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Alipurduar | |
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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 | |
Coordinates: 26°29′20″N 89°31′37″E / 26.489°N 89.527°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Jalpaiguri |
Headquarters | Alipurduar |
Government | |
• Subdivisions | Alipurduar Sadar |
• CD Blocks | Madarihat-Birpara, Alipurduar I, Alipurduar II, Kalchini, Falakata, Kumargram |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Alipurduar |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Alipurduars, Kumargram, Falakata, Madarihat, Kalchini |
• District Magistrate | Smt. R. Vimala, IAS[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,383 km2 (1,306 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | 1,491,250 |
• Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
• Urban | 307,456 |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 78.57 per cent |
• Sex ratio | 949 ♂/♀ |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali[3][4] |
• Additional official | English[3] |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | alipurduar |
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.