Contai subdivision

Contai Subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Subdivisions

Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Subdivision	Headquarters	Area km²	Population	Rural population %	Urban population %
Tamluk	Tamluk	1084.30	1,791,695	94.08	5.92
Haldia	Haldia	683.94	959,934	79.19	20.81
Egra	Egra	940.96	958,939	96.96	3.04
Contai	Contai	1251.21	1,385,307	93.55	6.45
Purba Medinipur district	Tamluk	4,713.00	5,095,875	91.71	8.29

Administrative units

Contai subdivision has 10 police stations, 8 community development blocks, 8 panchayat samitis, 61 gram panchayats, 1155 mouzas, 1129 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 2 census towns. The municipality is: Contai. The census towns are: Khadalgobra and Basantia. The subdivision has its headquarters at Contai.

Area

Contai subdivision has an area of 1,251.21 km², population in 2011 of 1,385,307 and density of population of 1,107 per km². 27.18% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.

Police stations

Police stations in Contai subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:

Police station	Area covered km² *	Inter-state border	Municipal town	CD block
Khejuri	268.47	-	-	Khejuri I, Khejuri II
Bhupatinagar	179.23	-	-	Bhagabanpur II
Contai	370.80	-	Contai	Contai I, Deshpran
Contai Women	Contai subdivision	-	-	-
Marishda	155.52	-	-	Contai III
Ramnagar	286.02	Border with Balasore district in Odisha	-	Ramnagar I, Ramnagar II
Digha	3,153	-	-	Ramnagar I
Digha Mohana Coastal	-	-	-	-
Patulighat Coastal
Talpatighat Coastal

The data is as per the website of Purba Medinipur Police, but it appears that it has not been updated/ corrected for a long time
Blocks

Community development blocks in Contai subdivision are:

CD Block	Headquarters	Area km²	Population	SC %	ST %	Literacy rate %	Census Towns
Khejuri I	Kamarda	130.51	132,992	13.34	0.13	88.90	-
Khejuri II	Janka	137.46	139,463	56.75	0.65	85.37	-
Bhagabanpur II	Bhupatinagar	180.20	192,162	11.19	0.08	90.98	-
Ramnagar I	Ramnagar	139.43	167,330	13.18	0.46	87.84	1
Ramnagar II	Bara Bankuya	163.27	156,054	13.96	0.19	89.38	-
Contai I	Contai	155.27	170,894	13.79	0.05	89.32	-
Deshapran	Dholmari	170.30	176,393	9.88	0.06	88.33	1
Contai III	Marishda	160.52	157,793	13.20	0.09	89.88	-

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 61 gram panchayats under 8 community development blocks:

Contai I block: Badalpur, Mahisagot, Raipur-Paschimbarh, Dulalpur, Majilapur, Sabajput, Haipur and Nayaput.
Deshapran block: Amtalia, Bamunia, Chalti, Dhobaberia, Aurai, Basantia, Dariyapur and Sarda.
Contai III block: Bhajachauli, Durmuth, Kumirda, Lauda, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kusumpur and Marishda.
Bhagabanpur II block: Arjunnagar, Garbari-I, Jukhia, Baroj, Garbari-II, Mugberia, Basudevberia, Itaberia and Radhapur.
Khejuri I block: Beerbandar, Kalagechia, Lakshmi, Henria, Kamarda and Tikashi.
Khejuri II block: Bartala, Janka, Niz Kasba, Haludbari and Khejuri.
Ramnagar I block: Badhia, Haldia-I, Padima-II, Basantapur, Haldia-II, Talgachhari-I, Gobra, Padima-I and Talgachhari-II.
Ramnagar II block: Badalpur, Depal, Kalindi, Paldui, Balisai, Kadua, Maithana and Satilapur.
Education

With a literacy rate of 87.66% Purba Medinipur district ranked first amongst all districts of West Bengal in literacy as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Within Purba Medinipur district, Tamluk subdivision had a literacy rate of 85.98%, Haldia subdivision 86.67%, Egra subdivision 86.18% and Contai subdivision 89.19%. All CD Blocks and municipalities in the district had literacy levels above 80%.
Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14. It may be noted that primary schools include junior basic schools; middle schools, high schools and higher secondary schools include madrasahs; technical schools include junior technical schools, junior government polytechnics, industrial technical institutes, industrial training centres, nursing training institutes etc.; technical and professional colleges include engineering colleges, polytechnics, medical colleges, para-medical institutes, management colleges, teachers training and nursing training colleges, law colleges, art colleges, music colleges etc. Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.
The following institutions are located in Contai subdivision:

