# Kharagpur subdivision

Kharagpur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

## Subdivisions

Paschim Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions, after separation of Jhargram subdivision from the district in 2017:
| Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km$^2$ | Population (2011) | Rural population % (2011) | Urban population % (2011) |
| Medinipur Sadar | Midnapore | 2,441.50 | 1,435,321 | 86.05 | 13.95 |
| Kharagpur | Kharagpur | 2,913.17 | 2,293,909 | 85.67 | 14.33 |
| Ghatal | Ghatal | 953.09 | 1,047,679 | 87.94 | 12.06 |
| Paschim Medinipur district | Midnapore | 6,307.76 | 4,776,909 | 86.28 | 13.72 |
Kharagpur subdivision has a population density of 787 per km$^2$. 48.02% of the district population resides in this subdivision.

## Administrative units

Kharagpur subdivision has 10 police stations, 10 community development blocks, 10 panchayat samitis, 99 gram panchayats, 2,679 mouzas, 2486 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 5 census towns. The single municipality is at Kharagpur. The census towns are: Balichak, Chaulia, Deuli, Kharagpur Railway Settlement and Kalaikunda. The subdivision has its headquarters at Kharagpur.

## Police stations

Police stations in Kharagpur subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
| Police station | Area covered km$^2$ | Municipal town | CD block |
| Kharagpur (Town) | n/a | Kharagpur | - |
| Kharagpur (Local) | n/a | - | Kharagpur I, Kharagpur II |
| Debra | n/a | - | Debra |
| Pingla | n/a | - | Pingla |
| Keshiary | n/a | - | Keshiari |
| Dantan | n/a | - | Dantan I |
| Belda | n/a | - | Dantan II |
| Narayangarh | n/a | - | Narayangarh |
| Mohanpur | n/a | - | Mohanpur |
| Sabang | n/a | - | Sabang |

## Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 99 gram panchayats under 10 community development blocks:
* Dantan I block: Ainkola, Chak Ismailpur, Monoharpur, Alikosha, Dantan–I, Salikotha, Angua, Datan–II and Tarurui.
* Dantan II block: Haripur, Porolda, Sauri Kotbar, Turka, Jenkapur, Sabra and Talda.
* Pingla block: Dhaneswarpur, Jalchak–II, Kshirai, Pindurui, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Kusumda, Jalchak–I, Karkai and Maligram.
* Kharagpur I block: Arjuni, Gopali, Kalaikunda, Vetia, Barkola, Hariatara and Khelarh.
* Kharagpur II block: Chakmakampur, Kaliara–II, Paparara–I, Changual, Lachhmapur, Paparara–II, Kaliara–I, Palsya and Sankoa.
* Sabang block: Balpai, Danrra, Nawgaon, Bhemua, Bishnupur, Dashgram, Narayanbarh, Bural, Debhog, Sabang, Chaulkuri, Mohar and Sharta.
* Mohanpur block: Mohanpur, Sautia, Tanua, Neelda and Shialsai.
* Narayangarh block: Bakhrabad, Hemchandra, Manya, Pakurseni, Belda–I, Khursi, Mokrampur, Ranisarai, Belda–II, Kunarpur, Narayangarh, Tutranga, Gramraj, Kushbasan, Narma and Kashipur.
* Keshiari block: Baghasthi, Keshiari, Lalua, Gaganeswar, Khajra, Nachipur, Ghritagram, Kusumpur and Santrapur.
* Debra block: Bhabanipur, Duan–I, Khanamohan, Satyapur, Bharatpur, Duan–II, Malighati, Snarpur–Loyada, Debra–I, Golgram, Radhamohanpur–I, Debra–II, Jalimanda, Radhamohanpur–II.

