# 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:
| Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km$^2$2001 | Population (2011) | Urban Population % (2011) | Rural Population % (2011) |
| Balurghat | Balurghat | 1,202.88 | 905,540 | 18.56 | 81.44 |
| Gangarampur | Buniadpur | 1,047.90 | 770,736 | 8.86 | 91.14 |
| Dakshin Dinajpur district | Balurghat | 2,219.00* | 1,676,276 | 14.10 | 85.90 |
.*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 station | Area covered (km$^2$) | Border (km) | Population | Municipal town/ city | CD Block |
| Gangarampur | n/a | n/a | ? | Gangarampur | Gangarampur |
| Kushmandi | n/a | n/a | ? | - | Kushmandi |
| Bansihari | n/a | - | ? | Buniadpur | Bansihari |
| Harirampur | n/a | - | ? | - | Harirampur |

## Blocks

Community development blocks in Balurghat subdivision are:
| CD Block | Headquarters | Area km$^2$ | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
| Gangarampur | Gangarampur | 315.52 | 237,628 | 30.41 | 0.13 | 63.66 | 34.44 | 71.45 | 1 |
| Kushmandi | Kushmandi | 310.63 | 198,752 | 44.76 | 7.86 | 60.38 | 38.73 | 65.43 | - |
| Bansihari | Buniadpur | 196.52 | 141,286 | 12.39 | 21.95 | 73.99 | 24.21 | 68.79 | - |
| Harirampur | Harirampur | 214.94 | 136,853 | 21.81 | 16.85 | 49.62 | 47.98 | 64.67 | 1 |

## Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 30 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks:
* Gangarampur block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Ashokegram, Belbari–II, Gangarampur, Sukdevpur, Basuria, Chaloon, Jahangirpur, Uday, Belbari–I, Damdama and 4no.Nandanpur.
* Banshihari block consists of 4 gram panchayats, viz. Ellahabad, Ganguria, Brajaballavpur and Mahabari.
* Harirampur block consists of 6 gram panchayats, viz. Bagichapur, Gokarna, Saiyadpur, Bairhatta, Pundari and Shirshi.
* Kushmandi block consists of 8 gram panchayats, viz. Akcha, Deul, Karanji, Maligaon, Beroil, Kalikamora, Kushmandi and Udaypur.

## Education

Dakshin Dinajpur district had a literacy rate of 72.82% (for population of 7 years and above) as per the census of 2011. Balurghat subdivision had a literacy rate of 75.78%, Gangarampur subdivision 69.24%.
Data in the table below gives a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Dakshin district for the year 2013-14:
| Subdivision | Primary School | Primary School | Middle School | Middle School | High School | High School | Higher Secondary School | Higher Secondary School | General College, Univ | General College, Univ | Technical / Professional Instt | Technical / Professional Instt | Non-formal Education | Non-formal Education |
| Subdivision | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student |
| Balurghat | 671 | 46,548 | 42 | 4,482 | 52 | 74,677 | 55 | 68,352 | 4 | 6,930 | 4 | 385 | 2,304 | 55,876 |
| Gangarampur | 505 | 51,355 | 56 | 5,078 | 33 | 82,967 | 51 | 69,003 | 3 | 7,100 | 1 | 100 | 1,457 | 51,230 |
| Dakshin Dinajpur district | 1,176 | 97,903 | 98 | 9,560 | 85 | 157,644 | 106 | 137,655 | 7 | 14,030 | 5 | 485 | 3,761 | 107,106 |
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 (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 Dakshin Dinajpur district.
| Subdivision | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB | Other State Govt Deptts | Local bodies | Central Govt Deptts / PSUs | NGO / Private Nursing Homes | Total | Total Number of Beds | Total Number of Doctors* | Indoor Patients | Outdoor Patients |
| Subdivision | Hospitals | Rural Hospitals | Block Primary Health Centres | Primary Health Centres | Other State Govt Deptts | Local bodies | Central Govt Deptts / PSUs | NGO / Private Nursing Homes | Total | Total Number of Beds | Total Number of Doctors* | Indoor Patients | Outdoor Patients |
| Balurghat | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 23 | 822 | 69 | 64,346 | 1,233,046 |
| Gangarampur | 1 | 3 | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | 16 | 465 | 43 | 49,043 | 898,363 |
| Dakshin Dinajpur district | 2 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 | 39 | 1,287 | 112 | 113,389 | 2,131,409 |
.* Excluding nursing homes
Medical facilities available in Gangarampur subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) Gangarampur subdivisional hospital, Gangarampur, 250 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, block, location, beds) 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: (Name, location, beds) Mathurapur (Chalon) BPHC, Gangarampur CD Block, PO Bansagar, 10 beds Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds) Gangarampur CD Block: Sarbamangala (Sarbamangala (Bansuria) PHC) (10) Harirampur CD Block: Balihara (10) Bansihari CD Block: Badalpur (10) Kushmandi CD Block: Sehail (Nanaharpara PHC) (10), Aminpur (10)

## Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Gangarampur subdivision were as follows:
| Lok Sabha constituency | Reservation | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas |
| Balurghat | None | Gangarampur | SC | Gangarampur 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 |
| | | Kushmandi | SC | Kushmandi CD Block and Belbari II, Jahangirpur and Sukdebpur GPs of Gangarampur |
| | | Harirampur | None | Harirampur CD Bloock and Bansihari CD Block |
| | | Kumarganj | None | Kumarganj CD Block and Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon and Uday GPs of Gangarampur CD Block |
| | | Other assembly segments outside the subdivision | | |