Nagrakata is an administrative division in Malbazar subdivision

Malbazar subdivision

Malbazar subdivision , also known as Mal subdivision, is a subdivision of the Jalpaiguri district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Malbazar municipality and three community development blocks: Mal, Metiali and Nagrakata. The three blocks contain 22 gram panchayats. The subdivision...

 of Jalpaiguri district

Jalpaiguri District

Jalpaiguri district is the largest district of North Bengal, covering an area 6,245 km2. It is situated between 26° 16' and 27° 0' North latitudes and 88° 4' and 89° 53' East longitudes...

 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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. Nagrakata and Banarhat police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Nagrakata

Nagrakata

Nagrakata is head quarters of Nagrakata in Malbazar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal, India.Tea Research Association is located here.-Tea Garden:...

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Geography

Nagrakata is located at 26.881°N 88.905°E.

Nagrakata community development block

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...

 has an area of 397.00  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 Nagrakata block/ panchayat samiti are: Angrabhasa I, Angrabhasa II, Champaguri, Looksan and Sulkapara

Sulkapara

Sulkapara is a village under Nagrakata in the Dooars Region of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, India. River Jaldhaka flows west of it whereas River Gathiya in the east. This place is notorious for Malaria. It has very poor civic amenities.Most of the people are indulge in agricultural...

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Demographics

As per 2001 census, Nagrakata block had a total population of 119,556, out of which 60,561 were males and 58,995 were females. Nagrakata block registered a population growth of 13.52 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 21.52 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.