Haldia subdivision


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

Subdivisions

Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
SubdivisionHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
Rural
Population %
Urban
Population %
TamlukTamluk1084.301,791,69594.085.92
HaldiaHaldia683.94959,93479.1920.81
EgraEgra940.96958,93996.963.04
ContaiContai1251.211,385,30793.556.45
Purba Medinipur districtTamluk4,713.005,095,87591.718.29

Administrative units

Haldia subdivision has 6 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 38 gram panchayats, 320 mouzas, 312 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.

Area

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% 0f the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Police stations

Police stations in Haldia subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Police StationArea covered
km2 *		Inter-state borderMunicipal TownCD Block
Mahishadal135--Mahishadal
Nandigram251.25--Nandigram I, Nandigram II
Sutahata125--Sutahata
Durgachak44.21--Haldia
Haldia98-Haldia -
Bhabanipur115-Hadia -

Community development blocks in Haldia subdivision are:
CD BlockHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
SC %ST %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
MahishadalRangibasan146.48206,27711.250.0986.211
Nandigram INandigram181.84207,83518.580.0785.891
Nandigram IIReyepara105.74123.21912.890.1689.191
SutahataSutahata79.54123,78430.560.0485.421
HaldiaHaldia65.4497,9927.630.2985.96-

Gram Panchayats

The subdivision contains 38 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:
is an all-weather riverine port, 60 km from the pilotage station, with an annual capacity of 41.71 million tonnes. It comprises 3 riverine oil jetties, 14 berths inside an impounded dock and two riverine barge jetties. It was commissioned in 1977.

Industry

Haldia oil refinery

is one of the ten refineries of the Indian Oil Corporation. It was commissioned in 1975.

Haldia urban industrial complex

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. Amongst the other companies operating in the Haldia urban industrial complex are: Exide, Shaw Wallace, Tata Chemicals, Hindustan Lever and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

Education

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. 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%.
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14.
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:
The table below 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.
Medical facilities available in Haldia subdivision are as follows:

Hospitals:

Haldia Subdivision Hospital, Khanjanchak, Haldia, 250 beds

Haldia Port Trust Hospital, Haldia, 47 beds

Dr. B.C. Roy Hospital, Banbishnupur, Balughata, Haldia, 700 beds

Rural Hospitals:

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:

Amlat BPHC, Sutahata CD block, Sutahata, 10 beds

Bargashipur BPHC, Haldia CD block, 10 beds, Barghasipur, 10 beds

Primary Health Centres:

Nandigram I CD block: Mohammadpur, PO Nilpur, Mahespur, PO Parulbari

Nandigram II CD block: Boyal, Amdabad

Sutahata CD block: Joynagar, PO Dorojoynagar, Begunberia, PO Golapchak

Haldia CD block: Debhog, Barsundra, PO Iswardahajalpai

Mahishadal CD block: Natsal, PO Geonkhali, Rajarampur, PO Geonkhali

Electoral constituencies

and Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:
Lok Sabha constituencyVidhan Sabha constituencyReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats
GhatalPanskura Paschim-Panskura CD Block
Other assembly segments in Paschim Medinipur district
TamlukTamluk-Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk CD Block, and Sahid Matangini CD Block
Panskura Purba-Kolaghat CD Block
Moyna-Moyna CD Block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
Nandakumar-Nandakumar CD Block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
Mahisadal-Mahishadal and Haldia CD Blocks
HaldiaSCHaldia municipality and Sutahata CD Block
Nandigram-Nandigram I and Nandigram II CD Blocks
KanthiChandipur-Chandipur CD Block and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block
Paashpur-Patashpur I CD Block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II CD Block
Kanthi Uttar-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-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
KhejuriSCKhejuri I and Khejuri II CD Blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block
Kanthi Dakshin-Contai municipality, Contai I CD Block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur GPs of Contai III CD Block
Ramnagar-Ramnagar I and Ramnagar II CD Blocks