Jalpaiguri
Jalpaiguri is a town in West Bengal state of India and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also one of the districts of West Bengal.
As on December 2024, the current population of Jalpaiguri is 1.18 lakhs out of which 58.8 thousands are males and rest 58.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 999 females per 1000 males. There are around 8.4 thousands teenagers in Jalpaiguri. It has literacy rate of 84% which means around 98.2 thousands persons can read and write. Total 26 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.1 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 28.7 thousands households in Jalpaiguri, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 40.8 thousands.
Schools
Jalpaiguri has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Rajadanga P M High School
- Vidyashram D.V. High School (Xii)
- Maynaguri Subhash Nagar High
- Techno India Group Public School(Pvt)
- Nagrakata Hindi Madhyamik Vidyalaya High School
Hospitals
Jalpaiguri has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Dharmapur Sub-Center
- Shikarpur Primary Health Center
- Batabari Sub-Center
- Champaguri Sub-Center
- Basusuba Sub-Center
Banks
Jalpaiguri has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Alipurduar, WB
- Bank of Baroda Dhupguri
- Bank of Baroda Falakata
- Bank of Baroda Jalpaiguri, W.B
- Bank of Baroda Malbazar
Jalpaiguri District
Jalpaiguri is one of the 23 districts of West Bengal, spread in an area of 3779.33 square kilometers. It is divided into 9 Subdivisions and 9 blocks. As on 22nd December 2024, the current population of Jalpaiguri district is 24.33 lakhs, which includes urban population of 4.37 lakhs and rural population of 19.96 lakhs. The sex ratio of district is 955 females per 1000 males. There are 5.4 lakhs houses in the district which means every household has around 5 members. There are around 2.82 lakhs teenagers in district. It has literacy rate of 62% which means around 14.99 lakhs persons can read and write. The district has working population of 9.53 lakhs. Total 11.31 lakhs people belonging to scheduled caste and 4.22 lakhs scheduled tribe people live in the district.
Subdivisions in Jalpaiguri district
Jalpaiguri district has total 9 Subdivision.
Blocks in Jalpaiguri district
Jalpaiguri district has total 9 blocks.
Jalpaiguri Zilla Panchayat
Smt. Uttara Barman, Savadhipati is the President (Adhyaksha) of Zilla Panchayat Jalpaiguri, who can be contacted at email address sabhadhipatijalpaiguri@gmail.com and mobile number 98320xxx76. The office landline number is 03561-23**09. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is Tejasvi Rana Adm And Aeo, who can be reached at email address aeozp-jlp@nic.in and mobile number 77978xxx00. The office address is Station Road, Jalpaiguri, Pincode - 735101. You can reach there by taking a bus till Jalpaiguri bus stop which is around 3 km away. The office has internet facility, Wi-Fi facility and homestay option.There are thirty computers, seven laptops, fifteen printers and fifteen scanners available for various works.Jalpaiguri Zilla Panchayat consists of total 9 Panchayat Samiti.
Jalpaiguri Panchayat Samiti
Sucheta Kar is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Jalpaiguri, who can be contacted at email address sadarblock.jal@gmail.com and mobile number 83720xxx41. The Block landline number is 03561-23**49. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Dipam Chakraborty, who can be reached at email address sadarbdo.jal@gmail.com and mobile number 94341xxx99. The Block address is Rajbari Para, Word NO-01, Jalpaiguri, Pincode - 735101. You can reach there by taking a bus till Paharpur Goshala More bus stop which is less than a km away. The Block has both library facility and internet facility.There are six computers, two laptops, four printers and two scanners available for various works.It also has a CSC center. Jalpaiguri Panchayat Samiti consists of total 14 Gram Panchayat.