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Geography
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Dakshin Dinajpur Latitude 26 deg 35' 15" N
25 deg 10' 55" N Longitude 89 deg 00' 30" E 87 deg
48' 37" E
Geographical Area = 2162 sq km.The district is drained by a number of
North-South flowing river like Atreyee, Punarbhaba,
Tangon and Brahmani. It is predominantly an agricultural district with
large area of land being under Cultivation.The River
Atryee comes from Bangladesh and again goes to Bangladesh through Kumarganj
and Balurghat blocks.The Punarbhaba flows
through the Gangarampur and Tapan blocks.The Tangon flows through the
Kushmandi and Banshihari blocks.There is another
small river named Jamuna in the Hili block.
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History :
The district of West Dinajpur
comprised an area, which in ancient times formed a part of the kingdom
of Pundravardhana, the
country of the Pundras. The district of Dakshin Dinajpur has reasons to
be proud of its rich historical and cultural heritage. It was a
part of undivided Dinajpur district of erstwhile Bengal which was known
as Pundra Vardhan Bhukti in ancient times. West Dinajpur
District was created out of the erstwhile Dinajpur district in 1947 at
the time of partition of India. The rest of the
Dinajpur district is now in Bangladesh. The West Dinajpur district was
enlarged in 1956 at the time of reorganisation of the State
with the addition of some areas of Bihar. The district was bifurcated
into Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur on 01.04.1992. New
railway line has been laid between Eklakhi and Balurghat, the district
headquarter. Train services have been started on 30.12.2004.
There is one State Highway with only 3 KM of National Highway no. 34 falling
within the district. Bengali is the principal language of
the district,
District Profile :
*Sub-Division 2 *Blocks
8 *Municipality 2
*Wards 41 *Gram-panchayat 65 *Village
2,317
*Mouza 1,646 *Panchayat Samity
8 *Gram-Sansad 929 *Primary
Schools 1189 *Secondary Schools 106
*Higher Secondary Schools 26 *Colleges
4 *Public Libraries 57 *Junior
High Schools 20 *Senior Madrasha12
*P.T.T.I.1 *Anganwadi Centres
1267 *Sishu Siksha Kendras 535 *Junior
High Madrasha 4 *Junior Madrasha 1
*NCLP Schools 40 *District Hospital 1 *Sub-divisional
Hospital 1 *Rural Hospital 1
*Police Hospital 1
*Leprosy Control Units 2 *Homeopaths
12 *Dispensaries 8 *Clinics
4 *Ayurvedic Centres 5
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Important Telephone Numbers :
District Administration :
(STD Code 03522)
Administrative Building
District Magistrate
Office: 255201/255005(D)/255488
(Fax) Residences: 255202/256005/255346(Fax) E-mail: dm-bgt-wb@nic.in /
dm-blr@nic.in
Addl. District Magistrate (G)
Off. 255248 Res. 255204 Addl.
District Magistrates (D) Off.
255203/255506 Res. 255589
Addl. District Magistrate (R)
Off. 256902 Res. 255479
D.L & L.R.O. Off.
255314/58176 Res. 255494
Secretary, Zilla Parishad
Off. 255358 Res. 255073
Project Director, DRD Cell
Off. 255307 Res. 259143
SDO, Gangarampur at Buniadpur Off.
953524-2559084/259950(T) Res. 259467
S.D.O. Balurghat
Off. 255205 Res.255206
Spl. Land Acquisition Officer Off.
255616
P.O. cum D.W.O., BCW Off.
255624 Res.258915
D.M.BC. Dev & Fin Corpn.
Off. 255627/255059
Dy. DLLRO Off.
258177
D.P. & R.D.O. Off.
255607 D.Pl.O.
Off. 255610
D.P.O.S.H.S.D.P-II Off.
258396 OC,
General Off.
255606
OC, Election Off.
255612 Res. 255622 R.T.O
Off. 255684 N.D.C.
Off. 255615
Res. 255608
Treasury Officer No. – I
Off. 255617
Treasury Officer No. – II
Off.
258106 Supt.
Of Excise Off.
255322 Res. 255632
Dist. Controller (F&S) Off.
256636
D.P.O. (I.C.D.S.) Off.
255119 D.R.O. Off.
255614 A.R.C.S.
Off.
255638 D.I.O. (NIC) Off.
255116
Sr. S.O.C.D. Off.
255611 Vigilance Inspector
Off. 255669
O.S.
Off. 255635 Nazir
Off. 255618 Dist.
Election Office Off.
