Dinhata I is an administrative division in Dinhata subdivision

Dinhata subdivision

Dinhata subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Dinhata municipality and three community development blocks: Dinhata–I, Dinhata–II and Sitai. The three blocks contain 33 gram panchayats and one census town...

 of Cooch Behar district

Cooch Behar District

Cooch Behar district is a district of the state of West Bengal, India, as well as the district's namesake town. During the British Raj, the town of Cooch Behar was the seat of a princely state of Koch Bihar, ruled by the Koch dynasty....

 in the India

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States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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Dinhata

Dinhata is head quarterss of Dinhata subdivision, and a municipality in Cooch Behar District in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Dinhata is located at . It has an average elevation of 36 metres .-Demographics:...

 police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Dinhata. There is one census town in this block: Bhangri Pratham Khanda

Bhangri Pratham Khanda

Bhagni Pratham Khanda is a census town in Koch Bihar district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Demographics: India census, Bhangri Pratham Khanda had a population of 4113. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Bhangri Pratham Khanda has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher...

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Geography

Petla, one of the constituenct panchayats of the block, is located at 26.1417237°N 89.4340324°E.

Dinhata I community development block

Community Development Block in India

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 has an area of 248.54  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Dinhata I block/ panchayat samiti are: Bara Atiabari I, Bara Atiabari II, Bara Soulmari, Bhetaguri I, Bhetaguri II, Dinhata Village I, Dinhata Village II, Gitaldaha I, Gitaldaha II, Gosainmari I, Gasainmari II, Matalhat, Okrabari, Petla, Putimari I and Putimari II.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Dinhata I block had a total population of 254,449, out of which 130,656 were males and 123,793 were females. Dinhata I block registered a population growth of 6.04 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 14.15 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Lliteracy

Dinhata I block had a literacy rate of 64.16 per cent - males 73.27 per cent and females 54.55 per cent.