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 km2 | Population | Rural Population % | Urban Population % |
| 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 density of population of 787 per km2. 48.02% 0f the total population of the district 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 km2 | Municipal Town | CD Block |
| Kharagpur | n/a | Kharagpur | - |
| Kharagpur | 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 |
Blocks
Community development blocks in Kharagpur subdivision are:| CD Block | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population | 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 |
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.
Education
Given in the table below is a subdivision-wise comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim Medinipur district, after separation of Jhargram subdivision, 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, 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 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
- Excluding Nursing Homes
Electoral constituencies
| Lok Sabha constituency | Vidhan Sabha constituency | Reservation | CD Block and/or Gram panchayats |
| Jhargram | Garbeta | - | Garhbeta I CD Block and Amlasuli, Jogardanga, Piyasala and Sarboth GPs of Garhbeta II CD Block. |
| Salboni | - | 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 | - | 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 | - | 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 | - | Kharagpur municipality and Kharagpur Railway Settlement of Kharagpur I CD Block. | |
| Narayangarh | - | Narayangarh | |
| Kharagpur | - | Kharagpur I CD Block, and Banpura, Panchkhuri I, Panchkhuri II, Pathra and Shiromoni GPs of Midnapore Sadar CD Block. | |
| Medinipur | - | 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 | - | Panskura I CD Block in Purba Medinipur district. |
| Sabang | - | Sabang CD Block, and Jalchak I, Jalchak II and Maligram GPs of Pingla CD Block. | |
| Pingla | - | Dhaneswarpur, Gobordhanpur, Jamna, Karkai, Kshirai, Kusumda and Pindurui GPs of Pingla CD Block and Kharagpur II CD Block | |
| Debra | - | Debra CD Block | |
| Daspur | - | 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. |