Bolpur subdivision

Bolpur Subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Bolpur Subdivision
Subdivision
Coordinates: 23.67°N 87.72°E / 23.67; 87.72
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Headquarters	Bolpur
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	ISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registration	WB
Website	wb.gov.in

Overview

Bolpur subdivision is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, a sub-micro physiographic region. It covers the interfluves of the Mayurakshi and Ajay, in the south-eastern part of the district. This area exhibits somewhat upland topography sloping from north-west to south-east.^[1]

Geography

Subdivisions

Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:^[2][3][4]

Subdivision	Headquarters	Area km2 (2001)	Population (2011)	Rural Population % (2011)	Urban Population % (2011)
Rampurhat	Rampurhat	1,574.23	1,508,506	96.62	3.38
Suri Sadar	Suri	1,782.72	1,121,871	96.57	3.43
Bolpur	Bolpur	1,186.66	872,027	96.56	3.44
Birbhum district		4,545.00	3,502,404	96.59	3.41

Administrative units

Bolpur subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 40 gram panchayats, 621 mouzas, 579 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 4 census towns. The municipality is: Bolpur. The census towns are: Ilambazar, Surul, Parota and Labhpur. The subdivision has its headquarters at Bolpur.^[5][3][4]

Police stations

Police stations in Bolpur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: ^[5][6][7]

Police station	Area covered km2	Municipal town	CD Block
Bolpur	333.6	Bolpur	Bolpur Sriniketan
Bolpur Women	n/a	Bolpur	Bolpur Sriniketan
Santiniketan	n/a	Bolpur	Bolpur Sriniketan
Labhpur	271.2	-	Labpur
Nanoor	309.2	-	Nanoor
Ilambazar	259.5	-	Ilambazar

Blocks

Community development blocks in Bolpur subdivision are:^{[8][3][9][10]}

CD Block	Headquarters	Area km2 (2001)	Population (2011)	SC %	ST %	Hindus %	Muslims %	Literacy Rate %	Census Towns
Labpur	Labhpur	267.98	201,901	30.53	4.71	69.24	30.54	71.20	1
Nanoor	Nanoor	311.83	218,654	32.54	2.39	64.71	34.97	69.45	1
Bolpur Sriniketan	Sriniketan	334.58	202,553	30.59	19.06	73.92	25.45	70.67	1
Ilambazar	Ilambazar	261.54	168,709	23.63	8.94	51.67	47.41	74.27	1

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 40 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks:^[11]

• Bolpur Sriniketan block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Bahiri–Panchshowa, Raipur–Supur, Sarpalehana–Albandha, Singhee, Kankalitala, Ruppur, Kasba, Sattor and Sian Muluk.
• Ilambazar block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Batikar, Ghurisha, Mongoldihi, Belati, Illambazar, Nanasole, Dharampur, Joydev–Kenduli and Sirsha.
• Labpur block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bipratikuri, Dwaraka, Jamna, Labpur–II, Chauhatta–Mahodari–I, Hatia, Kurunnahar, Thiba, Chauhatta & Mahodari –II, Indus and Labpur.
• Nanoor block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bara Saota, Daskalgram–Kareya–I, Chandidas Nanoor, Daskalgram–Kareya–II, Kirnahar–II, Kirnahar–I, Thupsara, Uchkaran, Charkalgram, Jalundi and Nawanagar Kadda.

Education

Birbhum district had a literacy rate of 70.68% as per the provisional figures of the census of 2011. Rampurhat subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.12%, Suri Sadar subdivision 71.16% and Bolpur subdivision 72.71%.^[12]

Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Birbhum district, with data for the year 2013-14:^[12]

Subdivision	Primary School		Middle School		High School		Higher Secondary School		General College, Univ		Technical / Professional Instt		Non-formal Education
	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student
Rampurhat	889	99,767	132	9,487	82	68,462	65	85,685	7	16,963	24	3,448	2,291	99,407
Suri Sadar	912	71,882	90	5,188	72	40,161	56	69,109	6	13,912	35	7,620	1,961	58,469
Bolpur	628	48,314	64	5,859	53	31,266	49	60,139	6	17,379	20	3,424	1,333	43,805
Birbhum district	2,429	219,263	286	20,534	207	139,889	170	214,925	19	48,254	79	14,492	5,585	201,681

The following institutions are located in Bolpur subdivision:

• Visva-Bharati was founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan in 1921. It was declared a central university and an “institution of national importance” in 1951.^[13]
• Bolpur College was established at Bolpur in 1950.^[14][15]
• Purni Devi Chaudhuri Girls' College was established at Bolpur in 2004.^[16]
• Bengal Institute of Technology & Management (BITM), a private engineering college on Santiniketan-Sriniketan Bypass, PO Dwaranda, was established in 2001.^[17]
• Santiniketan Institute of Polytechnic (SIP), a polytechnic college on Tatarpur, Muluk, Bolpur-Santiniketan, Birbhum, was established in 2010.^[18]
• Sambhunath College was established at Labhpur in 1963.^[19][20]
• Chandidas Mahavidyalaya was established at Khujutipara in 1972.^[21]
• Kabi Joydeb Mahavidyalaya was established at Ilambazar in 2007.^[22][23]

Healthcare

Medical facilities in Bolpur subdivision are as follows:

Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)^[24]
Bolpur Subdivisional Hospital, Bolpur, well known as Sian Hospital, 125 beds
Pearson Memorial Hospital, Santiniketan, 50 beds

Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD Block, location, beds) ^[25]
Labpur Rural Hospital, Labpur CD Block, Labhpur, 30 beds
Nanoor Rural Hospital, Nanoor CD Block, Nanoor, 30 beds
Ilambazar Rural Hospital, Ilambazar CD Block, Ilambazar, 30 beds

Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)^[26]
Bolpur Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block, Bolpur, 60 beds

Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)^[27]
Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block: Panchsowa (6), Sattore Kasba (PO Sattore) (10), Supur (PO Rajatpur) (10)
Labpur CD Block: Bipratikuri (6), Dwaraka (6), Ramkrishnapur (PO Brahamanigram) (6), Thiba (10), Abhadanga (6)
Nanoor CD Block: Banagram (PO Nanoor) (6), Khujutipara (10), Kirnahar (10)
Ilambazar CD Block: Batikar (10), Jaydev Kenduli (6)

Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Bolpur subdivision were as follows:^[28]

Lok Sabha constituency	Reservation	Vidhan Sabha constituency	Reservation	CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
Bolpur	SC	Labpur	None	Labpur CD Block, and Ahmedpur, Amarpur, Bhromorkol, Panrui, Sangra and Sreenidhipur GPs of Sainthia CD Block
-	-	Nanoor	SC	Nanoor CD Block, and Bahiri Panchshowa, Kankalitala, Kasba, Sarpalehana Albandha, Sian Muluk and Singhee GPs of Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block
-	-	Bolpur	None	Bolpur municipality, Ilambazar CD Block and Raipur Supur, Ruppur and Sattor GPs of Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block
-	-	All other Vidhan Sabha segments outside Bolpur subdivision	-