Alipurduar district
District in West Bengal, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alipurduar District is the 20th district in the state of West Bengal, India.[2] The district has its headquarters at Alipurduar. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district in 2014.[3]
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Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
Division | Jalpaiguri |
Headquarters | Alipurduar |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Alipurduar |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Alipurduars, Kumargram, Falakata, Madarihat, Kalchini |
Area | |
• Total | 3,136 km2 (1,211 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,491,250 |
• Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
• Urban | 307,456 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | alipurduar |
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The district consists of Alipurduar municipality, Falakata municipality and six community development blocks: Madarihat–Birpara, Alipurduar–I, Alipurduar–II, Falakata, Kalchini and Kumargram. The six blocks contain 66 gram panchayats and nine census towns.