Alipurduar district

Alipurduar
Clockwise from top-left: Evening at Jaldapara National Park, ruins of Buxa Fort, Hut used by Toto aboriginals, Jayanti Hills in Buxa Tiger Reserve, Bhutan gate near Jaigaon
Location of Alipurduar district in West Bengal
Location of Alipurduar district in West Bengal
Coordinates: 26°29′20″N 89°31′37″E / 26.489°N 89.527°E / 26.489; 89.527
Country India
State West Bengal
DivisionJalpaiguri
HeadquartersAlipurduar
Government
 • SubdivisionsAlipurduar Sadar
 • CD BlocksMadarihat-Birpara, Alipurduar I, Alipurduar II, Kalchini, Falakata, Kumargram
 • Lok Sabha constituenciesAlipurduar
 • Vidhan Sabha constituenciesAlipurduars, Kumargram, Falakata, Madarihat, Kalchini
 • District MagistrateSmt. R. Vimala, IAS[1]
Area
 • Total3,383 km2 (1,306 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total1,491,250
 • Density440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
 • Urban
307,456
Demographics
 • Literacy78.57 per cent
 • Sex ratio949 /
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[3][4]
 • Additional officialEnglish[3]
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitealipurduar.gov.in

Alipurduar district is the 20th district in the state of West Bengal, India.[5] The district has its headquarters at Alipurduar. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district in 2014.[6] The district consists of Alipurduar municipality, Falakata municipality and six community development blocks: Madarihat–Birpara, Alipurduar–I, Alipurduar–II, Falakata, Kalchini and Kumargram. The six blocks contain 66 gram panchayats and nine census towns.

  1. ^ "District Magistrate". Alipurduar District, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  2. ^ "District Census Handbook-Jalpaiguri" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  4. ^ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  5. ^ TNN (21 June 2014). "Roy Alipurduar: Alipurduar a new district on June 25". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. ^ IANS (25 June 2014). "Alipurduar becomes Bengal's 20th district | Business Standard News". Business Standard. Retrieved 6 April 2020.