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{{Short description|Division in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{more citations needed|date=July 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
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| name                     = Medinipur division
| name               = Medinipur division
| settlement_type         = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division]]
| settlement_type   = [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|Division of West Bengal]]
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| image_alt          =
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| map_caption              = Location of Medinipur division in West Bengal
| image_caption      = [[Bahulara Ancient Temple]]
| coordinates             = {{coord|22|25|N|87|19|E|type:adm2nd_region:IN-WB_dim:200000|display=inline,title}}
| image_seal        =
| subdivision_type         = Country
| image_map          = Divisions of West Bengal.svg
| subdivision_name         = [[India]]
| map_caption        =
| subdivision_type1       = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| coordinates       = {{coord|22.45|N|86.98|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_name1       = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type   = Country
| seat_type                = Headquarters
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|India}}
| seat                    = [[Medinipur]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| leader_title            = [[List of districts of West Bengal|Districts]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| leader_name              = [[Bankura district|Bankura]], [[Jhargram district|Jhargram]], [[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]], [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]], [[Purulia district|Purulia]]
| established_title  = Established
| leader_title1            = [[Divisional commissioner|DC]]
| established_date  = 2017
| leader_name1            = Avanindra Singh, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| seat_type          = Headquarters
| leader_title2            = [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]]
| seat                = Jhargram
| leader_name2            = Anoop Jaiswal, [[Indian Police Service|IPS]]
| government_footnotes =
| area_total_km2          = 30280
| leader_party =
| population_total        = 18,672,669
| leader_title =
| population_density_km2  = auto
| leader_name =
| population_as_of        = 2011
| unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| demographics_type2      = Languages
| area_footnotes =
| demographics2_title1    = Official
| area_total_km2 = 27209
| demographics2_info1      = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]&lt;ref name="wblangoff"&gt;{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 2019}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|title=52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}&lt;/ref&gt;
| area_note =
| demographics2_title2    = Additional&amp;nbsp;official
| elevation_footnotes =
| demographics2_info2      = [[English language|English]]&lt;ref name="wblangoff"/&gt;
| elevation_m =
| timezone1                = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| population_total = 17536354
| utc_offset1              = +05:30
| population_as_of = 2011
| website                  = {{URL|https://wb.gov.in/}}
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_note =
}}
}}
'''Medinipur division''' is one of the five [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|administrative division]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].


==History==
'''Medinipur division''' is one of the [[Administrative divisions of West Bengal|5 divisions]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is the westernmost division of [[West Bengal]]. Earlier it was a part of [[Burdwan division]] and was curved out from it in 2016.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/bengal-to-be-divided-into-two-more-administrative-divisions-170890|title=Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions|date=23 November 2016 }}&lt;/ref&gt; The port city of [[Haldia]] is located in this division.
Medinipur division was established in 2017.<ref name="admin">{{cite web| url = http://www.wbpar.gov.in/writereaddata/81%20AR.pdf | title= The Kolkata Gazette dated March 20, 2017 | work=  |publisher= Personnel & Administration and e-Governance department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 3 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.millenniumpost.in/amp/bengal-to-be-divided-into-two-more-administrative-divisions-170890 | title= Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions | work=  |publisher= Millenium Post | access-date = 3 July 2023}}</ref>


==Geography==
==Districts==
Medinipur Division is composed of the following districts:<ref name="admin"/>
It consists of 5 [[List of districts in India|districts]]:&lt;ref name=blocdir&gt;{{cite web
*[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|url=http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc
*[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|title=Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008
*[[Bankura district|Bankura]]
|date=2008-03-19
*[[Purulia district|Purulia]]
|page=1
*[[Jhargram district|Jhargram]]
|accessdate=2009-02-28
 
|work=West Bengal
Medinipur division has an area of 27, 209 sq km.
|publisher=National Informatics Centre, India
 
|url-status=dead
<small>Note: Since this division was created after the 2011 census, the data is calculated as the sum of the area of the above districts.</small>
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc
 
|archivedate=25 February 2009
The division has its headquarters at Jhargram.<ref name="admin"/>
|df=dmy
 
}}&lt;/ref&gt;
==Demographics==
Medinipur division had a population of 17,536,354 in the 2011 census.
 