## Blocks

Community development blocks in Kharagpur subdivision are:
| CD block | Headquarters | Area km$^2$ | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Literacy rate % | Census towns |
| Debra | Balichak | 342.41 | 288,619 | 12.99 | 20.48 | 82.03 | 1 |
| Pingla | Pingla | 224.48 | 194,809 | 8.43 | 9.92 | 83.57 | |
| Keshiari | Keshiary | 292.09 | 149,269 | 22.95 | 34.25 | 76.78 | |
| Dantan I | Dantan | 257.07 | 172,107 | 16.99 | 16.38 | 73.53 | 1 |
| Dantan II | Dhaneswarpur | 185.56 | 155,017 | 8.92 | 7.01 | 82.45 | |
| Narayangarh | Narayangarh | 499.48 | 302,620 | 18.62 | 22.50 | 78.31 | 1 |
| Mohanpur | Mohanpur | 137.49 | 111,901 | 10.30 | 5.39 | 80.51 | |
| Sabang | Sabang | 305.00 | 270,472 | 13.33 | 6.22 | 86.84 | |
| Kharagpur I | Satkul | 313.31 | 258,040 | 17.99 | 16.45 | 77.06 | 2 |
| Kharagpur II | Madpur | 265.63 | 183,440 | 18.61 | 25.57 | 76.08 | |

## Education

Paschim Medinipur district had a literacy rate of 78.00% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Medinipur Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 76.23%, Kharagpur subdivision 80.51% and Ghatal subdivision 82.55%.
The table below gives a subdivision-wise comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim Medinipur district, after separation of Jhargram subdivision, 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 |
| Medinipur Sadar | 1,086 | 88,909 | 118 | 13,825 | 45 | 38,322 | 118 | 143,051 | 8 | 11,058 | 15 | 2,281 | 2,844 | 112,971 |
| Kharagpur | 1,576 | 131,008 | 126 | 8,902 | 127 | 63,099 | 170 | 177,644 | 7 | 9,058 | 12 | 11,190 | 4,365 | 147,242 |
| Ghatal | 786 | 59,984 | 30 | 2,543 | 88 | 44,064 | 66 | 65,255 | 4 | 4,413 | 5 | 626 | 1,501 | 54,169 |
| Paschim Medinipur district | 3,448 | 279,901 | 274 | 25,270 | 260 | 145,485 | 354 | 385,950 | 19 | 24,529 | 32 | 14,097 | 8,700 | 314,382 |
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, adult high schools, 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 Kharagpur subdivision:
* Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur was established in 1951.
* Kharagpur College at Kharagpur was established in 1949.
* Keshiary Government College at Keshiary established in 2015.
* Hijli College at Hijli was established in 1995.
* Government General Degree College, Kharagpur-II at Ambigere, Madpur, in Kharagpur II CD Block was established in 2015.
* Belda College was established in 1963 at Belda.
* Debra Thana Sahid Kshudiram Smriti Mahavidyalaya was established in 2006 at Gangaram Chak.
* Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya was established in 1965 at Maligram.
* Bhatter College was established in 1963 at Dantan.
* Sabang Sajani Kanta Mahavidyalaya at Lutunia was established in 1970.
* Government General Degree College, Dantan-II was established at Kashmuli in 2015.
* Government General Degree College, Mohanpur was established in 2015.
* Government General Degree College, Narayangarh was established in 2017 at Narayangarh.

## Healthcare

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the subdivision-wise medical facilities available and patients treated, after the separation of Jhargram, in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Paschim Medinipur 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 |
| Medinipur Sadar | 2 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 3 | - | 1 | 26 | 53 | 2,117 | 323 | 121,486 | 1,375,817 |
| Kharagpur | 2 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 54 | 98 | 1841 | 197 | 93,110 | 1,814,309 |
| Ghatal | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | - | - | - | 46 | 67 | 988 | 66 | 46,006 | 742,984 |
| Paschim Medinipur district | 5 | 17 | 24 | 77 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 126 | 208 | 4,946 | 586* | 260,602 | 3,933,110 |
* Excluding Nursing Homes

