in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the West Medinipur district. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as ''Kasai'' and ''Cossye''). ...

is the district headquarters.

Kharagpur Kharagpur () is a semi- planned urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Kharagpur subdivision and the largest city of the district. It is located 1 ...

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

Salboni Salboni (also written as Shalbani, 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 I ...

Ghatal Ghatal is a town and a municipality in Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. Earlier it was part of Hooghly District in 1872 it was merged with Medinipur district. It is the headquarters of the Ghatal subdivision. History In ancien ...

Belda Belda is a town in the Narayangarh CD block in the Kharagpur subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal, India. Geography Location Belda is located at . It has an average elevation of 12 metres (42 feet). It i ...

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. Chandraketu was the founder of the kingdom of Chandrakona. In ...

Ramjibanpur Ramjibanpur is a city and a municipality in the Ghatal subdivision of the Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Ramjibanpur is located at , at an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet). ...

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 river. in Bengali means a nullah. The boundary o ...

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 (42 ...

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 th ...

, 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 largely infer ...

Keshpur Keshpur is a village in the Keshpur CD block of Ghatal 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 di ...

, 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. Previously a part of Hooghly District, later in 1872 it was merged with Medinipur district. ...

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 ...

and

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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 uninhabited. The district with the next highest number of villages,

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, in the state of

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, has 3,950 villages, 3,751 of which are inhabited. * Jahalda * Narma * Pachakhali * Rajkushma

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

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). 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 Red corridor designates the districts of India which has the presence and influence of Naxalites. As of March 2025, the corridor encompasses 18 districts across seven states, predominantly in Central and East India. History The Naxalite� ...

. 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 (

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. Earlier it was part of Hooghly. The city is situated between Ghatal and Chandrakona, n ...

, 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 panchayats 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 Dantan I 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. History According to some, the name is derived from '' Dandabhukti'', w ...

community development block consists of rural areas with 9 gram panchayats and one

: Chaulia *

Dantan II Dantan II 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. History Archaeological excavations at Moghalmari have revealed the exi ...

community development block consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats. *

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

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

Kharagpur I Kharagpur I 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. It is located 14 km from Midnapore, the district headquarters. ...

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 . Are ...

and Kalaikunda. *

Kharagpur II Kharagpur II 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. Kharagpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this blo ...

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. *

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 Garhbeta II 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. History Red corridor 106 districts spanning 10 states across Indi ...

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

Garhbeta III Garhbeta III 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 III CD block 95% of the cultivated area ha ...

community development block consists of rural areas with 8 gram panchayats and three census towns:

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

, Dwari Geria and Naba Kola. *

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

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

Ghatal subdivision

* Five municipalities:

, Kharar and

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

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 Medinipur or Midnapore is a city known for its history in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the West Medinipur district. It is situated on the banks of the Kangsabati River (variously known as ''Kasai'' and ''Cossye''). ...

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

). The district has a population density of . Its

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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%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes collectively account for 33.96% (SC: 19.08% and ST: 14.88%) of the district's total population. The prominent communities in this group, in terms of the district's total population, are

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(9.05%),

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/Duley (6.27%),

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(1.65%),

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(1.33%),

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(1.3%),

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(1.13%), Jalia Kaibartta (1.02%), Lodha/ Kharia (0.88%), Dhoba (0.83%), Hari/Mehtar (0.81%), Bauri (0.76%), Mal (0.6%), Dom (0.56%),

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(0.53%),

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(0.53%), Kora (0.49%), Rajbanshi (0.43%), Pan/Sawasi (0.38%), Sunri (excluding Saha) (0.34%), Keot/Keyot (0.33%), Kandra (0.31%), Savar (0.31%), Rajwar (0.26%), Ho (0.25%),

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(0.24%), Kadar (0.23%),

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(0.22%),

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(0.21%), Khaira (0.2%), and Pod/Poundra (0.19%). After bifurcation, the district had a population of 4,776,909, of which 655,250 (13.72%) live in urban areas. The divided district has a sex ratio of 963 females per 1000 males. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 892,763 (18.69%) and 546,167 (11.43%) of the population, respectively.

Religion

Language

At the 2011 census, 87.15% spoke

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, 6.29% Santali, 2.49%

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and 0.93%

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

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, Kudmali/Kurmali, Mundari and

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Culture

Tourism

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

There are many tourist attractions in the district: * Patachitra Village (Naya, Pingla) * Gopegarh Heritage Park * Hatibari Forest banglow and Jhilli Pakhiralay * Gurguripal Heritage Park * Parimalkanan park, CKT * Gangani Garhbeta *Kriya Yoga Ashram, Chaipat Satmatha *Raj Rajeswar Temple, Chaipat * 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 * Birthplace of Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, Birsingha Village * Mogolmari Boudhabihar, Mogolmari, Dantan * Prayag Film City, Midnapore Film City or Chandrakona Film City at Chandrakona Road

Education

Universities and colleges

Main Building - Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur - West Midnapore 2013-01-26 3685

Gate 1 - Vidyasagar University - West Midnapore - 2015-02-25 6166

* Ambigeria Government College * Belda College * Bhatter College * Chaipat S.P.B. Mahavidyalaya * Debra Thana Sahid Kshudiram Smriti Mahavidyalaya * 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 Garhbeta ...

