Alipurduar district
Alipurduar | |
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Clockwise from top-left: Evening at Jaldapara National Park, ruins of Buxa Fort, Hut used by Toto aboriginals, Jayanti Hills in Buxa Tiger Reserve, Bhutan gate near Jaigaon | |
Location of Alipurduar district in West Bengal | |
| Coordinates: 26°29′20″N 89°31′37″E / 26.489°N 89.527°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Jalpaiguri |
| Headquarters | Alipurduar |
| Government | |
| • Subdivisions | Alipurduar Sadar |
| • CD Blocks | Madarihat-Birpara, Alipurduar I, Alipurduar II, Kalchini, Falakata, Kumargram |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Alipurduar |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Alipurduars, Kumargram, Falakata, Madarihat, Kalchini |
| • District Magistrate | Smt. R. Vimala, IAS |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,383 km2 (1,306 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,491,250 |
| • Density | 440/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 307,456 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 78.57 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 949 ♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Additional official | English |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | alipurduar |
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Alipurduar district (Bengali pronunciation: [alipurduar d͡ʒela]), is one of the 23 districts of the state of West Bengal in India. The district is the part of Jalpaiguri Division. Alipurduar city is the headquarters of the district. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district in 2014. This is the easternmost district of West Bengal. It is situated in the Western Dooars natural region, in the foothills of the Bengal Himalayas.