The district of Uttar Dinajpur (Bengali: উত্তর দিনাজপুর) (uttar meaning North) came into existence on 1992-04-01 after the bifurcation of erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The District lies between latitude 25°11' N to 26°49' N and longitude 87°49' E to 90°00' E occupying an area of 3142 km² enclosed by Bangladesh on the east, Bihar on the west, Darjeeling District and Jalpaiguri District on the north and Malda District and South Dinajpur District on the south. Uttar Dinajpur is well connected with the rest of the state through National Highways, State Highways and Railways. NH-31 and NH-34 pass through the heart of the district. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit. ... Uttar means north in Hindi. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Latitude, usually denoted symbolically by the Greek letter phi, , gives the location of a place on Earth north or south of the equator. ... Longitude, sometimes denoted by the Greek letter λ (lambda),[1][2] describes the location of a place on Earth east or west of a north-south line called the Prime Meridian. ... Bihar (Hindi: बिहार, Urdu: بہار, IPA: ,  ) is a state of the Indian union situated in the eastern part of the country. ... Darjeeling is a district of West Bengal whose headquarters are at the hill station of Darjeeling. ... // General Information Jalpaiguri is the largest district of North Bengal convering 6245 sq. ... Malda (Bengali: মালদা) is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. ... West Dinajpur District was created out of the erstwhile Dinajpur district in 1947 at the time of partition of India. ...

The regional topography is generally flat with a gentle southerly slope towards which the main rivers like Kulik, Nagar, Mahananda. The District forms a part of the basin lying between Rajmahal hills on the east. The older alluvium is estimated to be Pleistocene age. Uttar Dinajpur is bestowed with a very fertile soil.The soil is very rich in nature due to the alluvial deposition which helps to grow Paddy, Jute, Mesta and Sugarcane etc. Raiganj on the banks of the River Kulik is the District Headquarters where the "Raiganj Wildlife Sanctuary", the second largest bird sanctuary in Asia, is situated. The Pleistocene epoch (IPA: ) is part of the geologic timescale. ... Alluvium is soil land deposited by a river or other running water. ... Paddy has these meanings:- A paddy field, a field for cultivating rice or other semi-aquatic crops. ... The word Jute is also used in reference to the Germanic people, the Jutes. ... Species Saccharum arundinaceum Saccharum bengalense Saccharum edule Saccharum officinarum Saccharum procerum Saccharum ravennae Saccharum robustum Saccharum sinense Saccharum spontaneum Sugarcane or Sugar cane (Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation) of tall grasses (family Poaceae, tribe Andropogoneae), native to warm temperate to tropical regions...

In Uttar Dinajpur district, there are 2 sub-divisions, Raiganj and Islampur, 110 km apart from each other. There are 4 Municipalities, 9 Blocks and 99 Panchayats covering 1577 villages. The total population is nearly 25 lakh (2.5 million), comprising mainly of rural masses. Bengali is the main language but a sizeable number of Urdu and Hindi speaking people live in Islampur sub-division. The district head-quarter as well as a subdivision of the district of North Dinajpur,West Bengal,India. ... Please see disambiguation page Islampur Islampur is a city and a municipality in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Bengali or Bangla (বাংলা, IPA: ) is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from Prakrit, Pāli and Sanskrit. ... (اردو), historically spelled Ordu, is an Indo-Aryan language of the Indo-Iranian branch, belonging to Indo-European family of languages. ... Hindi (Devanagari: हिन्दी or हिंदी; IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India [1][2]. It is part of a dialect continuum of the Indic family, bounded on the northwest and west by Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu...

Non-Governmental Organizations in North Dinajpur

Whereas there are many NGOs working the district, the most prominent are the Lions Club of Raiganj, the Social Welfare Institute and St. John's Ambulance Association. It was during the Indo-Pak war of 1971, the Diocese of Dumka, feeling the need of relief operations, specially for the immigrants, began the Social Welfare Institute in the heart of the town. People began to call this as "Caritas". Following the massive relief operations, SWI began to focus its attention on strengthening of the people of West Dinajpur district as it was then known. Fr. Yvo La Ferla, S.J., who was the founder-director of the organization, mobilized the young and the volunteers of Raiganj town to form the Lions Club and St. John's Ambulance, later also the Young Men Association. This is the beginning of the story of NGOs in one of the backward districts of West Bengal.

The "Bharat Sevashram Sangha" has a big regional centre in Raigunj and a functional one in Islampur. They are very active in flood relief work.

External links

• Official site

Cities and towns in Uttar Dinajpur
Dalkhola | Islampur | Kaliaganj | Kasba | Nachhratpur Katabari | Raiganj

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Dalkhola is a census town in Uttar Dinajpur district in the state of West Bengal, India. ... Please see disambiguation page Islampur Islampur is a city and a municipality in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Kaliaganj is a city and a municipality in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Kasba is a census town in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... Nachhratpur Katabari is a census town in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. ... The district head-quarter as well as a subdivision of the district of North Dinajpur,West Bengal,India. ...