Kumarganj is a village in

Kumarganj Kumarganj is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Balurghat subdivision of Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Dinajpur district was constituted in 1786. In 1947, the Radcliffe ...

CD Block in

Balurghat subdivision Balurghat subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions Dakshin Dinajpur district is divided into two administrative subdivisions: .*2011 Administrative units Bal ...

Dakshin Dinajpur district Dakshin Dinajpur () or South Dinajpur is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The Headquarter (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Kumarganj is located at . The Atreyee flows past Kumarganj.Google maps In the map alongside, all places marked on the map are linked in the full screen version.

Police station

Kumarganj police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over

CD Block.

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Kumarganj CD Block is at Kumarganj.

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 ...

, Kumarganj had a total population of 3,920, of which 2,013 (51%) were males and 1,907 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 378. The total number of literates in Kumarganj was 2,642 (74.59% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The Kumarganj-Patiram Road links Kumarganj with State Highway 10.

Education

Kumarganj College Kumarganj College is a general degree college at Kumarganj in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India. The college is affiliated to University of Gour Banga University of Gour Banga is a public state university located in M ...

was established at Kumarganj in 2016. Affiliated with the

University of Gour Banga University of Gour Banga is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Malda City, Malda, West Bengal, India. It is one of the newest state universities established in 2008 by the Government of West Benga ...

it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, education, history, philosophy and political science, and a general course in arts.

Healthcare

Kumarganj Rural Hospital at Kumarganj (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Kumarganj CD Block. There are primary health centres at Penitora (Samjia PHC) (with 10 beds), Bathur (with 10 beds) and Deor (with 10 beds).

References

{{Dakshin Dinajpur Villages in Dakshin Dinajpur district