Jateswar (also spelled Jateshwar) is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

and a

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in the

Falakata Falakata is a city and a municipality, lying near Jaldhaka River in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Falakata is located at It has an average elevation of 88 m ...

CD block in the

Alipurduar subdivision Alipurduar subdivision is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the Alipurduar district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography Subdivisions Alipurduar district is divided into the ...

of the

Alipurduar district 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 on the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and no ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Jateswar is located at .

Area overview

Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the

Dooars The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...

in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Jateshwar had a total population of 8,963. There were 4,633 (52%) males and 4,330 (48%) females. There were 929 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Jateshwar was 6,742 (83.92% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri'', Jateswar covered an area of 4.2881 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads, with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tanks. It had 1,350 domestic electric connections, 150 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 12 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 5 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at

10 km away. It had 5 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training centres. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Three important commodities it produced were: wooden furniture, chira, flour.

Education

Lilabati Mahavidyalaya Lilabati Mahavidyalaya, established in 2013, is the government sponsored degree college in Jateswar, Alipurduar district. It offers undergraduate courses in arts. It is affiliated to University of North Bengal University of North Benga ...

was established at Jateshwar in 2013. Affiliated with the

University of North Bengal University of North Bengal (abbreviated as NBU) is a public state collegiate major research university in North Bengal region of West Bengal, which is located in Raja Rammohanpur, Siliguri, Darjeeling district, in the Indian state of West Be ...

, it offers courses in arts.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Jateswar

References

{{Alipurduar district Cities and towns in Alipurduar district