Mekhliganj subdivision is a subdivision of the 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 state of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India

India

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. It consists of Mekhliganj municipality, Haldibari

Haldibari

Haldibari is a town and a municipality in Koch Bihar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Haldibari is located at . It has an average elevation of 57 metres .Haldibari is a town located near India-Bangladesh border....

 municipality, and two community development blocks: Mekhliganj and Haldibari. The two blocks contain 14 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. The subdivision has its headquarters at Mekhliganj.

Area

Apart from the Mekhliganj municipality and Haldibari municipality, the subdivision contains rural areas of 14 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 under two community development blocs

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

: Mekhliganj and Haldibari. There is no urban area under these two blocks.

Mekhliganj block

Rural area under Mekhliganj

Mekhliganj (Community development block)

Mekhliganj is an administrative division in Mekhliganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Mekhliganj and Kuchlibari police stations serve this block...

 block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Bagdogra–Fulkadabri, Jamaldaha, Niztarof, Uchalpukuri, Changrabandha, Kuchlibari, Ranirhat and Bhotbari. Mekhliganj and Kuchlibari police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Changrabandha.

Haldibari block

Rural area under Haldibari

Haldibari (Community development block)

Haldibari is an administrative division in Mekhliganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Haldibari police station serves this block...

 block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Boxiganj, Dakshin Bara Haldibari, Hemkumari, Uttar Bara Haldibari, Dewanganj and Per–Mekhliganj. Haldibari police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Haldibari.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the municipalities of Mekhliganj and Haldibari and the two blocks of Mekhliganj and Haldibari together will constitute the Mekhliganj assembly constituency of West Bengal. It will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates. This constituency will be part of Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jalpaiguri (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jalpaiguri is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Jalpaiguri in West Bengal. The constituency is reserved for Scheduled castes .-Assembly segments:...

, which will be reserved for SC candidates.