Cooch Behar I (community development block)

Cooch Behar I
—  community development block  —
Cooch Behar I Location of Cooch Behar I in West Bengal and India
Coordinates	26°18′35″N 89°29′11″E / 26.3097000°N 89.4862590°E / 26.3097000; 89.4862590Coordinates: 26°18′35″N 89°29′11″E / 26.3097000°N 89.4862590°E / 26.3097000; 89.4862590
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District(s)	Cooch Behar
Parliamentary constituency	Cooch Behar
Assembly constituency	Cooch Behar Dakshin, Natabari
Population • Density	284,564 (2001[update]) • 785 /km2 (2,033 /sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area	362.42 square kilometres (139.93 sq mi)
Website	coochbehar.gov.in/

Cooch Behar I (community development block) (Bengali: কোচবিহার I 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 Ghugumari. There are two census towns in this block: Kharimala Khagrabari and Guriahati.^[1][2]

Geography

Guriahati, one of the constituenct panchayats of the block, is located at 26°18′35″N 89°29′11″E / 26.3097000°N 89.4862590°E / 26.3097000; 89.4862590.

Cooch Behar I community development block has an area of 362.42  km².^[2]

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I block/ panchayat samiti are: Chandamari, Chikirhat, Dawaguri, Dewanhat, Falimari, Ghugumari, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Haribhanga, Jiranpur, Moamari, Panishala, Patchhara, Putimari Fuleswari and Suktabari. ^[3]

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Cooch Behar I block had a total population of 284,564, out of which 146,298 were males and 138,266 were females. Cooch Behar I block registered a population growth of 14.79 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 I block had a literacy rate of 67.98 per cent - males 77.41 per cent and females 57.99 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.