Sulkapara is a village and a
gram panchayat in the
Nagrakata CD block in the
Malbazar subdivision of the
Jalpaiguri district in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Sulkapara is located at .
Area overview
Gorumara National Park has overtaken traditionally popular
Jaldapara National Park in footfall and
Malbazar has emerged as one of the most important towns in the
Dooars. Malbazar subdivision is presented in the map alongside. It is a predominantly rural area with 88.62% of the population living in rural areas and 11.32% living in the urban areas.
Tea gardens in the
Dooars and
Terai
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This lowland belt is characterised by ...
regions produce 226 million kg or over a quarter of India's total tea crop. Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as
census town
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s or villages. Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.
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, Sulkapara had a total population of 5,682. There were 2,986 (53%) males and 2,696 (47%) females. There were 710 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Sulkapara was 3,429 (68.97% of the population over 6 years).
Healthcare
Sulkapara Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Sulkapara, is the major government medical facility in the Nagrakata CD block.
References
Villages in Jalpaiguri district
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