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:
Subdivision HeadquartersAreakm2 Population(2011) Ruralpopulation %(2001)Urban population % (2001) 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 Station Area coveredkm2 *Inter-state borderMunicipal Town CD Block Patashpur354.09 - - Patashpur I, Patashpur II Bhagabanpur179.95 - - Bhagabanpur I Egra431.5Baleshwar district of Odisha on the south-westEgraEgra I, Egra II *The data for area is as per the website of Purba Medinipur Police, but it appears that it has not been updated for a long time.
Blocks Community development blocks in Egra subdivision are:
CD Block HeadquartersAreakm2 Population(2011) SC %ST %Literacy rate %CensusTowns Patashpur IAmarshi Kasba172.26173,37714.040.6586.58 1 Patashpur IIPratapdighi191.74175,05612.040.7986.50 - Bhagabanpur IKajlagarh174.24234,43214.260.1888.13 2 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:
Bhagabanpur I block: Benodia, Gurgram, Kalaberia, Shimulia, Bhagwanpur, Kajlagarh, Mahammadpur–I, Bivisanpur, Kakra and Mahammadpur–II. Egra I Barida, Jumki, Rishi Bankimchandra, Chatri, Kasba–Egra, Jerthan, Panchrol and Saharha. Egra II block: Basudevpur, Bibekananda, Dubda, Paniparul, Bathuari, Deshbandhu, Manjusree and Sarbaday. Patashpur I block: Amarshi–I, Brajalalpur, Gokulpur, Amarshi–II, Chistipur–I, Gopalpur, Barhat, Chistipur–II and Naipur. Patashpur II block: Argoyal, Mathura, Pataspur, Sreerampur, Khargram, Panchet and South Khanda.
Education 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.
SubdivisionPrimarySchoolMiddleSchoolHighSchoolHigher SecondarySchoolGeneralCollege, UnivTechnical /Professional InsttNon-formalEducationInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentTamluk1,08484,258785,7897743,408144171,516612,728172,7472,704112,411Haldia55743,173405,0825436,7677783,65959,792166,2561,35959,879Egra62941,4187611,5374932,1677490,73039,49821541,59562,200Contai98350,9459910,5578146,690102120,128512,223101,6022,31690,552Purba Medinipur district3,253219,79429332,965261159,032397466,0931944,2414510,7597,974375,042
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: Egra Sarada Shashi Bhusan College was established at Egra in 1968. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University and offers undergraduate courses in arts, science and commerce, It has hostel facilities. Bajkul Milani Mahavidyalaya was established at Tethi Bari mouza, PO Kismat Bajkul, in 1964. It is affiliated to Vidyasagar University. Yogoda Satsanga Palpara Mahavidyalaya was established in 1964 at Palpara. It offers undergraduate, as well as B.Ed. and M.Ed. courses,
Healthcare 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 2014 in Purba Medinipur district.
Subdivision Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB OtherStateGovtDepttsLocalbodiesCentralGovtDeptts /PSUsNGO /PrivateNursingHomesTotalTotalNumberofBedsTotalNumberofDoctorsIndoorPatientsOutdoorPatientsHospitalsRuralHospitalsBlockPrimaryHealthCentresPrimaryHealthCentresTamluk1-714---70921,5069661,841,251,099Haldia12310---19358036727,586757,876Egra11411---21384894223,699419,829Contai2-816---22486888859,882890,607Purba Medinipur district532251---1322133,486293172,2513,319,411
Medical facilities available in Egra subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) Egra Subdivision Hospital, Egra, 68 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) 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: (Name, block, location, beds) 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: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds) Egra I CD block: Chatla (2), Kasabagola, PO Panchrol (2) Egra II CD block: Paniparul (10), Betamaheshpur, PO Maheshpur (10), Shyampur, PO Bidurpur (2) Patashpur I CD block: Borhat, PO Katranka (6) Patashpur II CD block: Pratapdighi (10), Argoal (10) Bhagabanpur I CD block: Bibhisanpur (10), Kajalgarh (6), Seulipur, PO Paschimbarh (6)
Electoral constituencies Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:
Lok Sabha constituency Vidhan Sabha constituency ReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayatsGhatalPanskura PaschimNonePanskura CD Block Other assembly segments in Paschim Medinipur district TamlukTamlukNoneTamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk CD Block, and Sahid Matangini CD Block Panskura PurbaNoneKolaghat CD Block MoynaNoneMoyna CD Block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block NandakumarNoneNandakumar CD Block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block MahisadalNoneMahisadal and Haldia CD Blocks HaldiaSCHaldia municipality and Sutahata CD Block NandigramNoneNandigram I and Nandigram II CD Blocks KanthiChandipurNoneChandipur CD Block and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block PaashpurNonePatashpur I CD Block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II CD Block Kanthi UttarNoneDeshapran CD Block, Brajachauli, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kumirda, Lauda and Marishda GPs of Contai III CD Block and Bathuari GP of Egra II CD Block BhagabanpurNoneBhagabanpur, 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 DakshinNoneContai municipality, Contai I CD Block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur GPs of Contai III CD Block RamnagarNoneRamnagar I and Ramnagar II CD Blocks
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