255634
Dist. Control Room
Off. 256000
D.L. & L.R.O.
Off. 255609
Circuit House
255605 (G.F) / 56006 (F.F.)
District Judge
Off. 255207
Res. 255238 Addl.
District Judge Off.
270491 Addl.
District Judge (Spl. Court) Off.
270492
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Asstt. District Judge
Off. 259528
CJM Off. 255209
SDJM
Off. 255208 Res.255243 Govt.
Pleader Off.
255724 Res. 255404
Public Prosecutor
Off. 255921 Res. 255977
Supdt. of Police Off.
255321 Res. 255502
Addl. Supdt. Of Police
Off.
255323 Res. 255324
Dy. SP. HQ Off.
255650 Res. 255327
Sabhadhipati
Off. 255366/55229(D) / 55279
(Fax) Res. 255356 Saha
Sabhadhipati Off.
257375
Chairman, DPSC Off.
255264 Secretary
DPSC Off.
255268 BLG.
Municipality 255450
(CP) / 255680
GMP. Municipality 953521
-255140 CMOH Off.
255640/255235 Res. 255272
Supdt. Dist.Hospital Off.
255641 Res. 255274
Asst.Commner, C.T.
Off. 255112
PAO
Off. 2552
Dy. Dir. ARD
Off. 255645
EE – Irri Off. 255113
EE – AM Off.
255568 Res. 255994
EE- AI Off.
255912
EE – CPWD
Off. 255425 Res.
255465 EE - NF, Rly
Off. 259230
Res. 259180 DE,
WBSEB Off. 255532
Res.256397 EE, PWD Off.
255839 Res. 255752 EE,
PHE Off.
255576 Res. 255688 EE, PWD
(Elec) at Malda 953512-252831 AE,
WBSEB Off.
255352 AE,
PWD Off.
255267/255558 DM.
FCI Off.
255231 DICO Off.
255277
Supdt. Jail Off. 255226
DLO
Off. 256889/255319
DYO Off.
257592 DMEEO Off.
255214 ALC Off.
255368 SDO (T) Off.
255296 JTO
Off. 255566 Asstt.
Dir. Fisheries Off. 255625 DPO,
DPEP Off.
256822 DI
of School (Pri) Off.
255262 DI
of School (Sec) Of
SDJM, Gangarampur 953524-259601
SDPO, Gangarampur
953524-259360 (O+R) SDLLRO,
Gangarampur 953524-259689
SDLLRO, Balurghat
Off. 255678
SDCFS,Balurghat
Off. 255234
BDO Balurghat
Off. 255213 Res.
270861 BDO,
Kumarganj Off.
254205 Res. 254629
BDO, Hili
Off. 250248 Res. 250960 BDO,
Tapan 953521-252213
(O+R) BDO,
Gangarampur 953521-255056
(O+R) BDO,
Banshihari 953524-259322 BDO,
Harirampur 953524-265139
(O+R) BDO,
Kushmandi 953524-263486
(O+R) Dist.
Engineer, DDZP Off.
255357 Res. 255473
Asst. Engineer, PWD Balurghat
Off. 257255
Secretary, Zilla Sainik Board
Off. 58175
Res. 58217
Supdt, Dist Collection, DumDuma Off.
55226
MP:
Balurghat
Arpita Ghosh TMC
Constituency:
Balurghat (West Bengal)
Permanent Address:
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Libraries :
Balurghat
Block
*Amritakhanda Anchal Palli Pataghar Vill. Kamarpara PO. Amritakhanda
Rural Type of Library
*Malancha Palli Pathagar Vill. Malancha PO. Danga
Rural Type of Library
*Yukta Sangha Town Library Vill & PO Balurghat
Town Type of Library
*Maitreechakra Primary Unit Pathagar Vill & PO Balurghat
Primary Unit Type of Library
*Chak-Kashi Tarun Palli Pathagar Vill. Chak-Kashi PO. Jalghar Rural
Type of Library
*Chakvrigu Granthagar Vill & PO Chakvrigu
Rural Type of Library
*Jalghar Rural Library PO. Jalghar Rural
Type of Library
*Faridpur Atoir Palli Pathagar PO.
