Alipurduar I

Alipurduar I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Alipurduar Railway Junction is located at 26°31′21″N 89°32′37″E / 26.5224000°N 89.5435500°E / 26.5224000; 89.5435500.

The Alipurduar I CD block lies in the south-central part of the district. The Torsha River flows along the Western boundary. It has hilly terrain which is part of the sub-Himalayan ranges.

Alipurduar I CD block is bounded by Kalchini CD block on the north, Alipurduar II CD block on the east, Cooch Behar II CD block in Cooch Behar district on the south, and Falakata CD block on the west.

The Alipurduar I CD block has an area of 378.59 km². It has 1 panchayat samity, 11 gram panchayats, 155 gram sansads (village councils), 48 mouzas, 47 inhabited villages and 5 census towns. Alipurduar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Pachkalguri.

Gram panchayats of Alipurduar I block/ panchayat samiti are: Banchukamari, Chakowakheti, Mathura, Parorpar, Patlakhowa, Purba Kathalbari, Shalkumar I, Shalkumar II, Tapsikhatha, Vivekananda I, Vivekananda II.

According to the 2011 Census of India, the Alipurduar I CD block had a total population of 216,931, of which 160,760 were rural, and 56,171 were urban. There were 111,378 (51%) males and 105,553 (49%) females. There were 24,381 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The Scheduled Castes numbered 105,017 (48.41%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 36,605 (16.87%).

According to the 2001 census, Alipurduar I block had a total population of 197,160, out of which 101,505 were males and 95,655 were females. Alipurdur I block registered a population growth of 12.59 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.