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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Lalgarh
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Village
| image_skyline = File:Adivasi mother child before lighted house.jpg
| image_alt =
| image_caption = Mother and child
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.58|N|87.05|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Jhargram district|Jhargram]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
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| government_type =
| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2001
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Santhali language|Santhali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = WB
| website = {{URL|jhargram.gov.in/}}
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-WB]]
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'''Lalgarh''' is a village and a [[gram panchayat]] in the [[Binpur I]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] under the [[Jhargram subdivision]] of the [[Jhargram district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

Lalgrah came under media attention at the beginning of November 2008. The [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)]]<ref>[http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?661588 Centre Declares CPI(Maoist) a Terrorist Organisation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006163533/http://news.outlookindia.com/item.aspx?661588 |date=2011-10-06 }}</ref> launched a massive fight against police personnel and cadres of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. In June 2009 Indian security forces launched [[Operation Lalgarh]] against the Maoists in the village.

==Geography==
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===Location===
Lalgarh is located at {{coord|22.58|N|87.05|E|display=inline}}

===Area overview===
Jhargram subdivision, the only one in Jhargram district, shown in the map alongside, is composed of hills, mounds and rolling lands. It is rather succinctly described in the ''District Human Development Report'', 2011 (at that time it was part of Paschim Medinipur district), “The western boundary is more broken and picturesque, for the lower ranges of the Chhotanagpur Hills line the horizon, the jungle assumes the character of forest, and large trees begin to predominate. The soil, however, is lateritic, a considerable area is unproductive, almost uninhabited, especially in the extreme north-west where there are several hills over 1000 feet in height. The remainder of the country is an almost level plain broken only by the sand hills.”<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011| work= pages 4-5|publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref> 3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged to [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled castes]] and 29.37% belonged to [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled tribes]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}</ref>

<small>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.</small>

==Demography==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Lalgarh had a total population of 4,433 of which 2,259 (51%) were males and 2,174 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 455. The total number of literate persons in Lalgarh was 3,209 (72.39% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 27 October 2016 }}</ref>

==Civic administration==
===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Binpur I CD block are located at Lalgarh.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1918_PART_A_DCHB_PASCHIM%20MEDINIPUR.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Paschim Medinipur | work= Map of Paschim Medinipur with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | accessdate = 20 November 2016 }}</ref>

===Police station===
Lalgarh police station has jurisdiction over [[Binpur I]] CD block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Paschim Medinipur |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 14 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/wmdp/wmdpstat.php | title = District at a Glance | publisher = Paschim Medinipur District Police | accessdate = 27 October 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161027124602/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/district/wmdp/wmdpstat.php | archive-date = 27 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
The main occupation of the people here is cultivation, sharecropping and selling disposable plates made of leaves. Most people do not own land but work on others fields. The region is dry and there are but a single harvest each year. At other times people work as daily labor, collect and sell leaves and wood from forest etc. Over 75% of the households own land given to them under the Land reforms programme of the Left Front Government between the years 1977 and 2002. But income poverty exists.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626215751/http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=2009-06-26 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Lalgarh: is it liberated or ruled by fear? | date=2009-06-26}}</ref>

==Operation Lalgarh==
[[File:Adivasi women.jpg|thumb|350px|Lalgarh [[adivasi]] women]]
{{main article|Operation Lalgarh}}
In November 2008, following reports of police brutality, enraged advasi villagers blockaded roads and protested against the police and paramilitary forces in the area.<ref name="telegraph"/> The government maintained the movement was being controlled by Maoist guerrilla agents.<ref name=telegraph>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081113/jsp/bengal/story_10104153.jsp The Telegraph, 13 November 2008,''CPI (Maoist) state secretary Kanchan said: “We are with the people of Lalgarh."'']</ref> The Maoists controlled the village and the surrounding area for eight months until Operation Lalgarh was launched to dislodge them on 18 June 2009.<ref name="quickwork">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090619/jsp/frontpage/story_11131996.jsp|title=Quick work during day, shots ring out at night|last=Pronob|first=Mondal|date=2009-06-19|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=2009-06-19}}</ref>

==Education==
[[Lalgarh Government College]] was established in 2014. It is affiliated to [[Vidyasagar University]]. It offers honours courses in Bengali, Santali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science and sociology, and general courses in BA and BSc (Bio Science).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.lalgarhgovtcollege.org/ |title = Lalgarh Government College | work= |publisher= LGC | accessdate = 5 January 2017 }}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Binpur Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at [[Binpur]], is the major government medical facility in the Binpur I CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 1 September 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist|3}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100822171003/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2009/06/26/stories/2009062659761000.htm Report on Lalgarh by Praveen Swami]
*[http://canvaspix.wordpress.com/2010/07/21/algarh/ An English subtitled documentary on the Lalgarh movement]

{{Jhargram District}}

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