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Haldia subdivision

Haldia subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Haldia subdivision
Subdivision
Coordinates: 22°02′N 88°04′E / 22.03°N 88.06°E / 22.03; 88.06
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPurba Medinipur
HeadquartersHaldia
Area
 • Total683.94 km2 (264.07 sq mi)
Population
 • Total959,953
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 codeIN-WB
Vehicle registrationWB 29 & WB 30
Websitewb.gov.in

Subdivisions edit

Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[1]

 
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 edit

 
 
 
8km
5miles
 
Nayachar
Haldi River
Hooghly River
Rupnarayan
Haldia Port
S
Kukrahati
R
Geonkhali
R
Chaitanyapur
R
Sona Chura
R
Reyepara
R
Durgachak
N
Sutahata
N
Mahishadal
R
Barda
CT
Ashadtalya
CT
Nandigram
CT
Garh
Kamalpur
CT
Haldia
M
Cities and towns in Haldia subdivision of Purba Medinipur district
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
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]

 
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:

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 edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Purba Medinipur". Table 2.1. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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  6. ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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  10. ^ "District Human Development Report: Purba Medinipur" (PDF). Chapter I Introduction. Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
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