Gourav Guin Memorial College Gourav Guin Memorial College, also known as Chandrakona Road College, established in 2008, is a college in Chandrakona Road, in Paschim Medinipur district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and Social sciences. It is affiliated to Vidy ...

Government General Degree College, Mohanpur Government General Degree College, Mohanpur , also known as Mohanpur College, established in 2015, is the government degree college in Mohanpur, Paschim Medinipur district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts and science. It is affiliat ...

* Government General Degree College, Keshiary * Hijli College *

IIT Kharagpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT-KGP) is a public institute of technology, research university, and autonomous institute established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal. Founded in 1951, the in ...

* Institute of Science & Technology * K.D. College of Commerce and General Studies * Kharagpur College * Keshiary Government College * Kharagpur Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital * Midnapore College (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 * Narajole Raj 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 Medinipur Sadar Government Polytechnic, established in 2016, is a government polytechnic located in Midnapore, West Bengal. About college It is affiliated with the West Bengal State Council of Technical Education, and recognized by AICTE ...

* Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya * Vidyasagar Teachers' Training College, Midnapore *

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* Vivekananda Satavarshiki Mahavidyalaya

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

Notable people

Serajuddin Ahmad Serajuddin Ahmad was a Bengali politician. Early life and education Ahmad was born into a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Krishnapur in the Midnapore district of the Bengal Presidency. Career Ahmad contested in the 1946 Bengal Legisla ...

, MLA for Midnapore *

Syed Shah Mehr Ali Alquadri Al Baghdadi Syed Shah Mehr Ali Alquadri Al Baghdadi, commonly known as "Syedena Aala Huzur", was a famous saint of Bengal. He established Khanqah for promotion and propagation of Quadria Order. His shrine is a centre of pilgrims in Midnapore. Birth Syed Sh ...

(1808–1868), Sufi saint * Sheikh Siraj Ali, politician *

Tamal Bandyopadhyay Tamal Bandyopadhyay is an Indian business journalist, known for his weekly column on banking and finance Banker's Trust published in ''Business Standard'', a leading Indian business daily. He had started this column in ''Mint'', an Indian busines ...

, Indian business journalist *

Syed Shamsul Bari Syed Shamsul Bari is an Indian lawyer and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was the second MLA of Medinipur Assembly constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Early life and family Bari was born into a Bengali ...

, politician * Rajnarayan Basu, writer and proponent of Young Bengal movement *

Anirban Bhattacharya Anirban Bhattacharya (born 7 October 1986) is an Indian actor, theatre actor, singer and director. Bhattyacharya won ABP Ananda Sera Bangali Award in 2022. In 2017, Bhattacharya won WBFJA Awards for Best Promising Actor of The Year. Career H ...

, actor in Tollywood movies *

Khudiram Bose Khudiram Bose (also spelled ''Khudiram Basu'') (3 December 1889 – 11 August 1908) was an Indian nationalist from Bengal Presidency who opposed British rule of India. For his role in the Muzaffarpur Conspiracy Case, along with Prafull ...

, one of the youngest martyrs of the Indian Independence Movement. * Soumya Sankar Bose, Photographer *

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 some ...

, Linguist, writer and poet *

Ramapada Chowdhury Ramapada Chowdhury ( ) (28 December 1922 – 29 July 2018) was a Bengali-language novelist and short story writer in India. He was the longtime editor of ''Rabibashoriyo'', the Sunday supplement of ''Anandabazar Patrika''. His works are often se ...

, Bengali author and editor * Souhardya De, orientalist and Bal Puraskar recipient *

Mahasweta Devi Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)
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, writer and Magsaysay Award winner *

Nirmal Jibon Ghosh Nirmal Jiban Ghosh (5 January 1916 – 26 October 1934) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers. He was hanged on 26 October 1934 for the charge of assassination of Magistrate Burge. Family Ghosh was born in Dhamasin vi ...

, revolutionary * Sheikh Najmul Haque, six-term legislator *

Syed Moazzam Hossain Syed Moazzam Hossain is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Early life and family Hossain was born into a Bengali family of Muslim Syeds in Midnapore d ...