Bidaypur Rural Type
of Library
*Patiram Manorama Palli Pathagar PO. Patiram
Rural Type of Library
*Khashpur G C Rural Library PO. Khashpur
Rural Type of Library
*Boaldar Palli Pathagar PO. Bara Kashipur
Rural Type of Library
*Khanpur S K S Pathagar PO. Khanpur Rural
Type of Library
*District Library PO. Balurghat
District Library
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Harirampur Block
*Danagram Milanee Rural Library Danagram
Rural Type of Library
*Harirampur Udayan Palli Pathagar Harirampur
Rural Type of Library
*Vivekananda Milan Palli Pathagar Baragram
Rural Type of Library
*Namtore Jatirgram Palli Pathagar Namtore
Rural Type of Library
Kumarganj
Block
*Kumarganj Block Central Rural Library PO. Gopalganj
Rural Type of Library
*Barahar Rural Library PO. Mahipur Rural
Type of Library
*Sumitra Sahitya Sadan Rural Library PO. Samjhia
Rural Type of Library
*Jakhirpur Palli Pathagar PO. Jakhirpur
Rural Type of Library
*Chandganj Bharat Mitram Rural Library PO. Chandganj
Rural Type of Library
*Ramkrishnapur Girish Palli Pathagar PO. Ramkrishnapur
Rural Type of Library
*Deor Palli Pathagar Deor Rural
Type of Library
*Madarganj Tarun Palli Pathagar Batun Rural
Type of Library
Tapan Block
*Tapan Palli Pathagar Tapan
Rural Type of Library
*Jamalpur Pathachakra Kardaha
Rural Type of Library
*Karaichenchara M S Palli Pathagar Karaichenchara
Rural Type of Library
*Ramchandrapur Granthagar Kendra Ramchandrapur
Rural Type of Library
*Nalini Smiriti Palli Pathagar Chenchra
Rural Type of Library
*Dwipkhanda Anchal Palli Pathagar Daralhat
Rural Type of Library
*Gofanagar Palli Pathagar Gofanagar
Rural Type of Library
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Kushmandi Block
*Kushmandi Rural Library Kushmandi Rural
Type of Library
*Mahisbathan Lenin Palli Pathagar Manikore
Rural Type of Library
*Aminpur Palli Unnayan Sangha Aminpur
Rural Type of Library
*P Mollapara Palli Pathagar Manikore
Rural Type of Library
*Singtore Palli Pathagar Kushmandi Rural
Type of Library
*Makoir Palli Pathagar Khunia Rural
Type of Library
Gangarampur
Block
*Gangarampur Milanee Town Library Gangarampur
Town Type of Library
*Puratan Gangarampur Rural Library Raghabpur
Rural Type of Library
*Anita Devi Smriti Pragati Palli Pathagar Rajibpur
Rural Type of Library
*Snehalata Das Palli Pathagar Sairapur
Rural Type of Library
*Nayabazar Palli Pathagar Nayabazar Rural
Type of Library
*Harekrishna Konar Smriti Palli Pathagar Ashokgram
Rural Type of Library
*Banihari Young Club & Palli Pathagar Jan chi
Rural Type of Library
*Sarbamangala Bidyut Pathagar Sarbamangala
Rural Type of Library
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Banshihari Block
*Buniadpur Palli Pathagar Buniadpur Rural
Type of Library
*Doulatpur Rural Library Doulatpur Rural
Type of Library
*Nabarun Palli Pathagar Sigadaha
Rural Type of Library
*Sihol Public Rural Library Sihol Rural
Type of Library
*Bimala Smriti Palli Pathagar Badalpur
Rural Type of Library
Hili Block
*Hili Kumudnath Town Library Hili Town
Type of Library
*Balupara Haladhar Palli Pathagar Fatepur
Rural Type of Library
*Trimohini P G Town Library Trimohini Town
Type of Library
*Teor Palli Pathagar Teor Rural
Type of Library
*Binshira Sri Krishna Palli Pathagar Teor
Rural Type of Library
*Sadal Sabyasachi Palli Pathagar Jamalpur
Rural Type of Library
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Education
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Schools
1.Balurghat
High School. 2.Balurghat
Lalit Mohan Adarsha 3.Ucchavidyalay
4.Balurghat
Girls High School.
5.Balurghat
NC High School. 6.The
Atreyee English Medium School,
CBSE.
7.Balurghat
Khadimpur High School
8.Balurghat
Khadimpur Girls High School 9.Balurghat
Khidirpur High School
Colleges
1.Balurghat
College 2.Balurghat
Womens' College 3.Balurghat
Atreyee B.Ed. College 4.Balurghat
Law College
5.Balurghat
ITI College
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Administration :
Sub-Divisions
: 2 (two) Balurghat (Sadar)
Sub-Divisions Gangarampur at Buniadpur.