<small>Note: Since this division was created after the 2011 census, the data is calculated as the sum of the population of the above districts.</small>


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Code
!District
!District
!Headquarters
!Established
!Sub-Division
!Area
!Area
!Population As of 2011
!Population As of 2011
![[Population Density]]
!Map
|-
|-
|ME
|[[Purba Medinipur]]
|[[Tamluk]]
|2002&lt;ref name=MP&gt;{{cite web
|last = Jana
|first = Naresh
|date = 31 December 2001
|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1011231/national.htm#head3
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20140314222620/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1011231/national.htm#head3
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = 14 March 2014
|title = Tamluk readies for giant's partition
|publisher = [[The Telegraph (Kolkata)]]
|accessdate = 1 September 2008
}}&lt;/ref&gt;
|align="left"|
* [[Tamluk subdivision|Tamluk Sadar]]
* [[Haldia subdivision|Haldia]]
* [[Egra subdivision|Egra]]
* [[Contai subdivision|Contai]]
|{{convert|4736|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|5,094,238
|{{convert|1076|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Purba Medinipur in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|-
|[[Paschim Medinipur district|Paschim Medinipur]]
|ME
|6,398 sq km
|[[Paschim Medinipur]]
|4,776,909
|[[Medinipur]]
|2002&lt;ref name=MP/&gt;
|align="left"|
* [[Kharagpur subdivision|Kharagpur]]
* [[Medinipur Sadar subdivision|Medinipur Sadar]]
* [[Ghatal subdivision|Ghatal]]
|{{convert|6308|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|5,943,300
|{{convert|636|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Paschim Medinipur in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|-
|[[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]]
|PU
|4,736 sq km
|[[Purulia district|Purulia]]
|5,095,875
|[[Purulia]]
|1956
|align="left"|
* [[Purulia|Purulia Sadar]]
* [[Manbazar]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url=http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/bengal-chief-minister-sub-division-purulia-manbazar-jhalda/ | title=We are developing Purulia as a tourism hub: Mamata Banerjee }}&lt;/ref&gt;
* [[Raghunathpur subdivision|Raghunathpur]]
* [[Jhalda subdivision|Jhalda]]
|{{convert|6259|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|2,927,965
|{{convert|468|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Purulia in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|-
|BN
|[[Bankura district|Bankura]]
|[[Bankura district|Bankura]]
|6,882 sq km
|[[Bankura]]
|1947
|align="left"|
* [[Bankura Sadar subdivision|Bankura Sadar]]
* [[Khatra subdivision|Khatra]]
* [[Bishnupur subdivision|Bishnupur]]
|{{convert|6882|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|3,596,292
|3,596,292
|{{convert|523|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:Bankura in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|-
|[[Purulia district|Purulia]]
|JH
|6,259 sq km
|2,930,115
|-
|[[Jhargram district|Jhargram]]
|[[Jhargram district|Jhargram]]
|3,024 sq km
|[[Jhargram]]
|1,137,163
|2017&lt;ref name=CBE&gt;{{cite web
 
|url = http://coochbehar.gov.in/HTMfiles/brief_history.html
|-
|title = Brief History of Cooch Behar
|Total
|publisher = Official website of Cooch Behar District
|27,209
|accessdate = 10 September 2008
|17,536,354
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724080258/http://www.coochbehar.gov.in/Htmfiles/brief_history.html
|archive-date = 24 July 2011
|url-status = dead
}}&lt;/ref&gt;
|align="left"|
* [[Jhargram subdivision|Jhargram Sadar]]
|{{convert|3,037.64|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|1,136,548
|{{convert|374|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
| [[File:Jhargram in West Bengal (India).svg|100px|center]]
|-
|-
!Total
!5
!—
!-
|15
|{{convert|27,223|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}
|18,672,669
|
{{convert|686|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}}
|[[File:India WB.svg|thumb]]
|}
|}


