Egra subdivision

Egra subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.SubdivisionsPurba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:Administrative unitsEgra subdivision has 3 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 708 mouzas, 682 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 3 census towns. The municipality is: Egra. The census towns are: Amarshi Kasba, Benudiya and Kalaberia. The subdivision has its headquarters at Egra.AreaEgra subdivision has an area of 940.96 km2, population in 2011 of 958,939 and density of population of 1,019 per km2. 18.82% of the population of the district resides in this subdivision.Police stationsPolice stations in Egra subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:The data for area is as per the website of Purba Medinipur Police, but it appears that it has not been updated for a long time.BlocksCommunity development blocks in Egra subdivision are:Gram PanchayatsThe subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks: Bhagabanpur I block: Benodia, Gurgram, Kalaberia, Shimulia, Bhagwanpur, Kajlagarh, Mahammadpur - I, Bivisanpur, Kakra and Mahammadpur - II. Egra I Barida, Jumki, Rishi Bankimchandra, Chatri, Kasba - Egra, Jerthan, Panchrol and Saharha. Egra II block: Basudevpur, Bibekananda, Dubda, Paniparul, Bathuari, Deshbandhu, Manjusree and Sarbaday. Patashpur I block: Amarshi - I, Brajalalpur, Gokulpur, Amarshi - II, Chistipur - I, Gopalpur, Barhat, Chistipur - II and Naipur. Patashpur II block: Argoyal, Mathura, Pataspur, Sreerampur, Khargram, Panchet and South Khanda.