Gangarampur subdivision is a subdivision of the South Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal

West Bengal

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, India

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. It consists of Gangarampur

Gangarampur

Gangarampur is a town and a municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Gangarampur is located at . It has an average elevation of 25 metres .-Demographics:...

 municipality and four community development blocs: Gangarampur, Bangsihari, Harirampur and Kushmandi. The four blocks contain 30 gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s. The subdivision has its headquarters at Gangarampur.

Area

Apart from the Gangarampur

Gangarampur

Gangarampur is a town and a municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Gangarampur is located at . It has an average elevation of 25 metres .-Demographics:...

 municipality, the subdivision contains rural areas of 30 gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s under four community development blocs

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

: Gangarampur, Bangsihari, Harirampur and Kushmandi. There is no urban area under these four blocks.

Gangarampur block

Rural area under Gangarampur

Gangarampur (Community development block)

Gangarampur is an administrative division in Gangarampur subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Gangarampur police station serves this block...

 block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Ashokegram, Belbari–II, Gangarampur, Sukdevpur, Basuria, Chaloon, Jahangirpur, Uday, Belbari–I, Damdama and 4no.Nandanpur. Gangarampur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Gangarampur.

Bansihari block

Rural area under Bansihari block consists of five gram panchayats, viz. Ellahabad, Ganguria, Shibpur, Brajaballavpur and Mahabari. Bansihari police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Buniadpur.

Harirampur block

Rural area under Harirampur block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Bagichapur, Gokarna, Saiyadpur, Bairhatta, Pundari and Shirshi. Harirampur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Harirampur.

Kushmandi block

Rural area under Kushmandi block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Akcha, Deul, Karanji, Maligaon, Beroil, Kalikamora, Kushmandi and Udaypur. Kushmandi police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Kushmandi.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the Kushmandi block and the gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Belbari–II, Jahangirpur and Sukdevpur under the Gangarampur block together will constitute the Kushmandi assembly constituency of West Bengal. The gram panchayats of Ashokegram, Basuria, Chaloon an Uday under the Gangarampur block will be part of the Kumarganj assembly constituency. The Gangarampur municipality and the gram panchayats of Gangarampur, Belbari–I, Damdama and Nandanpur under the Gangarampur block will be part of the Gangarampur assembly constituency. The Harirampur block and the Bangsihari block will form the Harirampur assembly constituency. Kushmandi and Gangarampur constituencies will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates. All the four assembly constituencies will be part of the Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Balurghat (Lok Sabha constituency)

Balurghat is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Balurghat in West Bengal...

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