==See also==
==Demographics==
[[List of administrative divisions in India]]
{{Pie chart
|thumb = center
|caption = Religion in Medinipur Division ([[2011 Indian Census]])
|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
|value1 = 82.3
|color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Islam]]
|value2 = 9.1
|color2 = green
|label3 = Others
|value3 = 8.6
|color3 = yellow
}}
[[Hindus]] form the majority of the population of Medinipur division and comprises 82.3% of the population. There is a significant population of various tribes in this division such as [[Kudmi Mahato|Kudmi]], [[Santhal people|Santhal]], [[Munda people|Munda]], etc. [[Muslims]] comprises 9.1% of the population.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS Population by religious community: West Bengal]. 2011 Census of India.&lt;/ref&gt;


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 02:54, 3 March 2026


Medinipur division
Division
Location of Medinipur division in West Bengal
Location of Medinipur division in West Bengal
Coordinates: 22°25′N 87°19′E / 22.417°N 87.317°E / 22.417; 87.317
CountryIndia
StateWest Bengal
HeadquartersMedinipur
Government
 • DistrictsBankura, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Purulia
 • DCAvanindra Singh, IAS
 • DIGAnoop Jaiswal, IPS
Area
 • Total30,280 km2 (11,690 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total18,672,669
 • Density620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali<ref name="wblangoff">"Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.</ref><ref>"52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.</ref>
 • Additional&nbsp;officialEnglish<ref name="wblangoff"/>
Time zoneUTC+05:30 (IST)
Websitewb.gov.in

Medinipur division is one of the 5 divisions in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the westernmost division of West Bengal. Earlier it was a part of Burdwan division and was curved out from it in 2016.<ref>"Bengal to be divided into two more administrative divisions". 23 November 2016.</ref> The port city of Haldia is located in this division.

Districts

It consists of 5 districts:<ref name=blocdir>"Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008". West Bengal. National Informatics Centre, India. 19 March 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on 25 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-28.</ref>

Code District Headquarters Established Sub-Division Area Population As of 2011 Population Density Map
ME Purba Medinipur Tamluk 2002<ref name=MP>Jana, Naresh (31 December 2001). "Tamluk readies for giant's partition". The Telegraph (Kolkata). Retrieved 1 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)</ref> 4,736 km2 (1,829 sq mi) 5,094,238 1,076/km2 (2,790/sq mi)
ME Paschim Medinipur Medinipur 2002<ref name=MP/> 6,308 km2 (2,436 sq mi) 5,943,300 636/km2 (1,650/sq mi)
PU Purulia Purulia 1956 6,259 km2 (2,417 sq mi) 2,927,965 468/km2 (1,210/sq mi)
BN Bankura Bankura 1947 6,882 km2 (2,657 sq mi) 3,596,292 523/km2 (1,350/sq mi)
JH Jhargram Jhargram 2017<ref name=CBE>"Brief History of Cooch Behar". Official website of Cooch Behar District. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2008.</ref> 3,037.64 km2 (1,172.84 sq mi) 1,136,548 374/km2 (970/sq mi)
Total 5 — - 15 27,223 km2 (10,511 sq mi) 18,672,669

686/km2 (1,780/sq mi)

Demographics

Religion in Medinipur Division (2011 Indian Census)

  Hinduism (82.3%)
  Islam (9.1%)
  Others (8.6%)

Hindus form the majority of the population of Medinipur division and comprises 82.3% of the population. There is a significant population of various tribes in this division such as Kudmi, Santhal, Munda, etc. Muslims comprises 9.1% of the population.<ref>Population by religious community: West Bengal. 2011 Census of India.</ref>

References


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