Blocks :
8 (Eight) *Balurghat *Hili *Kumarganj
*Tapan *Gangarampur * Kushmandi *Banshihari
*Harirampur
Municipalities :
2 (two) *Balurghat Municipality *Gangarampur
Municipality
Places To Visit :
At
Hili Block
This is very famous for the international Indo-Bangladesh Border Checkpost.
Distance from Balurghat district Headquarters is 25
(twenty five) Kilometres. It is well connected by State Highway. On the
way to Hili, Bangladesh Border can be seen just by the side
of the road. Nowadays, hundreds of trucks full of commodities are engaged
in export business. At present there is only one PWD
Bungalow which can be used to accommodate tourists.
*Sarongbari
Sarongbari is a small forest and a very attractive picnic spot. One small
hut has been constructed with drinking water facilities and is
managed by Hili Panchayat Samiti. Prior permission is to be sought from
the Block Development Officer, Hili, to enter this spot.
At Balurghat
Block
Balurghat is the district Headquarters of the Dakshin
Dinajpur district. Balurghat town played an important role in the August
Movement in the year 1942 against the British and occupies a place of
pride in the history of freedom movement of lndia. This is a
small municipal town surrounded by green trees and is free from pollution.
1 (One) Kilometre away from Balurghat, there is a small
forest at Raghunathpur. There is one Bungalow of Forest department inside
the forest. There is another small forest known as
Dogachhi forest about 6 Km west of Balurghat town. During winter season,
many tourist and local people organise picnic parties and
visit this place on payment of a nominal charge. By the side of the Dogachhi
forest, there is a Zigzug canal with boating facility which
is a major attraction for the people visiting this place.
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*College Museum
The college museum of Balurghat, though a small
one, is worth seeing. Many antique collections including coins, inscriptions,
sculptures, terracotta, ornamental stones, etc. of ancient ages are preserved
here. Two inscriptions have been deciphered by Prof
A K Goswami which has thrown new light on the religious belief of the
Pala period.
*Khanpur
It is situated on the Patiram-Trimohini road about
18 Kms away (North-East) from Balurghat town. This place is very famous
for the
Tebhaga Movement. History tells us that in the year 1946, the share croppers
of this area raised a movement for establishing their
¾ percentage share of the crops. To combat this movement the British
Force along with local Zamindars started various oppressive
measures including plunder, rape, setting fire, etc. In the face of such
oppression, the movement instead of subsiding, further flared
up. The local cultivators also lent their whole-hearted support to the
movement. On 20 February, 1947, a large contingent of Police
force went to Khanpur to arrest the leaders of the Tebhaga Movement. Under
the leadership of SriI Chiarshai Sekh, the people
disconnected the road. The Police arrested Smt Jasoda Rajbanshi, W/o NilKantha
Rajbanshi (Party Secretary), Sri Gopeshwar Das
Mohanta, Sri Ghutui Kolkamar, Sri Gajimuddin and Sri Sashi Barman.
However, the share croppers under the leadership
of Chiarshai Sekh succeeded to snatch away those arrested cultivators
from the
police jeep and damaged the vehicle. The Police then opened fire. As per
report police fired about 121 rounds upon the public. As a
result 21 (twenty one) cultivators died on the spot. Among these victims
were people belonging to the Hindus, Muslims and the
Schedule Tribes. There is a small memorial in the spot inscribing the
names of the patriotic souls
*Patiram Thakur Estate
On the Balurghat-Malda state highway, the Patiram
Thakur Estate can be seen by the side of the river Atreyee. Old buildings
of this
estate are still there bearing the memory of the Tagore family.
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*Bolla Ma Kali Temple
About 20 Kms away from Balurghat town on the Balurghat-
Malda Highway, the village BOLLA is situated. There is a famous Kali
temple named after "Bolla Ma Kali'. There is a story behind this
temple. It is said that one Zamindar was arrested by the British as
he could not pay the tax for his Zamindari. Goddess Kali came Goddess
'Kali' and started worshipping her. As the Zamindar was
freed on a Friday following the Rash Purnima Friday, Kali Puja is being
observed here on every Friday following the Rash Purnima.
Thousands of devotees throng the place to offer prayers and puja from
different parts of the district. The Puja Committee organise a
3 (three) day fair on the occasion. This is also famous for sacrificing
animals (Bali).to his rescue and the Zamindar was freed the very
next day. As a token of gratitude, he built a temple of Ma Kali.
