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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 ...
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 ).
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]
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 district had a literacy rate of 78.00% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Medinipur Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 77% Kharagpur subdivision 80.51% and Ghatal subdivision 82.55%. [8] Given in the table below is a subdivision-wise comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim ...
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
Paschim Medinipur district (before separation of Jhargram) had a total forest area of 1,700 km 2, accounting for 14.31% of the total forested area of the state.It is obvious from the map of the Midnapore Sadar subdivision, placed alongside, is that there are large stretches of forests in the subdivision.
Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol . It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district of West Bengal.