Haldia subdivision | |
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Subdivision | |
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Coordinates: 22°02′N 88°04′E / 22.03°N 88.06°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Purba Medinipur |
Headquarters | Haldia |
Area | |
• Total | 683.94 km2 (264.07 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 959,953 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
Vehicle registration | WB 29 & WB 30 |
Website | wb |
Haldia subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Subdivisions
[edit]Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[1]
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Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km2 |
Population (2011) |
Rural population % (2001) |
Urban population % (2001) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tamluk | Tamluk | 1084.30 | 1,791,695 | 94.08 | 5.92 |
Haldia | Haldia | 683.94 | 959,934 | 79.19 | 20.81 |
Egra | Egra | 940.96 | 958,939 | 96.96 | 3.04 |
Contai | Contai | 1251.21 | 1,385,307 | 93.55 | 6.45 |
Purba Medinipur district | Tamluk | 4,713.00 | 5,095,875 | 91.71 | 8.29 |
Administrative units
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5miles
Kamalpur
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, S: port
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Haldia subdivision has 6 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 38 gram panchayats, 320 mouzas, 312 (+ 1 partly) inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 4 census towns. The municipality is: Haldia. The census towns are: Garh Kamalpur, Nandigram, Ashadtalya and Barda. The subdivision has its headquarters at Haldia.[2][3]
Area
[edit]Haldia subdivision has an area of 683.94 km2, population in 2011 of 959,934 and density of population of 1,404 per km2. 18.84% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.[4]
Police stations
[edit]Police stations in Haldia subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[5]
Police Station | Area covered km2 * |
Inter-state border | Municipal town | CD block |
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Mahishadal | 135 | - | - | Mahishadal |
Nandigram | 251.25 | - | - | Nandigram I, Nandigram II |
Sutahata | 125 | - | - | Sutahata |
Durgachak | 44.21 | - | - | Haldia |
Haldia | 98 | - | Haldia (part) | - |
Bhabanipur | 115 | - | Hadia (part) | - |
*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
[edit]Community development blocks in Haldia subdivision are:[4][6]
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CD Block | Headquarters | Area km2 |
Population (2011) |
SC % | ST % | Literacy rate % |
Census towns |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mahishadal | Rangibasan | 146.48 | 206,277 | 11.25 | 0.09 | 86.21 | 1 |
Nandigram I | Nandigram | 181.84 | 207,835 | 18.58 | 0.07 | 85.89 | 1 |
Nandigram II | Reyepara | 105.74 | 123,219 | 12.89 | 0.16 | 89.19 | 1 |
Sutahata | Sutahata | 79.54 | 123,784 | 30.56 | 0.04 | 85.42 | 1 |
Haldia | Haldia | 65.44 | 97,992 | 7.63 | 0.29 | 85.96 | - |
Gram Panchayats
[edit]The subdivision contains 38 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:[7]
- Mahishadal block: Amritaberia, Itamogra–I, Laksha–I, Natshal–I, Betkundu, Itamogra–II, Laksha–II, Satish Samanta, Garh Kamalpur, Kismat Naikundi and Natshal–II.
- Nandigram I block: Daudpur, Kalicharanpur, Nandigram, Bhakutia, Gokulnagar, Kendumari Jalpai, Samsabad, Haripur, Mahammadpur and Sona Chura.
- Nandigram II block: Amdabad–I, Birulia, Boyal–II, Khodambari–II, Amdabad–II, Boyal–I and Khodambari–I.
- Sutahata block: Ashadtalya, Guaberia, Joynagar, Chaitanyapur, Horkhali and Kukrahati.
- Haldia block: Baruttarhingli, Deulpota, Chakdwipa and Devog.