, politician * Sheikh Humayun Kabir, state minister *

Hemchandra Kanungo Hemchandra Das Kanungo (4 August 1871 – 8 April 1951) was an Indian nationalist and a member of the Anushilan Samiti. Kanungo travelled to Paris in 1907, where he learnt the technique of assembling picric acid bombs from exiled Russian revolu ...

, an Indian nationalist and prime organiser of

Anushilan Samiti () was an Indian fitness club, which was actually used as an underground society for anti-British revolutionaries. In the first quarter of the 20th century it supported revolutionary violence as the means for ending British rule in India. The ...

* Sheikh Jahangir Karim, teacher and politician *

Ghulam Faruque Khan Ghulam Faruque Khan HPk, CIE, OBE (7 October 1899 – 29 April 1992) was a Pakistani politician and businessman who was the founder of Ghulam Faruque Group. As a politician, he became Governor of East Pakistan and Federal Minister for Commerce ...

, politician and businessman * Selima Khatun, teacher and politician *

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, freedom fighter, former minister of West Bengal and

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* Moulana Muhammad Momtaz, Islamic scholar and politician *

Mohiuddin Nawab Mohiuddin Nawab () (4 September 1930 – 6 February 2016) was a Pakistani novelist, screenwriter, and poet. He is famous for his popular novel series, " Devta" that was episodically and continuously published in Suspense Digest from February 197 ...

, novelist, screenwriter and poet * Tawfique Nawaz, lawyer *

Anath Bondhu Panja Anathbandhu Panja (29 October 1911 – 2 September 1933) was an Indian revolutionary and member of the Bengal Volunteers who carried out assassinations against British colonial officials in an attempt to secure Indian independence. Early life ...

, freedom fighter, member of the

Bengal Volunteers Bengal Volunteers Corps was an underground revolutionary group against the British rule of India. The group was functional from its inception in 1928 to the Indian independence. The beginning Subhas Chandra Bose organised a group of voluntee ...

, martyred after successfully assassinating oppresive

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Bernard E. J. Burge. * Narayan Chandra Rana, scientist *

Suhrawardy family The Suhrawardy family with over nine hundred years of recorded history has been one of the oldest leading noble families and political dynasties of the Indian subcontinent and is regarded as an important influencer during the Bengali Renaiss ...

Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar Begum Badar un Nissa Akhtar (1894 -1956; Midnapore) was an Indian social reformer and educator from Cuttack, Odisha. She is known for challenging the stringent and orthodox societal norms and for encouraging and enabling Muslim girls to receiv ...

, social reformer **

Khujista Akhtar Banu Khujista Akhtar Banu Suhrawardiyya (also spelled as Khujastha Akhtar Banu) popularly known as Suhrawardy Begum was a late 19th century writer, Bengali socialite, educationist and a social reformer. Khujista was the first Indian woman to pass the ...

, writer and educationist **

Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy Sir Abdullah al-Mamun Suhrawardy (31 May 1877 – 13 January 1935) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, barrister, and academic. He was the Tagore Law Lecturer in 1911 and involved in notable educational work. Abdullah was the first Indian to attain ...

, Islamic scholar, barrister and academic **

Hasan Shaheed Suhrawardy Hasan Shahid Suhrawardy (; 24 October 1890 – 3 March 1965), also known as Shahid Suhrawardy was a Bengali diplomat, translator, poet and art critic. Family and education Shahid Suhrawardy's father, Sir Zahid Suhrawardy, was a Justice of the ...

, diplomat and poet **

Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an East Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1956 to 1957 and before that as the Prime Minister of Bengal from 1946 to ...

, Chief Minister of Bengal during British period, Prime Minister of Pakistan and founder of the Awami League **

Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy Ubaidullah Al Ubaidi Suhrawardy (, ; 1832 – 9 February 1885) was a Bengali Islamic scholar, educationist and writer from Midnapore. He is regarded as the Father of modern Islamic education in Bengal and was awarded with the title of ''Bahr ul ...

, Islamic scholar, educationist and author **

Zahid Suhrawardy Sir Zahid Suhrawardy (27 November 1870 – 2 January 1949), also known as Zahidur Rahman, was an Indian Bengali jurist who served a judge in the Calcutta High Court between 1921 and 1931. He was the father of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, a form ...

, jurist **

Begum Akhtar Sulaiman Begum Akhtar Sulaiman (née Akhtar Jahan Suhrawardy) (1922–1982) was a Pakistani-Bengali social worker, political activist and the daughter of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy (8 September 18925 December 1963) was an ...

, social worker and political activist *

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay (26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), popularly known as Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (), was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century. His efforts to simplify and modernise Bengali language, Ben ...

, reformer and philanthropist, key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. *Zamindar family of Midnapore ** Sir Abdur Rahim KCSI, President of India ** Jalaludin Abdur Rahim, diplomat and political philosopher

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Map of old Medinipur district (district has now been split)
* * * {{authority control Districts of West Bengal