Bansihari community development block

Located in Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, Bansihari spans 197.50 square kilometers and contains 160 inhabited villages across four gram panchayats.

The formation of Bansihari block occurred during the 1960-1961 Community Development Programme implementation in West Dinajpur district, which later split into separate districts in 1992.

The population of 141,286 residents speaks primarily Bengali at 76.69 percent, while Santali represents 15.76 percent of the linguistic composition in the area.

The block maintains one rural hospital and one primary health center, providing medical services to nearly 200,000 outpatients with a staff of six doctors.

Agricultural production forms the economic backbone of Bansihari, with 45.54 percent of workers engaged as agricultural laborers and 30.65 percent as direct cultivators.

Location: Gangarampur subdivision

Shares border with: Bamangola community development block, Gazole community development block, Harirampur community development block, Kushmandi community development block, Gangarampur community development block

GPS coordinates: 25.40000,88.41670

Latest update: April 2, 2025 15:16