Tamluk
Constituency No. 30 · General
Assembly segments in this district
- Tamluk
- Panskura Purba
- Panskura Paschim
- Moyna
- Nandakumar
- Mahishadal
- Haldia
- Nandigram
- Chandipur
- Patashpur
- Kanthi Uttar
- Bhagabanpur
- Khejuri
- Kanthi Dakshin
- Ramnagar
- Egra
Purba Medinipur District
West Bengal
Purba Medinipur district is one of the districts of West Bengal. Its administrative headquarters is at Tamluk. It covers 4,736 sq km and had a population of 50,95,875 at the 2011 census, a density of 1,076 people per square kilometre. Electorally it is covered by 1 Lok Sabha constituency and 16 assembly segments.
District Headquarters
Tamluk
Area
4,736 sq km
Population
50.96 Lakh
(2011)
Population Density
1,076 /km²
Literacy Rate
87.02%
Sex Ratio
938
per 1,000 males
Purba Medinipur District Overview
Census 2011Key demographic and social figures for Purba Medinipur district.
Total Population
50.96 Lakh
Male Population
26.30 Lakh
Female Population
24.66 Lakh
Rural Population
45.12 Lakh
Urban Population
5.84 Lakh
Scheduled Caste
7.61 Lakh
Scheduled Tribe
28,200
Literacy Rate
87.02%
Population Density
1,076 /km²
Sex Ratio
938
females per 1,000 males
Male literacy 92.3%Female literacy 81.4%
District Administration
Administrative structure of Purba Medinipur district.
4
Tehsils
25
Blocks
223
Nyay Panchayats
223
Gram Panchayats
2,980
Villages
- Headquarters
- Tamluk
- Languages
- Bengali, English
- Census Year
- 2011
- Coordinates
- 22.3° N, 87.92° E
Lok Sabha Constituencies Covering Purba Medinipur
(1)A district can be covered by several Lok Sabha constituencies, and a constituency can reach into more than one district.
Primary
Assembly Constituencies Covering Purba Medinipur
(16)Assembly constituencies form the segments within Lok Sabha constituencies.
No. 203 · Tamluk
SM
Soumen Kumar Mahapatra
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 204 · Tamluk
BC
Biplab Roy Chowdhury
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 205 · Tamluk
FB
Firoja Bibi
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 206 · Tamluk
AD
Ashok Dinda
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 207 · Tamluk
SD
Sukumar De
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 208 · Tamluk
TC
Tilak Kumar Chakraborty
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 209 · Tamluk
TM
Tapasi Mondal
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 210 · Tamluk
SA
No. 211 · Tamluk
SC
Soham Chakraborty
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 212 · Tamluk
UB
Uttam Barik
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 213 · Tamluk
SS
Sunita Singha
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 214 · Tamluk
RM
Rabindranath Maity
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 215 · Tamluk
SP
Shantanu Pramanik
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 216 · Tamluk
AD
Arup Kumar Das
Bharatiya Janata Party
MLA
No. 217 · Tamluk
AG
Akhil Giri
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
No. 219 · Tamluk
TM
Tarun Kumar Maity
All India Trinamool Congress
MLA
Your Representatives from Purba Medinipur
(17)Members of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly representing Purba Medinipur district.
- SMSoumen Kumar MahapatraAll India Trinamool CongressMLATamluk · No. 203
- BCBiplab Roy ChowdhuryAll India Trinamool CongressMLAPanskura Purba · No. 204
- FBFiroja BibiAll India Trinamool CongressMLAPanskura Paschim · No. 205
- ADAshok DindaBharatiya Janata PartyMLAMoyna · No. 206
- SDSukumar DeAll India Trinamool CongressMLANandakumar · No. 207
- TCTilak Kumar ChakrabortyAll India Trinamool CongressMLAMahishadal · No. 208
- TMTapasi MondalBharatiya Janata PartyMLAHaldia · No. 209
- SA
- SCSoham ChakrabortyAll India Trinamool CongressMLAChandipur · No. 211
- UBUttam BarikAll India Trinamool CongressMLAPatashpur · No. 212
- SSSunita SinghaBharatiya Janata PartyMLAKanthi Uttar · No. 213
- RMRabindranath MaityBharatiya Janata PartyMLABhagabanpur · No. 214
- SPShantanu PramanikBharatiya Janata PartyMLAKhejuri · No. 215
- ADArup Kumar DasBharatiya Janata PartyMLAKanthi Dakshin · No. 216
- AGAkhil GiriAll India Trinamool CongressMLARamnagar · No. 217
- TMTarun Kumar MaityAll India Trinamool CongressMLAEgra · No. 219
Election History
Lok SabhaTamluk · No. 30
- 202418th Lok SabhaBJPAbhijit GangopadhyayVotes 7,65,504Vote share 50.61%Margin 77,733
- 1. Abhijit Gangopadhyay · BJP7,65,504 (50.61%)
- 2. Debangshu Bhattacharya · AITC6,87,771 (45.48%)
- 3. Sayan Banerjee · CPI(M)35,120 (2.32%)
- 201917th Lok SabhaAITCDibyendu AdhikariVotes 7,24,433Vote share 50.08%Margin 1,90,165
- 1. Dibyendu Adhikari · AITC7,24,433 (50.08%)
- 2. Siddharth Naskar · BJP5,34,268 (36.94%)
- 3. Sk. Ibrahim Ali · CPI(M)1,36,120 (9.41%)
- 201416th Lok SabhaAITCSuvendu AdhikariVotes 7,16,928Vote share 54%Margin 2,28,081
- 1. Suvendu Adhikari · AITC7,16,928 (54%)
- 2. Sk. Ibrahim Ali · CPI(M)4,88,847 (36.82%)
- 3. Badsha Alam · BJP86,234 (6.49%)
Political Geography
Understanding the administrative and electoral structure.
West Bengal
State
Purba Medinipur
District
1 Lok Sabha
No. 30
16 Assembly
No. 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 219
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Purba Medinipur District at a Glance
- State
- West Bengal
- Headquarters
- Tamluk
- Area
- 4,736 sq km
- Population
- 50.96 Lakh
- Population density
- 1,076 per km²
- Sex ratio
- 938 per 1,000 males
- Literacy rate
- 87.02%
- Languages
- Bengali, English
- Tehsils
- 4
- Blocks
- 25
- Gram panchayats
- 223
- Villages
- 2,980
- Lok Sabha seats
- 1
- Assembly segments
- 16
- Census year
- 2011
Sources & data
- Census of India (2011)
- Election Commission of India
- Government of West Bengal
Compiled from public records
Figures are as complete as the underlying records.