Cooch Behar II (community development block)

Cooch Behar II
—  community development block  —
Cooch Behar II Location of Cooch Behar II in West Bengal and India
Coordinates	26°22′N 89°28′E / 26.36°N 89.46°E / 26.36; 89.46Coordinates: 26°22′N 89°28′E / 26.36°N 89.46°E / 26.36; 89.46
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District(s)	Cooch Behar
Parliamentary constituency	Cooch Behar
Assembly constituency	Cooch Behar Uttar
Population • Density	298,163 (2001[update]) • 823 /km2 (2,132 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area	362.36 square kilometres (139.91 sq mi)
Website	coochbehar.gov.in/

Cooch Behar II (community development block) (Bengali: কোচবিহার II সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Koch Bihar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Pundibari. There is one census town in this block: Khagrabari.^[1][2]

Geography

Khagrabari, one of the constituent panchayats of the block, is located at 26°22′N 89°28′E / 26.36°N 89.46°E / 26.36; 89.46.

Cooch Behar II community development block has an area of 362.36  km².^[2]

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Cooch Behar II block/ panchayat samiti are: Ambari, Baneswar, Bararangras, Chakchaka, Dhandhingguri, Gopalpur, Khagrabari, Khapaidanga, Madhupur, Marichbari Kholta, Patlakhawa, Pundibari and Takagachh Rajarhat.^[3]

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Cooch Behar II block had a total population of 298,163, out of which 154,011 were males and 144,152 were females. Cooch Behar II block registered a population growth of 16.08 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 14.15 per cent.^[2]Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.^[4]

Lliteracy

Cooch Behar II block had a literacy rate of 74.56 per cent - males 83.12 per cent and females 65.37 per cent.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Contact details of Block Development Officers". Cooch Behar district. West Bengal Government. http://wbprd.gov.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=DL. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal , Table 4". Census of India 2001, Koch Bihar district (03). Census Commissioner of India. http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_3.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Relation between Blocks & Gram Panchayats (GPs)". Cooch Behar District Administration. http://coochbehar.nic.in/htmfiles/District_Administration.html. Retrieved 2011-03-20. 
4. ^ "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_1.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-20.