Falakata is located at It has an average elevation of 88 metres. Mujnai is the main river. Falakata is surrounded by rich forests, corn fields and the nearby Kunjanagar Eco-Park.
Area overview
Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people in the three northern blocks of the district. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Civic administration
Police station
Falakata police has jurisdiction over Falakata CD block.
CD block HQ
Headquarters of Falakata CD block is at Falakata.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri, Falakata covered an area of 4.92 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads, with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tanks, uncovered wells. It had 4,389 domestic electric connections, 26 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 2 hospitals, 4 family welfare centres, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 25 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 14 primary schools, 4 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, 4 senior secondary schools. It had 2 non-formal education centre, 1 orphanage home. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 stadium, 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Three important commodities it produced were: atta, mustard seed, butter. It had branches of 1 nationalised bank, 1 private commercial bank, 2 cooperative banks.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India, Falakata had a population of 19716 of which 10,022 are males while 9,694 are females. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Falakata has an average literacy rate of 86.01%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 89.48%, and female literacy is 82.42%. In Falakata, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
is an arts college. Falakata High School is the oldest school of Falakata. Raymond Memorial Higher Secondary School is an English medium, Christian minority school, with almost 2,200 students, run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church since 1949. It is a co-educational day-boarding school with classes from nursery to 12th grade, offering science, commerce and arts streams at the +2 levels. The school is recognized by The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi. Falakata has 2 moe co-ed English medium schools, one being Techno India and the other being Morning Star. There are many government primary schools provides free education for poor children. On another hand, private primary schools are growing day by day.
Tourism
Falakata has many s nearby such as Darjeeling, Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, Gangtok one can easily reach there by trains as well as the personal vehicle. Transportation- falakata does not have any city bus services in town but there are numerous intercity buses available for nearby towns.
Healthcare
Falakata Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Falakata, is the major governmentmedical facility in the Falakata CD block. Falakata Superspeciality Hospital, with 100 beds, is functional.
