Balurghat
Constituency No. 6 · General
Assembly segments in this district
- Kushmandi
- Kumarganj
- Tapan
- Gangarampur
- Harirampur
- Balurghat
Dakshin Dinajpur District
West Bengal
Dakshin Dinajpur district is one of the districts of West Bengal. Its administrative headquarters is at Balurghat. It covers 2,219 sq km and had a population of 16,76,276 at the 2011 census, a density of 755 people per square kilometre. Electorally it is covered by 1 Lok Sabha constituency and 6 assembly segments.
District Headquarters
Balurghat
Area
2,219 sq km
Population
16.76 Lakh
(2011)
Population Density
755 /km²
Literacy Rate
72.82%
Sex Ratio
956
per 1,000 males
Dakshin Dinajpur District Overview
Census 2011Key demographic and social figures for Dakshin Dinajpur district.
Total Population
16.76 Lakh
Male Population
8.57 Lakh
Female Population
8.19 Lakh
Rural Population
14.21 Lakh
Urban Population
2.55 Lakh
Scheduled Caste
4.82 Lakh
Scheduled Tribe
2.82 Lakh
Literacy Rate
72.82%
Population Density
755 /km²
Sex Ratio
956
females per 1,000 males
Male literacy 78.4%Female literacy 67%
District Administration
Administrative structure of Dakshin Dinajpur district.
2
Tehsils
8
Blocks
65
Nyay Panchayats
65
Gram Panchayats
1,602
Villages
- Headquarters
- Balurghat
- Languages
- Bengali, Santhali, English
- Census Year
- 2011
- Coordinates
- 25.22° N, 88.76° E
Lok Sabha Constituencies Covering Dakshin Dinajpur
(1)A district can be covered by several Lok Sabha constituencies, and a constituency can reach into more than one district.
Primary
Assembly Constituencies Covering Dakshin Dinajpur
(6)Assembly constituencies form the segments within Lok Sabha constituencies.
No. 33 · Balurghat
RR
Rekha Roy
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 34 · Balurghat
TM
Toraf Hossain Mandal
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 35 · Balurghat
BT
Budhrai Tudu
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 36 · Balurghat
SR
Satyendra Nath Ray
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 37 · Balurghat
BM
Biplab Mitra
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 38 · Balurghat
AL
Ashok Lahiri
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
Your Representatives from Dakshin Dinajpur
(7)Members of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly representing Dakshin Dinajpur district.
- RRRekha RoyAll India Trinamool CongressMLAKushmandi · No. 33
- TMToraf Hossain MandalAll India Trinamool CongressMLAKumarganj · No. 34
- BTBudhrai TuduBharatiya Janata PartyMLATapan · No. 35
- SRSatyendra Nath RayBharatiya Janata PartyMLAGangarampur · No. 36
- BMBiplab MitraAll India Trinamool CongressMLAHarirampur · No. 37
- ALAshok LahiriBharatiya Janata PartyMLABalurghat · No. 38
Election History
Lok SabhaBalurghat · No. 6
- 202418th Lok SabhaBJPSukanta MajumdarVotes 5,74,996Vote share 46.47%Margin 10,386
- 1. Sukanta Majumdar · BJP5,74,996 (46.47%)
- 2. Biplab Mitra · AITC5,64,610 (45.63%)
- 3. Joydeb Siddhanta · RSP54,210 (4.38%)
- 201917th Lok SabhaBJPSukanta MajumdarVotes 5,39,317Vote share 45.02%Margin 33,293
- 1. Sukanta Majumdar · BJP5,39,317 (45.02%)
- 2. Arpita Ghosh · AITC5,06,024 (42.24%)
- 3. Ranajit Sur · RSP72,990 (6.09%)
- 201416th Lok SabhaAITCArpita GhoshVotes 3,95,504Vote share 38.52%Margin 1,06,964
- 1. Arpita Ghosh · AITC3,95,504 (38.52%)
- 2. Bimalendu Sarkar · RSP2,88,540 (28.1%)
- 3. Biswapriya Roychowdhury · BJP2,23,014 (21.72%)
Political Geography
Understanding the administrative and electoral structure.
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Dakshin Dinajpur District at a Glance
- State
- West Bengal
- Headquarters
- Balurghat
- Area
- 2,219 sq km
- Population
- 16.76 Lakh
- Population density
- 755 per km²
- Sex ratio
- 956 per 1,000 males
- Literacy rate
- 72.82%
- Languages
- Bengali, Santhali, English
- Tehsils
- 2
- Blocks
- 8
- Gram panchayats
- 65
- Villages
- 1,602
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Assembly segments
- 6
- Census year
- 2011
Sources & data
- Census of India (2011)
- Election Commission of India
- Government of West Bengal
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.