At Tapan Block
The big lake of Tapan namely Tapan Dighi is situated
in the village Tapan at a distance of 35 Km. from Balurghat town and 15
Km.
from Gangarampur town. It is well connected by pucca road. Behind the
naming of this lake there is a myth that king Laxman Sen
dug this lake with a view to offering Tarpana for his ancestors. This
lake is about 2 Km in length and 1 Km in breadth.On the
northern bank of this lake, one dilapidated mound dating back to the period
of Buddha can be seen. The real truth can be
unearthed only if excavation work is taken up. Another important site
in this area is the village Manohali. One can see large number
of icons still remaining scattered in this area.
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At Gangarampur
Block
*Bangarh
Historically probably the most important of all
places in the entire district, Bangarh boasts of the largest share of
archaeological ruins
and icons to be found in Dakshin Dinajpur. It is situated 45 Km away from
Balurghat town and 65 Km from Malda town. Bangarh was
the capital of Koti Barsha district. During the GUPTA period, the whole
of North Bengal was known as Pundra Vardhana Bhukti
(Pradesh). It was again sub-divided into number of Vishayas (District).
Koti Barsha Was One Of The Districts. Its Old Name Was
Debkot/Debikot. In a radius of 8 Km of this area, different ancient archaelogical
remnants have been found.Under the leadership of
Prof Kunja Gobinda Goswami the excavation work was done between 1938-I941.
After excavation, so many historical objects and
archeological ruins have been found beginning from Mauryan era to Muslim
period.
*Dhal Dighi
Within 1 (one) Km of Gangarampur town, there is a big lake named "Dhal
Dighi". It is about 1.5 Km in length and dates back to the
Pal Dynasty. As colour of the water of this lake was "DHALA"
i.e. White, the lake is called Dhal Dighi.On the northern bank of the
lake
is the grave of a famous muslim saint Atash Fakir. Some carved stone pillars
and wall inscriptions can be seen in this grave.
*Kaldighi
Just about 200 metres away from Dhaldighi, there
is another lake called Kaldighi. This lake is also as big as Dhaldighi.
As the colour
of the water of this lake was black it is named as "Kaldighi'. During
winter, large number of migratory birds flock to this place.This
Kaldighi has recently been purchased by Dakshin Dinajpur Zilla Parishad
for development of Pissiculture and for creating composite
demonstration center of different schemes such as Poultry, Piggery, Milch
Cow, Duckery, Biogas plant, Solar energy system, etc.A
brick road has been constructed on each side of the lake. Thick plantation
by the side of the bank creates a charming environment in
this area. One children park is also under construction in the area. Further,
the district authority has sanctioned fund for construction
of a lodge.
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At Kushmandi
Block
*Mahipal Dighi
Mahipal lake is situated at a distance of 60 Km
from Balurghat and 30 Km from Gangarampur. During the period of Pal Dynasty,
Mahipal II, dug this lake. This is also a very big water body. On the
northern bank of this lake there was a "NILKOTHI' of Mr. Tomas
who was a close friend of William Kerry. At that time, William Kerry was
also in-charge of another "NILKOTHI' at Madnabati (District-
Malda). The distance from Mahipal to Madnabati is about 30 Km. The ruined
buildings of NILKOTHI still attracts the people of this
locality. During winter large number of migratory birds flock to this
place
*Aira Forest
From Mahipal road at a distance of 2 Km, there is
one small forest belonging to the Forest Dept. This forest has recently
been taken
up for beautification by planting ornamental trees and flowers. Further,
provision for constructing one lodge is also there, which can
be used to accommodate tourists
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At Harirampur Block
*Bairhatta
This is one of the historical places situated in
the eastern side of river Srimati. Its distance is about 35 Km from Gangarampur
and
about 60 Km from Malda. Many icons and archeological objects have been
found in this area. Some of these are kept in the Police
Station and Block Office.
Apart from this there are 4 (four) big lakes...
*Alta Dighi *Milian
Dighi *Gor Dighi *Hati Doba Dighi
These vast water bodies offer a perfect avenue for boating arrangement.
This area is well connected by pucca road. During winter,
large number of migratory birds flocks to this place. Near Bairhatta one
can visit the village Dehaband, a historically famous site.
Some icons are still lying in this area. Persons interested in history
can visit this place to fulfill their inquisitiveness. The icons
discovered in the areas of Harirampur, Gangarampur, Kushmandi have their
own style, different from that of the North Indian style.
Ruins of an ancient town surrounded by boundary wall can be found here.
This distinct style of sculpture was evolved by the two
famous artists namely 'Dhiman' and 'Bitpala'
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