Pachkalguri

Pachkalguri
Pachkalguri
Village
	Pachkalguri Location in West Bengal, India Pachkalguri Pachkalguri (India)
	Coordinates: 26°28′35″N 89°24′20″E / 26.47644°N 89.40565°ECoordinates: 26°28′35″N 89°24′20″E / 26.47644°N 89.40565°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Alipurduar
Population (2011)
• Total	3,257
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	736208
Telephone/STD code	03564
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Alipurduars
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Alipurduars
Website	alipurduar.gov.in

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Pachkalguri is a village in the Alipurduar I CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography[edit]

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Places and tea estates in the western portion of Alipurdar subdivision (including Madarihat-Birpara, Falakata and Alipuduar I CD blocks) in Alipurduar district CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, N: neighbourhood, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location[edit]

Pachkalguri is located at 26°28′35″N 89°24′20″E / 26.47644°N 89.40565°E / 26.47644; 89.40565.

Area overview[edit]

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 the 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 (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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[edit]

CD block HQ[edit]

Headquarters of Alipurduar I CD block is at Pachkalguri.^[4]

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pachkalguri had a total population of 3,257 of which 1,632 (50%) were males and 1,625 (50%) were females. There were 348 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Pachkalguri was 2,206 (75.83% of the population over 6 years).^[5]

Education[edit]

Pijushkanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya was established at Sonapur in 2015. Affiliated with the University of North Bengal, it offers courses in arts.^[6]

Healthcare[edit]

Pachkalguri Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Alipurduar I CD block.^[7]

References[edit]

↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
↑ "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
↑ "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, page 13 Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
↑ "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Fifth page, map of Jalpaiguri district. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
↑ "Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya". PKMV. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
↑ "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[handbook-1] "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Jalpaiguri". Tables 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[census2011-2] "CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[3] "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, page 13 Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

[map-4] "District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, Series 20, Part XIIA" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Fifth page, map of Jalpaiguri district. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[5] "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

[6] "Pijush Kanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya". PKMV. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

[7] "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 2 July 2020.

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