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Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district . Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River in the foothills of the Himalayas , the city is a gateway to Bhutan and the northeastern states of India.
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 12 Alipurduars Assembly constituency covers Alipurduar municipality, Alipurduar Railway Junction, Banchukamari, Chakowakheti, Mathura, Parorpar, Patlakhawa, Shalkumar I, Shalkumar II, Tapsikhata, Vivekananda II, Vivekananda I gram panchayats of Alipurduar I community development block, and Chaporerpar I, Chaporerpar II, and Tatpara II gram ...
Southern Boundary of Bhutan contained the present Alipurduar district before 1865 Duar War. The Dooars in Alipurduar district were under the control of Kingdom of Bhutan from early 17th-century till 1865 when British East India company captured the area in the Duar War under the Treaty of Sinchula and were added to the district of Jalpaiguri in 1869 and later finally to the Indian Union in 1949.
According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in the Alipurduar I CD block was 146,702 (76.19% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 81,191 (82.09% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 65,511 (69.96% of the female population over 6 years).
The Western Dooars are part of the Duars of northern part of West Bengal, India or those located to the west of Goalpara district of Assam.The Western Dooars came under the British in 1865.The region comes under the Kalimpong district, Jalpaiguri district, Alipurduar district and some parts of Cooch Behar district.
Alipurduar subdivision has 8 police stations, 6 community development blocks, 6 panchayat samitis, 66 gram panchayats, 338 mouzas, 337 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 20 census towns.
Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India.The constituency centres on Alipurduar in West Bengal.While five assembly segments of No. 2 Alipurduars Lok Sabha constituency are in Alipurduar district, one segment is in Cooch Behar district and one segment is in Jalpaiguri district.
Pages in category "Alipurduar district" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...