Alipurduar district
Alipurduar District is the 20th district in the state of West Bengal, India. The district has its headquarters at Alipurduar. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district in 2014.
Alipurduar | |
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District | |
Clockwise from top-left: Evening at Jaldapara National Park, ruins of Buxa Fort, Hut used by Toto aboriginals, Jayanti Hills in Buxa Tiger Reserve, Bhutan gate near Jaigaon | |
Location of Alipurduar in West Bengal | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Jalpaiguri |
| Headquarters | Alipurduar |
| Government | |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Alipurduar |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Alipurduars, Kumargram, Falakata, Madarihat, Kalchini |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,136 km2 (1,211 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,491,250 |
| • Density | 480/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 307,456 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | alipurduar |
The district consists of Alipurduar municipality, Falakata municipality and six community development blocks: Madarihat–Birpara, Alipurduar–I, Alipurduar–II, Falakata, Kalchini and Kumargram. The six blocks contain 66 gram panchayats and nine census towns.
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