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Cooch Behar I
Cooch Behar I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Guriahati, one of the constituent panchayats of the block, is located at 26°18′35″N 89°29′11″E / 26.3097000°N 89.4862590°E.
Topographically, Cooch Behar district is generally plain land which is low and marshy at some places. “Considering the nature of general surface configuration, relief and drainage pattern, distribution of different types of soil, climatic condition, the formation of geology and forest tracts, the district Koch Bihar falls under Barind Tract. The physiology of this area consists of alluvial soil, generally blackish brown in colour and composed of sand, clay and silt. The soils are loose and sandy throughout the district.” The Himalayan formations in the north end beyond the boundaries of this district. There are no hills/ mountains here. It has a large network of rivers flowing from north-west to south and south-east. The Teesta flows through Mekhliganj CD block before entering Bangladesh. The Jaldhaka and its connected river-streams form a large catchment area in the district. It virtually divides the district into two unequal parts and meets the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh. The Himalayan rivers flowing through Cooch Behar district change courses from time to time. In 1876, W.W. Hunter mentioned the Dharla and the Torsha as the same stream with two names. However, since the advent of the 20th century, these are two different streams meeting the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh.
The hill-streams of Cooch Behar carry debris and silt from the Himalayas and are shallow. During the monsoons, the speed of flow of the rivers almost doubles and the rivers overflow their banks, causing floods and devastation. The Raidak I and II, Gadadhar, Kaljani, Torsha and Ghargharia are the major rivers causing floods in the Cooch Behar I and II CD blocks.
The Cooch Behar I CD block is bounded by the Mathabhanga II and Cooch Behar II CD blocks on the north, the Tufanganj I CD block on the east, the Dinhata II, Dinhata I and Sitai CD blocks on the south, the Sitalkuchi CD block on the west.
The Cooch Behar I CD block has an area of 361.17 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 15 gram panchayats, 240 gram sansads (village councils), 144 mouzas, 142 inhabited villages and 3 census towns. Cooch Behar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Ghughumari.
Gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I block/ panchayat samiti are: Chandamari, Chikirhat, Dawaguri, Dewanhat, Falimari, Ghugumari, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Haribhanga, Jiranpur, Moamari, Panishala, Patchhara, Putimari Fuleswari and Suktabari.
According to the 2011 Census of India, the Cooch Behar I CD block had a total population of 326,558, of which 293,267 were rural and 33,291 were urban. There were 168,185 (52%) males and 158,373 (48%) females. There were 40,683 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The Scheduled Castes numbered 129,873 (38.77%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 1,225 (0.38%).
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Cooch Behar I
Cooch Behar I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Guriahati, one of the constituent panchayats of the block, is located at 26°18′35″N 89°29′11″E / 26.3097000°N 89.4862590°E.
Topographically, Cooch Behar district is generally plain land which is low and marshy at some places. “Considering the nature of general surface configuration, relief and drainage pattern, distribution of different types of soil, climatic condition, the formation of geology and forest tracts, the district Koch Bihar falls under Barind Tract. The physiology of this area consists of alluvial soil, generally blackish brown in colour and composed of sand, clay and silt. The soils are loose and sandy throughout the district.” The Himalayan formations in the north end beyond the boundaries of this district. There are no hills/ mountains here. It has a large network of rivers flowing from north-west to south and south-east. The Teesta flows through Mekhliganj CD block before entering Bangladesh. The Jaldhaka and its connected river-streams form a large catchment area in the district. It virtually divides the district into two unequal parts and meets the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh. The Himalayan rivers flowing through Cooch Behar district change courses from time to time. In 1876, W.W. Hunter mentioned the Dharla and the Torsha as the same stream with two names. However, since the advent of the 20th century, these are two different streams meeting the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh.
The hill-streams of Cooch Behar carry debris and silt from the Himalayas and are shallow. During the monsoons, the speed of flow of the rivers almost doubles and the rivers overflow their banks, causing floods and devastation. The Raidak I and II, Gadadhar, Kaljani, Torsha and Ghargharia are the major rivers causing floods in the Cooch Behar I and II CD blocks.
The Cooch Behar I CD block is bounded by the Mathabhanga II and Cooch Behar II CD blocks on the north, the Tufanganj I CD block on the east, the Dinhata II, Dinhata I and Sitai CD blocks on the south, the Sitalkuchi CD block on the west.
The Cooch Behar I CD block has an area of 361.17 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 15 gram panchayats, 240 gram sansads (village councils), 144 mouzas, 142 inhabited villages and 3 census towns. Cooch Behar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Ghughumari.
Gram panchayats of Cooch Behar I block/ panchayat samiti are: Chandamari, Chikirhat, Dawaguri, Dewanhat, Falimari, Ghugumari, Guriahati I, Guriahati II, Haribhanga, Jiranpur, Moamari, Panishala, Patchhara, Putimari Fuleswari and Suktabari.
According to the 2011 Census of India, the Cooch Behar I CD block had a total population of 326,558, of which 293,267 were rural and 33,291 were urban. There were 168,185 (52%) males and 158,373 (48%) females. There were 40,683 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The Scheduled Castes numbered 129,873 (38.77%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 1,225 (0.38%).
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