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date 15/05/2022
Kushmandi is our home Town. Here are few details about Kushmandi -
It's is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Gangarampur subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Area
Total 310.50 km2 (119.88 sq mi)
Population (2011)
Total 198,752
Density
640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Languages
Bengali, English
Lok Sabha constituency
Balurghat
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Kushmandi
History of KUSHMANDI
Dinajpur County was constituted in 1786. In 1947, Radcliffe Line set up the Sadar and Thakurgaon subdivisions of the Dinajpur region of East Pakistan. Balurghat County Dinajpur District was rebuilt as West Dinajpur District in West Bengal. The new Raiganj section was built in 1948. To restore local links between the northern and southern parts of West Bengal that were confiscated during the partition of Bengal, and the recommendations of the United States Reform Commission part of the old Kishanganj sub-division comprising Goalpokhar, Islampur and Chopra thanas (police stations) and parts of Thakurganj thana, and adjacent parts of the former Gopalpur thana in the Katihar division were moved from the Purnea region of Bihar to West Bengal in 1956, and officially incorporated into the Raiganj sub-division of West Dinajpur. Kishanganj township and its entire municipal boundary is located within Bihar. With the launch of the Community Development Plan 1960-61, barriers to community development were established in the West Dinajpur region. In 1992, the West Dinajpur region was divided into two, and the Dakshin Dinajpur district was formed..
Geography of KUSHMANDI
Kushmandi is located at 25.52236°N 88.357269°E.
Dakshin Dinajpur District is part of the Barind Tract. The area is generally flat and slightly flexible. The height of the region is 15 meters above sea level. However, the soil is very different. CD Blocks like Balurghat, Hili and Kumarganj have alluvial land, Tapan CD Block has soil in the background. There are three major rivers. Atreyee leaves Bangladesh, flows through Kumarganj and Balurghat CD Blocks and then returns to Bangladesh. Punarbhaba flows into Gangarampur and Tapan CD Blocks. Tangon flows to Kushmandi and Bansihari CD Blocks. There is a small river called Juna in the Hili CD Block. All the rivers, flowing from north to south, overflow during a torrential downpour and cause flooding.
Kushmandi is bound by the Kaliaganj CD Block, Uttar Dinajpur district and Biral Upazila in the Dinajpur region, Bangladesh, north, Gangarampur CD Block in the east, Bansihari and Harirampur CD Blocks in the south and the Kaliaganj CD Block in the Uttar Dinajpur district. west.
Six of the eight CD Blocks in the region are located on the India-Bangladesh border known as the open border. 2,216 km of India-Bangladesh border 4,096 km crossing West Bengal. More than 11,000 people live near / near the zero line in Dakshin Dinajpur. About 252 kilometers of the international border is located in the Dakshin Dinajpur region.
Kushmandi CD Block has an area of 310.63 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 8 grams of panchayats, 133 grams of sansad (village councils), 231 mouza and 228 human settlements. Kushmandi police station operates in this block. The headquarters of this CD Block is in Kushmandi.
The Gram panchayats of Kushmandi block / panchayat samiti are: Akcha, Berail, Deul, Kalikamora, Karanji, Kushmandi, Maligaon and Udaypur.
Population of KUSHMANDI
As of India's 2011 census, the Kushmandi CD Block had a population of 198,752, all of whom were rural. There were 100,317 males (50%) and 98,435 females (50%). The number of people under the age of 6 was 25,687. Organized nations accounted for 88,967 (44.76%) and organized nations accounted for 15,622 (7.86%).
According to the 2001 census the Kushmandi block had a population of 175,086 of which 89,130 were males and 85,956 were females.
The only major village (with 4,000+ people) on the Kushmandi CD Block was (2011 in brackets): Nahit (4,630).
Other villages in Kushmandi CD Block include (2011 number in brackets): Maligaon (1,472), Udaypur (2,378), Akcha (711), Berail (2,459), Deul (1,781), Kushmundi (3,948), Karangi (3,772) and and Kalikamora (689).
The ten-year population growth at Kushmandi CD Block during the period 2001-2011 was 13.52%. Ten-year population growth in the Dakhin Dinajpur region at the same time was 11.52% down from 22.15% over the past decade. The ten-year population growth in Western Bengal at intervals was 13.93% and 17.77% respectively.
The massive migration of East Bengali refugees (including nations) began with the division of Bengal in 1947. Until about 1951, two-fifths of the refugees settled in South Bengal, the balance remained in the North Bengal regions of West Dinajpur, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar. West Dinajpur alone received about 6.5% of first-time entrants. The steady flow of people in Dakshin Dinajpur has continued over the years from as far back as East Pakistan and from Bangladesh.
