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| ?Itahar West Bengal • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area | 362.82 km² (140 sq mi) |
| District(s) | Uttar Dinajpur |
| Population • Density |
249,500 (2001) • 688 /km² (1,782 /sq mi) |
| MLA | Srikumar Mukherjee |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone |
• 733128 • +91 3523 |
| Website: uttardinajpur.nic.in/ | |
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Coordinates: Itahar (Bengali: ইটাহার) is a community development block, police station and assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 22 km from Raiganj. National Highway 34 passes through Itahar. Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary is a place of tourist interest nearby.[1]The area has recorded high decadal population growth during the period 1991-2001, and is prone to floods every year.
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Geography
Floods in Murshidabad, Malda and Uttar Dinajpr districts of West Bengal are a regular feature. They destroy the economy, life and property of the people including agricultural crop. A comprehensive plan document or Master Plan has been drawn up but floods continue to plague the region. Mahananda and Sui rivers destroy Itahar every year.[2]
Demographics
In the 2001 census, Itahar community development bloc had a total population of 249,500, of which 127,332 were males and 122,168 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991-2001 was 26.58%, against 28.72% in Uttar Dinajpur district.[3]Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%.[4]
Administration
Itahar is an intermediate panchayat in Uttar Dinajpur district, with Chhayghara, Durgapur, Durlovpur, Gulandar, Joyhat, Kapasia, Marnai, Patirajpur and Surun village panchayats under it.[5]
Transport
The Gazole-Itahar rail track, off the recently constructed Eklakhi-Balurghat line, is phase 1 of the Gazole-Raiganj rail link.[6][7] The Balurghat-Eklakhi railway line was taken up in 1983-84. [8]
A bridge on the Mahananda connecting Itahar in Uttar Dinajpur with Chanchal in Malda district has been under construction since 1999. The main portion of the bridge was built in 2004 but subsequent work has remained suspended.[9]
Politics
In the 2006, 2001 and 1996 elections to the state assembly, Srikumar Mukherjee of CPI won the Itahar seat, defeating Zainal Abedin of INC / NCP. In 1991, Zainal Abedin defeated Swadesh Chaki of CPI. In 1987, Swadesh Chaki of CPI defeated Zainal Abedin of INC. Zainal Abedin of ICS/ INC defeated Basanta Lal Chatterjee of CPI in 1982 and Salil Kumar Guha of CPI(M) in 1977.[10]
Itahar is part of Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[11]
Health
With the 2008 bird flu outbreak in West Bengal,[12] 16,000 birds were destroyed in Gualadar and Surun gram panchayats under Itahar police station, but some villagers refused to kill their birds and health workers had to retreat from such villages.[13]
References
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- ^ "XIII Lok Sabha debates". Session I Thursday, October 28, 1999/Kartika 6, 1921 (Saka). Parliament of India. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Uttar Dinajpur District". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Village Panchayats of West Bengal". Dinajpur Uttar. National Panchayat Directory,Panchayat Informatics Division,NIC. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ "Projects commissioned up to 30.11.2007". Construction. North-Eastern Frontier Railway. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ "Rail Budget 2001-2002". indiamart. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Balurghat-Eklakhi Railway Line". Press Release, 10 April 2003. Press Information Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ "Bridge construction hangs in balance". North Bengal and Sikkim Plus. The Statesman, 9 November 2007. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ "34 - Itahar Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2008-02-02.
- ^ "General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
- ^ "Bird flu spreads". North Bengal and Sikkim Plus. The Statesman, 18 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
- ^ "16,000 birds culled in". North Bengal and Sikkim Plus. The Statesman, 31 January 2008. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
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