Chopra, Uttar Dinajpur

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Chopra | type = city | latd = 26.4 | longd = 88.3
locator_position = right | state_name = West Bengal
district = Uttar Dinajpur
leader_title = MLA
leader_name = Anwarul Haque
altitude =
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 223,046| population_density =
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website = uttardinajpur.nic.in/
footnotes = CD Block

Chopra ( _bn. চোপড়া) is a community development block, police station and an assembly constituency in North Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. [cite web | url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/railways/uttardinajpur.htm
title = Uttar Dinajpur Rail Network Map | accessdate = 2008-02-02 | last = | first = | work = | publisher = Maps of India ]

Demographics

In the 2001 census, Chopra community development bloc had a population of 223,046, of which 115,244 were males and 107,802 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991 to 2001 was 34.59% in Chopra, against 28.72 in Uttar Dinajpur district. [cite web | url = http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_4.htm | title = Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Uttar Dinajpur District | accessdate = 2008-02-02 | last = | first = | work = Census of India 2001 | publisher = North-Eastern Frontier Railway] Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%. [cite web | url = http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_1.htm | title = Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 | accessdate = 2008-02-05 | last = | first = | work =Census of India 2001 | publisher = Census Commission of India ]

Politics

In the 2006 elections to the state assembly, Anwarul Haque of CPI(M) won the Chopra seat defeating his nearest rival Hamidul Rahman of INC. In 2001, Hamidul Rahman, Independent, defeated Akbar Ali of CPI(M). Mohamuddin of CPI(M) defeated Hamidul Rahman of INC in 1996, Choudhury Md. Manjur Afaque of INC in 1991 and Sheikh Jalauddin Ahmed of INC in 1987. Mohammad Bacha Munshi of CPI(M) defeated Sheikh Jalauddin of INC in 1982, and Narayan Chandra Sinha of INC in 1977. [cite web | url = http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S25/partycomp27.htm
title = 27 Chopra Assembly Constituency
accessdate = 2008-02-01 | last = | first = | work = Partywise comparison since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India]

Chopra is part of Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency). [cite web | url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S25/WB_ACPC.pdf | title = General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies | accessdate = 2007-10-08 | last = | first = | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India]

References

Uttar Dinajpur District