Alipurduar district

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Alipurduar
District
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 in West Bengal
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Jalpaiguri
Headquarters	Alipurduar
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Alipurduar
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Alipurduars, Kumargram, Falakata, Madarihat, Kalchini
Area
• Total	3,383 km2 (1,306 sq mi)
Population [1]
• Total	1,491,250
• Density	440/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
• Urban	307,456
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	alipurduar.gov.in

Alipurduar District is the 20th district in the state of West Bengal, India.^[2] The district has its headquarters at Alipurduar. It was made a district by bifurcating Jalpaiguri district in 2014.^[3]

The district consists of Alipurduar municipality, Falakata municipality and six community development blocks: Madarihat–Birpara, Alipurduar–I, Alipurduar–II, Falakata, Kalchini and Kumargram. The six blocks contain 66 gram panchayats and nine census towns.