Dakshin Dinajpur district
Dakshin Dinajpur | |
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Clockwise from top-left: Dargah of Shah Ata, Panchamukhi Shiva Temple in Aminpur, Manohali Zaimindar Bari, Mounds at Bangarh, Site of Usha and Aniruddha's Marriage | |
Location of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 25°23′N 88°34′E / 25.383°N 88.567°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Malda |
| Headquarters | Balurghat |
| Government | |
| • Subdivisions | Balurghat Sadar, Gangarampur |
| • CD Blocks | Hili, Balurghat, Kumarganj, Tapan, Gangarampur, Bansihari, Harirampur, Kushmandi |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Balurghat |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Kushmandi, Kumarganj, Balurghat, Tapan, Gangarampur, Harirampur |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,219 km2 (857 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,676,276 |
| • Density | 760/km2 (2,000/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 236,295 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 82.36 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 950 ♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Additional official | English |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | ddinajpur |
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Dakshin Dinajpur (Bengali pronunciation: [dokkʰiɳ dinadʒpur]), also known as 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 headquarters (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It comprises two subdivisions: Balurghat and Gangarampur. According to the 2011 census, it is the seventh populous district of West Bengal (out of 23).