Mugberia Gangadhar Mahavidyalaya at Mugberia, near Bhupatinagar in Bhagabanpur II CD Block was established in 1964. In addition to the courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers degree and post-graduate courses in physical education.
Ramnagar College at Depal in Ramnagar II CD Block was established in 1972. In addition to courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers courses in hospitality and tourism, and fishery and farm management.
Ramnagar B.Ed College at Depal in Ramnagar II CD Block offers B.Ed. course.
Khejuri College at Baratala in Khejuri II CD Block was established in 1999. In addition to courses in arts, it offers a course in Aquaculture Management and Technology.
Prabhat Kumar College at Contai was established in 1926. Apart from courses in arts, science and commerce, it offers B.Ed. and M.Sc. course in Physics.
Contai Polytechnic at Raghurampur PO Darua.
Raghunath Ayurved Mahavidyalaya and Hospital, Contai.
Deshapran Mahavidyalaya at Durmut in Deshapran CD Block was established in 2010 and offers courses in arts.
Healthcare

The table below presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Purba Medinipur district.
Medical facilities available in Contai subdivision are as follows:
Hospitals:

Contai Subdivision Hospital, Contai, 141 beds

Digha State General Hospital, Digha, 50 beds

Rural Hospitals:

Basantia Rural Hospital, Deshapran CD block, Basantia, 30 beds

Bhupatinagar Mugberia Rural Hospital, Bhagabanpur II CD block, Bhupatinagar, 30 beds

Silaberia Rural Hospital, Khejuri II CD block, Silaberia, 30 beds

Bararankura Rural Hospital, Ramnagar II CD block, PO Balisai, 30 beds

Block Primary Health Centre:

Majna BPHC, Contai I CD block, Majna, 15 beds

Kharipukuria BPHC, Contai III CD block, Kharipukuria, PO Nachinda Bazar, 10 beds

Kamarda BPHC, Khejuri I CD block, Kamarda Bazar, 15 beds

Digha Aghore Kamini BPHC, Ramnagar I CD block, Digha, 15 beds

Primary Health Centres:

Contai I CD block: Kulberia, Nayaput

Deshapran CD block: Barabantalia, Daulatpur, PO Dariapur

Contai III CD block: Banamalichatta, Bhaitgarh, Deulbarh

Bhagabanpur II CD block: Barberia, Simulia

Khejuri I CD block: Heria

Khejuri II CD block: Janka

Ramnagar I CD block: Chandanpur, Gobra, Sadihat, Pichhaboni, PO Chowlkhola

Ramnagar II CD block: Nijmaithula, PO Batatala, Hamirpur, PO Depal

Electoral constituencies

and Vidhan Sabha constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:

Lok Sabha constituency	Vidhan Sabha constituency	Reservation	CD Block and/or Gram panchayats
Ghatal	Panskura Paschim	-	Panskura CD Block
	Other assembly segments in Paschim Medinipur district
Tamluk	Tamluk	-	Tamluk municipality, Bishnubarh II, Pipulberia I, Pipulberia II and Uttar Sonamui gram panchayats of Tamluk CD Block, and Sahid Matangini CD Block
	Panskura Purba	-	Kolaghat CD Block
	Moyna	-	Moyna CD Block, Anantapur I, Anantapur II, Nilkunthia, Sreerampur I and Sreerampur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
	Nandakumar	-	Nandakumar CD Block and Bishnubarh I, Padumpur I and Padumpur II GPs of Tamluk CD Block
	Mahisadal	-	Mahisadal and Haldia CD Blocks
	Haldia	SC	Haldia municipality and Sutahata CD Block
	Nandigram	-	Nandigram I and Nandigram II CD Blocks
Kanthi	Chandipur	-	Chandipur CD Block and Benodia, Bivisanpur, Gurgram, Kakra, Mahammadpur I and Mahammadpur II GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block
	Patashpur	-	Patashpur I CD Block; Khargram, Panchet, Pataspur, South Khanda and Sreerampur gram panchayats of Patashpur II CD Block
	Kanthi Uttar	-	Deshapran CD Block, Brajachauli, Debendra, Kanaidighi, Kumirda, Lauda and Marishda GPs of Contai III CD Block and Bathuari GP of Egra II CD Block
	Bhagabanpur	-	Bhagabanpur, Kajlagarh, Kotbarh and Shimulia GPs of Bhagabanpur I CD Block, Arjunnagar, Basudevberia, Baroj, Itaberia, Jukhia, Mugberia and Radhapur GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block, and Argoyal and Mathura GPs of Patashpur II CD Block
	Khejuri	SC	Khejuri I and Khejuri II CD Blocks, and Garbari I and Garbari II GPs of Bhagabanpur II CD Block
	Kanthi Dakshin	-	Contai municipality, Contai I CD Block, and Durmuth and Kusumpur GPs of Contai III CD Block
	Ramnagar	-	Ramnagar I and Ramnagar II CD Blocks