Suri Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Birbhum district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Overview

Starting in its northern parts with the Brahmani-Mayurakshi Basin, a sub-micro physiographic region occupying the area between the Brahmani in the north and the Mayurakshi in the south, Suri Sadar subdivision merges with the Suri-Bolpur Plain, another sub-micro physiographic region that covers the interfluves of the Mayurakshi and the Ajay. The plain area exhibits somewhat upland topography sloping from north-west to south-east. The western part of the subdivision forms the Bakreswar Uplands, an extension of the plateau region of Santhal Parganas. The undulating area rises to high ridges on the western boundary with Jharkhand.

Geography

Subdivisions

Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:

Administrative units

Suri Sadar subdivision has 9 police stations, 7 community development blocks, 7 panchayat samitis, 62 gram panchayats, 1092 mouzas, 952 inhabited villages, 3 municipalities and 4 census towns. The municipalities are: Suri, Sainthia and Dubrajpur. The census towns are: Karidhya, Kalipur, Ahmedpur and Rajnagar. The subdivision has its headquarters at Suri.

Police stations

Police stations in Suri Sadar subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:

Blocks

Community development blocks in Suri Sadar subdivision are:

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 62 gram panchayats under 7 community development blocks:

Education

Birbhum district had a literacy rate of 70.68% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Rampurhat subdivision had a literacy rate of 69.12%, Suri Sadar subdivision 71.16% and Bolpur subdivision 72.71%. Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Birbhum district, with data for the year 2013-14: The following institutions are located in Suri Sadar subdivision:

Healthcare

Medical facilities in Suri Sadar subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) (Physically outside the subdivision but administratively under it) State General Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD Block, location, beds) Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD Block, location, beds) Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)

Electoral constituencies

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Suri Sadar subdivision were as follows: