Pashchim Medinipur
| Pashchim Medinipur District | |
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| State | West Bengal |
| Division : | Bardhaman |
| Administrative headquarters : | Medinipur |
| Area : | 9,368 km² |
| Residents : | 5,913,457 (2011 census) |
| Population density : | 631 inhabitants / km² |
| Website : | paschimmedinipur.gov.in |
Pashchim Medinipur ( Bengali : পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুর , Paścim Medinīpur ; English : Midnapore West ) is a district in the west of the Indian state of West Bengal . It was created on January 1, 2002 by dividing the former Medinipur district into a western and an eastern part. It borders the states of Odisha and Jharkhand and the West Bengal districts of Purulia , Bankura , Hugli , Haora and Purba Medinipur . The seat of the district administration is in Medinipur .
The district extends over an area of 9,368 km². The population was 5,913,457 in the 2011 census. This corresponds to a population density of 631 inhabitants per square kilometer. Pashchim Medinipur consists of four sub-divisions , which are named after their largest towns, Kharagpur , Medinipur , Jhargram and Ghatal .
The main educational institutions are the Vidyasagar University in Medinipur and the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur .
history
On May 28, 2010, Maoist Naxalites carried out an attack on the Jnaneswari Express from Haora to Mumbai, southeast of the village of Manikpara . The train derailed and an oncoming freight train drove into the scene of the accident. The accident left 148 dead and more than 200 injured.
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Alipurduar | Bankura | Birbhum | Dakshin 24 Pargana | Dakshin Dinajpur | Darjeeling | Haora | Hugli | Jalpaiguri | Jhargram | Kalimpong | Chef Bihar | Calcutta | Malda | Murshidabad | Nadia | Pashchim Bardhaman | Pashchim Medinipur | Purba Bardhaman | Purba Medinipur | Purulia | Uttar 24 Pargana | Uttar Dinajpur