Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision


Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Subdivisions

Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
SubdivisionHeadquarters
Area
km2		Population
Rural Population %
Urban Population %
MekhliganjMekhliganj459.78282,75090.099.91
MathabhangaMathabhanga896.26654,83196.353.65
Cooch Behar SadarCooch Behar754.84748,39477.9222.08
TufanganjTufanganj586.44456,31993.026.97
DinhataDinhata692.02676,79294.025.98
Cooch Behar districtCooch Behar3,387.002,819,02689.7310.27

Administrative units

Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision has 1 police station, 2 community development blocks, 2 panchayat samitis, 28 gram panchayats, 259 mouzas, 253 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 8 census towns. The municipality is: Cooch Behar. The census towns are: Kharimala Khagrabari, Guriahati, Dhaliabari, Baneswar, Khagrabari, Baisguri, Chakchaka and Takagachh. The subdivision has its headquarters at Cooch Behar.

Police stations

Police stations in the Darjeeling Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Police StationArea covered
km2		International border
Inter-state border
km		Municipal TownCD block
Kotwali747.47--Cooch BeharCooch Behar I, Cooch Behar II
Pundibarin/a---n/a
Sadar Womenn/a---n/a

Blocks

Community development blocks in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision are:
CD blockHeadquartersArea
km2		Population
SC %ST %Literacy
Rate %		Census
Towns
Cooch Behar IGhughumari361.17326,55838.770.3876.563
Cooch Behar IIKalarayerkuthi385.38343,90144.971.0081.395

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 28 gram panchayats under 2 community development blocks:
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Cooch Behar district, with data for the year 2012-13.
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, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.

Educational institutions

The following institutions are located in Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision:
The table below presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2013 in Cooch Behar district, with data for the year 2012-13.:
.* Excluding nursing homes.

Medical facilities

Medical facilities in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals:
Rural Hospitals:
Primary Health Centres :
As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the area under Cooch Behar-II block will constitute the Cooch Behar Uttar assembly constituency of West Bengal. The Cooch Behar municipality and nine gram panchayats of Cooch Behar-I block, viz. Chandamari, Chilkirhat, Falimari, Ghughumari, Haribhanga, Moyamari, Patchhara, Putimari-Fuleswari and Sutkabari will form the Cooch Behar Dakshin assembly constituency. The other six gram panchayats of Cooch Behar-I block, viz. Jiranpur, Dauaguri, Guriahati-I, Deoanhat, Guriahati-II and Panisala will be part of Natabari assembly constituency. Cooch Behar Uttar constituency will be reserved for Scheduled castes candidates. All these three assembly constituencies will be part of Cooch Behar, which will be reserved for SC candidates.