Medinipur division

Medinipur division is one of the 5 divisions in the Indian 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:

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 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

Hindus 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.