Gangarampur subdivision


Gangarampur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Subdivisions

Dakshin Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions:
SubdivisionHeadquarters
Area
km22001		Population
Urban
Population %
Rural
Population %
BalurghatBalurghat1,202.88905,54018.5681.44
GangarampurBuniadpur1,047.90770,7368.8691.14
Dakshin Dinajpur districtBalurghat2,219.00*1,676,27614.1085.90

.*2011

Administrative units

Gangarampur subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 30 gram panchayats, 750 mouzas, 730 inhabited villages, 2 municipalities and 2 census towns. The municipalities are at Gangarampur and Buniadpur. The census towns are: Gopalpur and Harirampur. The subdivision has its headquarters at Buniadpur.

Police stations

Police stations in Balurghat subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Police stationArea covered
Border PopulationMunicipal town/ cityCD Block
Gangarampurn/an/a?GangarampurGangarampur
Kushmandin/an/a?-Kushmandi
Bansiharin/a-?BuniadpurBansihari
Harirampurn/a-?-Harirampur

Blocks

Community development blocks in Balurghat subdivision are:
CD BlockHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
SC %ST %Hindus %Muslims %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
GangarampurGangarampur315.52237,62830.410.1363.6634.4471.451
KushmandiKushmandi310.63198,75244.767.8660.3838.7365.43-
BansihariBuniadpur196.52141,28612.3921.9573.9924.2168.79-
HarirampurHarirampur214.94136,85321.8116.8549.6247.9864.671

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 30 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks:
Dakshin Dinajpur district had a literacy rate of 72.82% as per the census of India 2011. Balurghat subdivision had a literacy rate of 75.78%, Gangarampur subdivision 69.24%.
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Dakshin 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, 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 in Gangarampur subdivision:
Gangarampur College was established in 1981 at Gangarampur.
Buniadpur Mahavidyalaya was established at Buniadpur in 2007.
Dewan Abdul Gani College was established at Harirampur in 1994.
Kushmandi Government College was established at Kushmandi in 2015.

Healthcare

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 Dakshin Dinajpur district.
.* Excluding nursing homes
Medical facilities available in Gangarampur subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals:

Gangarampur subdivisional hospital, Gangarampur, 250 beds

Rural Hospitals:

Harirampur Rural Hospital, Harirampur CD Block, Harirampur, 30 beds

Rashidpur Rural Hospital, Bansihari CD Block, Rashidpur, 30 beds

Kushmandi Rural Hospital, Kushmandi CD Block, Kushmandi, Dakshin Dinajpur, 30 beds

Block Primary Health Centre:

Mathurapur BPHC, Gangarampur CD Block, PO Bansagar, 10 beds

Primary Health Centres:

Gangarampur CD Block: Sarbamangala

Harirampur CD Block: Balihara

Bansihari CD Block: Badalpur

Kushmandi CD Block: Sehail , Aminpur

Electoral constituencies

and Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Gangarampur subdivision were as follows:
Lok Sabha constituencyReservationVidhan Sabha constituencyReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
Balurghat-GangarampurSCGangarampur municipality, Belbari I, Damdama, Gangarampur and Nandanpur GPs of Gangrampur CD Block, and Ajmatpur, Autina, Gurail, Hazratpur, Ramchandrapur and Rampara Chenchra GPs of Tapan CD Block
KushmandiSCKushmandi CD Block and Belbari II, Jahangirpur and Sukdebpur GPs of Gangarampur
Harirampur-Harirampur CD Bloock and Bansihari CD Block
Kumarganj-Kumarganj CD Block and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Uday GPs of Gangarampur CD Block
Other assembly segments outside the subdivision