Haldia port
[edit]Haldia Dock Complex is an all-weather riverine port, 60 km from the pilotage station, with an annual capacity of 41.71 million tonnes. It comprises three riverine oil jetties, fourteen berths inside an impounded dock and two riverine barge jetties. It was commissioned in 1977.[8]
Industry
[edit]Haldia oil refinery
[edit]Haldia oil refinery is one of the ten refineries of the Indian Oil Corporation. It was commissioned in 1975.[9]
Haldia urban industrial complex
[edit]Haldia petro-chemical complex is one of the largest in India. It is a major industry which created jobs directly and indirectly in and around Haldia. Haldia Petrochemicals is the lead company.[10] Amongst the other companies operating in the Haldia urban industrial complex are: Exide, Adani Wilmar, Haldia Energy Power Station, Shaw Wallace, Emami, Ruchi Soya, Electrosteel Castings, Tata Chemicals, Hindustan Lever and MCPI Private Limited.[11]
Education
[edit]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.[12] 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%.[13]
Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14.[13]
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 | |
Tamluk | 1,084 | 84,258 | 78 | 5,789 | 77 | 43,408 | 144 | 171,516 | 6 | 12,728 | 17 | 2,747 | 2,704 | 112,411 |
Haldia | 557 | 43,173 | 40 | 5,082 | 54 | 36,767 | 77 | 83,659 | 5 | 9,792 | 16 | 6,256 | 1,359 | 59,879 |
Egra | 629 | 41,418 | 76 | 11,537 | 49 | 32,167 | 74 | 90,730 | 3 | 9,498 | 2 | 154 | 1,595 | 62,200 |
Contai | 983 | 50,945 | 99 | 10,557 | 81 | 46,690 | 102 | 120,128 | 5 | 12,223 | 10 | 1,602 | 2,316 | 90,552 |
Purba Medinipur district | 3,253 | 219,794 | 293 | 32,965 | 261 | 159,032 | 397 | 466,093 | 19 | 44,241 | 45 | 10,759 | 7,974 | 375,042 |
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 Haldia subdivision:
- Mahishadal Raj College at Mahishadal was established in 1946. In addition to courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers post-graduate courses in Bengali and chemistry.[14][15]
- Mahishadal Girls College at Mahishadal was established in 1969. It offers courses in arts and science.[16][17]
- Sitananda College at Nandigram was established in 1960. It offers courses in arts and science.[18][19]
- Haldia Government College at Haldia was established in 1988. In addition to regular courses in arts and science, it offers a post-graduate course in Travel and Tourism Management.[20][21]
- Haldia Law College at Haldia was established in 2002. It offers (1) Five-year integrated B.A.-Ll.B. (Hons), (2) Three-year Ll.B. and (3) Two-year Ll.M. courses.[22]
- Haldia Institute of Technology at Haldia is a private-initiated engineering college offering degree courses. It was established in 1995.[23]
- Vivekananda Mission Mahavidyalaya at PO Chaitanyapur, Haldia was established in 1968. It offers courses in arts, science and commerce.[24]
- ICARE Institute of Medical Sciences and Research at Banbishnupur, PO Balughata, offers MBBS courses. It has been facing some administrative problems.[25][26]
Healthcare
[edit]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.[27]
Subdivision | 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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hospitals |
Rural Hospitals |
Block Primary Health Centres |
Primary Health Centres | ||||||||||
Tamluk | 1 | - | 7 | 14 | - | - | - | 70 | 92 | 1,506 | 96 | 61,84 | 1,251,099 |
Haldia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - | 19 | 35 | 803 | 67 | 27,586 | 757,876 |
Egra | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | - | - | - | 21 | 38 | 489 | 42 | 23,699 | 419,829 |
Contai | 2 | - | 8 | 16 | - | - | - | 22 | 48 | 688 | 88 | 59,882 | 890,607 |
Purba Medinipur district | 5 | 3 | 22 | 51 | - | - | - | 132 | 213 | 3,486 | 293 | 172,251 | 3,319,411 |
Medical facilities available in Haldia subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)
Haldia Subdivision Hospital, Khanjanchak, Haldia, 250 beds[28]
Haldia Port Trust Hospital, Haldia, 47 beds[28]
Dr. B.C. Roy Hospital, Banbishnupur, Balughata, Haldia, 700 beds[29]
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[28]
Nandigram Rural Hospital, Nandigram I CD block, Nandigram, 30 beds
Reapara Rural Hospital, Nandigram II CD block, Reapara, 30 beds
Basulia Rural Hospital, Mahishadal CD block, Basulia, 30 beds
Block Primary Health Centre: (Name, block, location, beds)[28]
Amlat BPHC, Sutahata CD block, Sutahata, 10 beds
Bargashipur BPHC, Haldia CD block, 10 beds, Barghasipur, 10 beds
Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)[28]
Nandigram I CD block: Mohammadpur, PO Nilpur (10), Mahespur, PO Parulbari (6)
Nandigram II CD block: Boyal (6), Amdabad (10)
Sutahata CD block: Joynagar, PO Dorojoynagar (6), Begunberia, PO Golapchak (10)
Haldia CD block: Debhog (10), Barsundra, PO Iswardahajalpai (2)
Mahishadal CD block: Natsal, PO Geonkhali (10), Rajarampur, PO Geonkhali (?)
Electoral constituencies
[edit]Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:[30]
Lok Sabha constituency | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats |
---|---|---|---|
Ghatal | Panskura Paschim | None | Panskura CD Block |
Other assembly segments in Paschim Medinipur district | |||
Tamluk | Tamluk | None | Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk CD Block, and Sahid Matangini CD Block |
Panskura Purba | None | Kolaghat CD Block | |
Moyna | None | Moyna CD Block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block | |
Nandakumar | None | Nandakumar CD Block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block | |
Mahisadal | None | Mahishadal and Haldia CD Blocks | |
Haldia | SC | Haldia municipality and Sutahata CD Block | |
Nandigram | None | Nandigram I and Nandigram II CD Blocks | |
Kanthi | Chandipur | None | Chandipur CD Block and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block |
Paashpur | None | Patashpur I CD Block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II CD Block | |
Kanthi Uttar | None | Deshapran CD Block, Brajachauli, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kumirda, Lauda and Marishda GPs of Contai III CD Block and Bathuari GP of Egra II CD Block | |
Bhagabanpur | None | Bhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kotbarh 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 | |
Khejuri | SC | Khejuri I and Khejuri II CD Blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block | |
Kanthi Dakshin | None | Contai municipality, Contai I CD Block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur GPs of Contai III CD Block | |
Ramnagar | None | Ramnagar I and Ramnagar II CD Blocks |
External links
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