Alipurduar
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Geography
Location
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Area overview
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.[6][7][8]
Demographics
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Municipality
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| Ward no. | Councillor | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prasenjit Kar | Trinamool Congress |
| 2 | Srila Dutta | Independent |
| 3 | Mousumi Bagchi Biswas | Trinamool Congress |
| 4 | Sucheta Dhar | Trinamool Congress |
| 5 | Debkanta Barua | Trinamool Congress |
| 6 | Gargi Talukder | Independent |
| 7 | Partha Pratim Ghosh | Trinamool Congress |
| 8 | Mitali Majumder | Trinamool Congress |
| 9 | Dipak Sarkar | Trinamool Congress |
| 10 | Jhuma Mitra | Independent |
| 11 | Partha Sarkar | Trinamool Congress |
| 12 | Dipta Chatterjee | Trinamool Congress |
| 13 | Ananda Jaiswal | Trinamool Congress |
| 14 | Madhabi Sarkar | Trinamool Congress |
| 15 | Partha Pratim Mandal | Trinamool Congress |
| 16 | Dibakar Paul | Trinamool Congress |
| 17 | Mampi Adhikary | Trinamool Congress |
| 18 | Arupa Roy | Trinamool Congress |
| 19 | Madan Ghosh | Trinamool Congress |
| 20 | Shantanu Debnath | Indian National Congress |
Education
Schools
- PADMESWARI HIGH SCHOOL(H.S.), CHAPARERPAR, ALIPURDUAR
- St. Joseph's High School
- Little Flowers English School (CBSE Board)
- Railway Higher Secondary School (CBSE Board)
- Stepping Stone Model School (ICSE Board)
- Techno India Group Public School (CBSE Board)
- McWilliam Higher Secondary School
- Alipurduar High School
- Alipurduar Girls' High School
- Alipurduar Newtown Girls' High School
- Kendriya Vidyalaya
- St. Xavier's School (ICSE Board)
- Jitpur Higher Secondary School
- Shyamaprsad Vidyamandir Boys & Girls
- Alipurduar Gobinda High School
- Rabikanta High School
- Netaji Vidyapith Higher Secondary School
Colleges
- Alipurduar University
- Alipurduar Mahila Mahavidyalaya (affiliated with University of North Bengal)
- Vivekananda College, Alipurduar (affiliated with University of North Bengal)
- Industrial Training Institute (ITI), Birpara
- Nani Bhattacharya Smarak Mahavidyalaya, Jaigaon
- Birpara College, Birpara
- Alipurduar Government Polytechnic, Alipurduar
- Alipurduar Government Engineering and Management College
- Falakata College, Falakata
- Sahid Kshudiram Mahavidyalaya, Uttar Kamakhyaguri
- Samuktala Sidhu Kanhu College
- Falakata Polytechnic
- Lilabati Mahavidyalaya
- Pijushkanti Mukherjee Mahavidyalaya
Institute
- Industrial Training Institute
Note: The map presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
See also
References
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External links
- Official website of Alipurduar Municipality
- Official website of Alipurduar district
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