Egra subdivision


Egra subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Subdivisions

Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
SubdivisionHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
Rural
Population %
Urban
Population %
TamlukTamluk1084.301,791,69594.085.92
HaldiaHaldia683.94959,93479.1920.81
EgraEgra940.96958,93996.963.04
ContaiContai1251.211,385,30793.556.45
Purba Medinipur districtTamluk4,713.005,095,87591.718.29

Administrative units

Egra subdivision has 3 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 708 mouzas, 682 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 3 census towns. The municipality is: Egra. The census towns are: Amarshi Kasba, Benudia and Hincha Gerya. The subdivision has its headquarters at Egra.
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Area

Egra subdivision has an area of 940.96 km2, population in 2011 of 958,939 and density of population of 1,019 per km2. 18.82% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Police stations

Police stations in Egra subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Police StationArea covered
km2 *		Inter-state borderMunicipal TownCD Block
Patashpur354.09--Patashpur I, Patashpur II
Bhagabanpur179.95--Bhagabanpur I
Egra431.5Baleshwar district of Odisha on the south-westEgraEgra I, Egra II

Community development blocks in Egra subdivision are:
CD BlockHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
SC %ST %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
Patashpur IAmarshi Kasba172.26173.37714.040.6586.581
Patashpur IIPratapdighi191.74175,05612.040.7986.50-
Bhagabanpur IKajlagarh174.24234,43214.260.1888.132
Egra IEgra197.10167,1639.251.5782.83-
Egra IIMadhabpur184.71178,76310.960.2486.47-

Gram Panchayats

The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:
With a literacy rate of 87.66% Purba Medinipur district ranked first amongst all districts of West Bengal in literacy as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Within Purba Medinipur district, Tamluk subdivision had a literacy rate of 85.98%, Haldia subdivision 86.67%, Egra subdivision 86.18% and Contai subdivision 89.19%. All CD Blocks and municipalities in the district had literacy levels above 80%.
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14.
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, polytechnics, 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.
The following institutions are located in Egra subdivision:
The table below presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Purba Medinipur district.
Medical facilities available in Egra subdivision are as follows:

Hospitals:

Egra Subdivision Hospital, Egra, 68 beds

Rural Hospitals:

Bhagabanpur Rural Hospital, Bhagabanpur I CD block, Bhagabanpur, 30 beds

Gangadharbar Rural Hospital, Egra II CD block, Gangadharbar, PO Pirijkhanbar, 30 beds

Patashpur Rural Hospital, Patashpur II CD block, Patashpur, 30 beds

Block Primary Health Centre:

Gonara BPHC, Patashpur I CD Block, Golara Nij, PO Manglamaro, 10 beds

Ramchandrapur BPHC, Egra I CD Block, Ramchandrapur, PO Kharbandhi, 10 beds

Primary Health Centres:

Egra I CD block: Chatla, Kasabagola, PO Panchrol

Egra II CD block: Paniparul, Betamaheshpur, PO Maheshpur, Shyampur, PO Bidurpur

Patashpur I CD block: Borhat, PO Katranka

Patashpur II CD block: Pratapdighi, Argoal

Bhagabanpur I CD block: Bibhisanpur, Kajalgarh, Seulipur, PO Paschimbarh

Electoral constituencies

and Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:
Lok Sabha constituencyVidhan Sabha constituencyReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats
GhatalPanskura Paschim-Panskura CD Block
Other assembly segments in Paschim Medinipur district
TamlukTamluk-Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk CD Block, and Sahid Matangini CD Block
Panskura Purba-Kolaghat CD Block
Moyna-Moyna CD Block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
Nandakumar-Nandakumar CD Block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
Mahisadal-Mahisadal and Haldia CD Blocks
HaldiaSCHaldia municipality and Sutahata CD Block
Nandigram-Nandigram I and Nandigram II CD Blocks
KanthiChandipur-Chandipur CD Block and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block
Paashpur-Patashpur I CD Block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II CD Block
Kanthi Uttar-Deshapran CD Block, Brajachauli, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kumirda, Lauda and Marishda GPs of Contai III CD Block and Bathuari GP of Egra II CD Block
Bhagabanpur-Bhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kalaberia and Shimulia GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block, Arjunnagar, Basudevberia, Baroj, Itaberia, Jukhia, Mugberia and Radhapur GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block, and Argoyal and Mathura GPs of Patashpur II CD Block
KhejuriSCKhejuri I and Khejuri II CD Blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block
Kanthi Dakshin-Contai municipality, Contai I CD Block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur GPs of Contai III CD Block
Ramnagar-Ramnagar I and Ramnagar II CD Blocks