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Midnapore (Pron: mad̪aːniːpur), or sometimes Medinipur, is a former district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Midnapore. On 1 January 2002, the district was bifurcated into two separate districts namely Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur. It was the largest district of West Bengal by area and population at the time of ...
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. [ 3 ]
Paschim Medinipur, located in the south-western part of West Bengal, was created with the partition of the erstwhile Midnapore district, then the largest district of India, on 1 January 2002. It ranks second in terms of geographical area (9,295.28 km 2 ) amongst the districts of the state, next to South 24-Parganas (9,960 km 2 ).
Rajnarayan Bose, the socio-religious reformer and educationist took over the post of headmaster in 1851, [1] [9] [10] and after 15 years retired in 1866. Another son of Medinipur, Sri Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar who was then the Principal of Sanskrit college, Kolkata, received the order of Council of Education that Rajnarayan Bose, Professor of English Department, would be appointed as the ...
The state of Odisha is at the southwest border; the Bay of Bengal lies in the south; the Hooghly river and South 24 Parganas district to the east; Howrah district to the north-east; Paschim Medinipur district to the west. Purba Medinipur comprises the sub-divisions of Tamluk, Contai and Haldia of erstwhile Medinipur district. [3]
Cities and towns in Medinpur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, F: facilities Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Daspur I CD block is bounded by Ghatal CD block in the north, Daspur II CD block in the east, Panskura I CD block, in Purba Medinipur district, in the south and Keshpur CD block in the west. It is located 52 km from Midnapore , the district headquarters.
With a collective population of 97 lakh or 9.7 million, the undivided district was the largest in terms of population in India and more populous than many countries, including Sweden. [1] With the division of the district, the subdivisions of Medinipur Sadar, Kharagpur , Jhargram , and Ghatal were placed in Paschim Medinipur, with Midnapore ...