### Medical facilities

Medical facilities in the Kharagpur subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
* Kharagpur Subdivisional Hospital, Kharagpur (M), 286 beds
* Kharagpur Railway Hospital, Kharagpur, 394 beds
* B.C.Roy Technology Hospital (IIT), Kharagpur, 35 beds
* Kharagpur E.F.R. Hospital, Kharagpur, 75 beds
* State Medical Unit, Kharagpur, 10 beds
* IPP VIII, Kharagpur, 10 beds
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
* Hijli Rural Hospital, Kharagpur I CD block, Hijli, 60 beds
* Sabang Rural Hospital, Sabang CD block, Sabang, 40 beds
* Debra Rural Hospital, Debra CD block, Debra Bazar, 40 beds
* Belda Rural Hospital, Narayangarh CD block, Belda, 60 beds
* Bagda (Mohanpur) Rural Hospital, Mohanpur CD block, Mohanpur, 30 beds
* Pingla Rural Hospital, Pingla CD block, Pingla, 30 beds
* Keshiary Rural Hospital, Keshiari CD block, Keshiary, 30 beds
* Khandrui Rural Hospital, Dantan II CD block, Khandrui, PO Turkagarh, 30 beds
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
* Changual Block Primary Health Centre, Kharagpur II CD block, Changual, 10 beds
* Dantan Block Primary Health Centre, Dantan I CD block, Dantan, 10 beds
Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)
* Kharagpur I CD block: Khemasuli (4), Amba (PO Shyamraipur) (2), Khelar (PO Banpatna) (10)
* Kharagpur II CD block: Gokulpur (PO Bar Gokulpur) (6), Paparara (10)
* Sabang CD block: Mohor (10), Kharika (10), Uchitpur (4)
* Narayangarh CD block: Barakalonki (6), Radhanagar (6), Makrampur (10), Begunia (?)
* Mohanpur CD block: Sautia (6), Ghatsandhya (PO Begunia) (10)
* Debra CD block: Satyapur (PO Marotala) (6), Pasang (10), Trilochanpur (PO Sijgeria) (6), Kankra Shibrampur (PO Kankra Ataram) (6)
* Pingla CD block: Jalchak (10), Harma (PO Gobardhanpur) (6), Boalia (PO Dhaneswarpur) (6)
* Keshiary CD block: Patharhuri (PO Binandapur (6), Khajrabari (PO Khejurkuthi) (10), Ganasarisa (2)
* Dantan I CD block: Bhuringi (PO Anikole) (2), Rajnagar (10)
* Dantan II CD block: Sabradhaneswarpur (PO Khakurda) (4), Payan (PO Garh Haripur) (10)

## Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Paschim Medinipur district were as follows from 2006:
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats |
| Jhargram (ST) | Garbeta | None | Garhbeta I CD Block and Amlasuli, Jogardanga, Piyasala and Sarboth GPs of Garhbeta II CD Block. |
| | Salboni | None | Bhimpur, Bishnupur, Debgram, Lalgeria and Salboni GPs of Salboni CD Block, Goaltor, Gohaldanga, Jeerapara, Makli, Patharpara and Pingbani GPs of Garhbeta II CD Block and Garhbeta III CD Block. |
| | Other assembly segments outside the district | | |
| Medinipur | Egra | None | Egra municipality, Egra I CD Block, and Basudevpur, Deshbandhu, Dubda, Manjusree, Paniparul, Sarbaday and Bibekananda GPs of Egra II CD Block in Purba Medinipur district. |
| | Dantan | None | Dantan II and Mohanpur CD Blocks, and Chak Islampur GP of Dantan I CD Block. |
| | Keshiary | ST | Keshiari CD Block, and Alikosha, Angua, Ainkola, Dantan I, Dantan II, Monoharpur, Salikotha and Tararui GPs of Dantan I CD Block. |
| | Kharagpur Sadar | None | Kharagpur municipality and Kharagpur Railway Settlement of Kharagpur I CD Block. |
| | Narayangarh | None | Narayangarh |
| | Kharagpur | None | Kharagpur I CD Block, and Banpura, Panchkhuri I, Panchkhuri II, Pathra and Shiromoni GPs of Midnapore Sadar CD Block. |
| | Medinipur | None | Midnapore municipality, Chandra, Dherua, Monidaha and Tantigeria GPs of Midnapore Sadar CD Block and Bankibandh, Garhmal, Karnagarh, Kashijora and Shatpati GPs of Salboni CD Block. |
| Ghatal | Panskura Paschim | None | Panskura I CD Block in Purba Medinipur district. |
| | Sabang | None | Sabang CD Block, and Jalchak I, Jalchak II and Maligram GPs of Pingla CD Block. |
| | Pingla | None | Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui GPs of Pingla CD Block and Kharagpur II CD Block |
| | Debra | None | Debra CD Block |
| | Daspur | None | Daspur II, and Basudevpur, Daspur I, Daspur II, Nandanpur I, Nandanpur II and Panchberia GPs of Daspur I CD Block. |
| | Ghatal | SC | Ghatal municipality, Ghatal CD Block, Khara municipality, and Rajnagar, Sarberia I and Sarberia II GPs of Daspur I CD Block. |
| | Keshpur | SC | Keshpur CD Block. |