Medinipur division

Medinipur division is one of the Administrative [divisions of West Bengal|5 divisions] in the Indian States and [territories of India|state] of West Bengal. It is the westernmost division of West Bengal. Earlier it was a part of Burdwan division and was curved out from it in 2016. The port city of Haldia is located in this division.

Districts

It consists of 5 districts in India|districts]:

Code	District	Headquarters	Established	Sub-Division	Area	Population As of 2011	Population Density	Map
ME	Purba Medinipur	Tamluk	2002	Tamluk Sadar Haldia Egra Contai		5,094,238
ME	Paschim Medinipur	Medinipur	2002	Kharagpur Medinipur [Sadar subdivision\|Medinipur Sadar] Ghatal		5,943,300
PU	Purulia	Purulia	1956	Purulia Sadar Manbazar Raghunathpur Jhalda		2,927,965
BN	Bankura	Bankura	1947	Bankura Sadar Khatra Bishnupur		3,596,292
JH	Jhargram	Jhargram	2017	Jhargram Sadar		1,136,548
Total	5	—	-	15		18,672,669

Demographics

form the majority of the population of Medinipur division and comprises 82.3% of the population. There is a significant population of various tribes in this division such as Kudmi, Santhal, Munda, etc. Muslims comprises 9.1% of the population.