Education at KUSHMANDI
In 2013-14, Kushmandi CD Block had 141 primary schools with 14,916 students, 14 middle schools with 1,401 students, 10 high schools with 23,224 students and 11 high schools with 14,041 students . The Kushmandi CD Block housed 321 specialized and informal educational institutions with 10,808 students. [30]
In Kushmandi CD Block, out of 228 settlements, 58 districts have no schools, 28 districts have more than one primary school, 31 villages with at least one primary and middle school and at least 22 villages with middle school and one secondary school. school.
Kushmandi Government College was established in Kushmandi in 2015.
Healthcare at KUSHMANDI
In 2014, Kushmandi CD Block had one rural hospital and 2 primary health centers with 40 beds and 8 doctors (excluding private bodies). It housed 30 family welfare centers. 5,376 patients were treated indoors and 147,826 outpatients were treated in hospitals, health centers and CDB facilities.
Kushmandi Rural Hospital in Kushmandi (30 beds) is a major medical center in the Kushmandi CD Block. There are basic health facilities in Sehail (Nanaharpara PHC) (10 beds) and Aminpur (10 beds).
Livelihood of KUSHMANDI
in Kushmandi CD Block
Cultivators (42.49%)
Agricultural labourers (45.22%)
Household industries (1.33%)
Other Workers (10.96%)
At the Kushmandi CD Block in 2011, among the total labor force, farmers were 32,188 and made up 42.49%, agricultural workers were 34,251 and made up 45.22%, domestic workers were 1,004 and made up 1.33% and other employees were 8.30% and 8.30. [25] The total workforce is 75,748 and makes up 38.11% of the population, while the unemployed are 123,004 and make up 61.89% of the population.
Note: In census records a person is considered a farmer, if a person cultivates / monitors land owned by him / her / government / institution. When a person works on someone else's land to earn money or by kindness or share, he is considered an agricultural worker. A home industry is defined as an industry operated by one or more family members in a home or district, and that is not eligible for registration as an industry under the Industrial Act. Other workers are people who do economic work other than farmers, agricultural workers and domestic workers. It includes industry, mining, farm, transport and office workers, business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artists and more.
Infrastructure of KUSHMANDI
There are 228 residential houses in Kushmandi CD Block. All 228 districts (100%) have electricity. 227 villages (99.56%) have drinking water. 16 villages (7.02%) have posts. 217 villages (95.18%) have telephones (including landlines, public telephone offices and cell phones). 75 villages (32.89%) have pucca (paved) roads and 50 (25.93%) villages have transport links (including bus service, train station and waterways). 8 districts (3.51%) have agricultural credit unions. 4 villages (1.75%) have banks.
Agriculture at KUSHMANDI
The land is fertile for agricultural production, especially in the southern part of the region. Rivers are prone to flooding but droughts occur occasionally. There are many tanks and swamps and buildings. Many trips are widely used. The Tebhaga movement by subsistence farmers, near the end of the British Empire, is well-known. There are some forests, especially in the border areas with Bangladesh.
The Kushmandi CD Block had 192 fertilizer storage facilities, 14 seed stores and 39 low-cost stores in 2013-14.
In 2013-14, Kushmandi CD Block produced 129,177 tons of Aman paddy, a large winter crop from 42,367 hectares, 8,630 tons of Boro paddy (spring harvest) from 2,725 hectares, 2 tons -218 Aus paddy (10 hectares, 17 hectares) tons of wheat from 2,412 hectares, 68,732 tons of jute from 4,793 hectares and 31,194 tons of potatoes from 1,118 hectares. It also produces pulses and oil seeds.
In 2013-14, the total area irrigated at Kushmandi CD Block was 6,738 hectares, of which 1,278 hectares were irrigated with tank irrigation, 1,633 hectares for irrigation by river lifting, 859 hectares with deep tubing springs and 2,968 hectares per hectare they are shallow tubes.
Banking at KUSHMANDI
In 2013-14, Kushmandi CD Block had 3 bank offices and 4 banks.
Rear Regional Funds
Dakshin Dinajpur District is on the backlog list and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to address regional inequalities in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were included in the program. The list covers 11 regions of West Bengal.
Transport of KUSHMANDI
The Kushmandi CD Block has 4 boats and 6 bus lanes from / off. The nearest railway station is 15 km from the CD Block headquarters.
State Highway 10A passes through Kushmandi.
