Raiganj
Raiganj is a town in Dinajpur Uttar district of West Bengal and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Subdivision and Panchayat Samiti of Dinajpur Uttar district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Raiganj is 2 lakhs out of which 1.05 lakhs are males and rest 95.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 905 females per 1000 males. There are around 21.6 thousands teenagers in Raiganj. It has literacy rate of 72% which means around 1.44 lakhs persons can read and write. Total 29.5 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 1.9 thousands scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 38.6 thousands households in Raiganj, which means every family has 5 members on average. The town has working population of 65.6 thousands.
Schools
Raiganj has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Maharajahat High School (High School)
- Sevagaram High School
- Bhupal Ch. Vidyapith
- Sarada Vidya Mandir
- Shitgram Vidyabhaban(High School)
Raiganj Panchayat Samiti
Chhita Tudu is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Raiganj, who can be contacted at email address chhita1989@gmail.com and mobile number 70291xxx73. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Nabin Kr Ghosh, who can be reached at email address ghoshnabinx@gmail.com and mobile number 76020xxx72. The Block address is Purbasha Colony, Raiganj Panchayat Samiti Office, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, Pincode - 733134. You can reach there by taking a bus till Raiganj bus stop which is around 2 km away. Raiganj Panchayat Samiti consists of total 14 Gram Panchayat.