Bolpur subdivision is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, a sub-micro physiographic region. It covers the interfluves of the Mayurakshi and Ajay, in the south-eastern part of the district. This area exhibits somewhat upland topography sloping from north-west to south-east.[1]
Geography
Subdivisions
Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[2][3][4]
Bolpur Sriniketan block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Bahiri–Panchshowa, Raipur–Supur, Sarpalehana–Albandha, Singhee, Kankalitala, Ruppur, Kasba, Sattor and Sian Muluk.
Ilambazar block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Batikar, Ghurisha, Mongoldihi, Belati, Illambazar, Nanasole, Dharampur, Joydev–Kenduli and Sirsha.
Nanoor block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bara Saota, Daskalgram–Kareya–I, Chandidas Nanoor, Daskalgram–Kareya–II, Kirnahar–II, Kirnahar–I, Thupsara, Uchkaran, Charkalgram, Jalundi and Nawanagar Kadda.
Education
Birbhum district had a literacy rate of 70.68% as per the provisional figures of the census of 2011. Rampurhat subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.12%, Suri Sadar subdivision 71.16% and Bolpur subdivision 72.71%.[12]
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Birbhum district, with data for the year 2013-14:[12]
Medical facilities in Bolpur subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)[24]
Bolpur Subdivisional Hospital, Bolpur, well known as Sian Hospital, 125 beds
Pearson Memorial Hospital, Santiniketan, 50 beds
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD Block, location, beds) [25]
Labpur Rural Hospital, Labpur CD Block, Labhpur, 30 beds
Nanoor Rural Hospital, Nanoor CD Block, Nanoor, 30 beds
Ilambazar Rural Hospital, Ilambazar CD Block, Ilambazar, 30 beds
Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)[26]
Bolpur Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block, Bolpur, 60 beds
Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)[27]
Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block: Panchsowa (6), Sattore Kasba (PO Sattore) (10), Supur (PO Rajatpur) (10)
Labpur CD Block: Bipratikuri (6), Dwaraka (6), Ramkrishnapur (PO Brahamanigram) (6), Thiba (10), Abhadanga (6)
Nanoor CD Block: Banagram (PO Nanoor) (6), Khujutipara (10), Kirnahar (10)
Ilambazar CD Block: Batikar (10), Jaydev Kenduli (6)
Electoral constituencies
Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Bolpur subdivision were as follows:[28]
Lok Sabha constituency
Reservation
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Reservation
CD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areas
^"Birbhum Police". Police Stations. West Bengal Police. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
^"West Bengal District Gazeteers - Birbhum (1975)". Chapter I: General and Physical Aspects - Area of Police Stations in Birbhum District and Population Density. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
^ ab"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Birbhum". Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
^"Health & Family Welfare Department"(PDF). Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original(PDF) on 16 August 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2018.