Chopra

Chopra is a surname. Some families of Chopra are Khatri Sikh, but most are Punjabi Hindus from the Punjab region and Jains from Rajasthan and Gujarat. Notable people with the surname include:

Chopra (disambiguation)

Chopra can refer to the following:

Chopra (community development block)

Chopra (community development block) is an administrative division in Islampur subdivision of Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chopra police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Chopra.

Geography

Chopra is located at 26°24′N 88°18′E / 26.4°N 88.3°E / 26.4; 88.3. Chopra Block established in the year 1964 previously it was under the jurisdiction of Purnia District of Bihar, in the year 1956 it was transferred from Bihar and comprised with West Bengal under the former west Dinajpur District. The Block surrounded by Bihar, Darjeeling District and Indo-Bangladesh Border. Most of the families of this Block involved with cultivation and small Tea Garden. Graphic of Socio Economic Condition of the inhabitants of this Block is gradually growing up.

There is established two nos of Hydel Power Plant for Generating power on canel of Teesta Barage Project and Dock Barage Project.

Chopra Assembly Constituency is only the constituency of this District which pertaining to the area comprised in 4th Darjeeling Parliament Constituency.

Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Uttar Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 28 Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers Chopra community development block and Kamalagaon Sujali gram panchayat of Islampur community development block.

Chopra (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 4 Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency).

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2011

In the 2011 election, Hamidul Rahman (Independent) defeated his nearest rival Anwarul Haque of CPI(M).

Hamidul Rahman, contesting as an independent candidate, was a rebel Congress candidate from Chopra. He was suspended from the party but the Raiganj MP, Deepa Dasmunsi, campaigned for him. Of the 18 Congress rebels who fought the 2011 assembly elections, Hamidul Rahaman was the only one to win.

.# Change figure based on his own vote percentage as a Congress candidate in 2006.

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