Dhupguri Subdivision - Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal

Dhupguri is an administrative subdivision in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Dhupguri is the main town for most villages within the subdivision. The nearest railway station is situated at Binnaguri, while the nearest airport is Cooch Behar Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 50.6 km.

The total area of the subdivision is 495 km², including 467.56 km² rural area and 27.33 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 970 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Dhupguri Subdivision

Dhupguri Subdivision has a total of 59 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Subdivision, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.Village NameCategoryGram Panchayat
1BagribariRuralGadhearkuthi
2BamantariRuralJharaltagram-I
3Bara GhariaRuralBarogharia
4BhandaniRuralGadhearkuthi
5BhemtiaRuralBarogharia
6BhotparaRuralGodong-I
7Char CharabariRuralGadhearkuthi
8ChauhaddiRuralJharaltagram-I
9Dakshin AltagramRuralMagurmari-Ii
10Dakshin DangaparaRuralBarogharia
11Dakshin GosairhatRuralSakoyajhora-Ii
12Dakshin JharaltaRuralGadhearkuthi
13Dakshin KathuliaRuralGadhearkuthi
14Dakshin KhairbariRuralBarogharia
15Dakshin KhuttimariRuralJharaltagram-Ii
16DambariRuralBarogharia
17Gadang Dwitia KhandaRuralGodong-I
18Gadang Pratham KhandaRuralGodong-I
19Gadhear KutiRuralGadhearkuthi
20GarakhutaRuralJharaltagram-Ii
21GarialtariRuralJharaltagram-I
22Gosairhat ChhitsRuralSakoyajhora-Ii
23Gosairhat ForestRuralJharaltagram-Ii
24JakhaikonaRuralBarogharia
25Jhar MagurmariRuralMagurmari-I
26Jhar SalbariRuralGodong-Ii
27JurapaniRuralGodong-Ii
28KalirhatRuralMagurmari-I
29KathaparaRuralGodong-I
30KaziparaRuralGodong-I
31KhalaigramRuralGodong-I
32KursamariRuralGadhearkuthi
33Madhya BoragariRuralBarogharia
34Madhya DaukimariRuralJharaltagram-I
35Madhya KhuttimariRuralJharaltagram-Ii
36MagurmariRuralMagurmari-I
37MainataliRuralMagurmari-Ii
38Mallik SobhaRuralSakoyajhora-Ii
39NiranjanpatRuralMagurmari-I
40ParkumlaiRuralGadhearkuthi
41Paschim DangaparaRuralJharaltagram-I
42Paschim DaukimariRuralJharaltagram-I
43Paschim MagurmariRuralMagurmari-I
44Paschim MallikparaRuralMagurmari-Ii
45Paschim SalbariRuralGodong-Ii
46PatkidahaRuralBarogharia
47PundibariRuralGodong-Ii
48Purba MagurmariRuralMagurmari-I
49Purbba AltagramRuralMagurmari-Ii
50Purbba DangaparaRuralGodong-I
51Purbba DaukimariRuralJharaltagram-I
52Purbba MallikparaRuralSakoyajhora-Ii
53Purbba SalbariRuralGodong-Ii
54SonakhuliRuralSakoyajhora-Ii
55TuklimariRuralGadhearkuthi
56Uttar AltagramRuralMagurmari-Ii
57Uttar GosairhatRuralSakoyajhora-Ii
58Uttar KathuliaRuralJharaltagram-I
59Uttar KhuttimariRuralJharaltagram-Ii

Population of Dhupguri Subdivision

As per the Census 2011, Dhupguri Subdivision has a total population of 4,14,854 people, consisting of 2,10,571 males and 2,04,283 females. There are 91,329 households in the subdivision with an average population density of 838 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

ParticularsTotalRuralUrban
Total Population4,14,8543,80,09034,764
Male Population2,10,5711,93,07117,500
Female Population2,04,2831,87,01917,264
Total Households91,32983,6527,677
Population Density838 / km²813 / km²1,272 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the subdivision has 2,51,875 literate people and 52,834 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 1,90,816 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 87,273 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

ParticularsTotalRuralUrban
Child Population (Age 0–6)52,83448,9283,906
Literate Population2,51,8752,29,25722,618
Illiterate Population1,62,9791,50,83312,146
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population1,90,8161,86,0894,727
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population87,27377,16110,112

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.