Murarai I (community development block)

Murarai I (community development block) (Bengali: মুরারই I সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Rampurhat subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Murarai police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Murarai.

Geography

Chatra, a constituent panchayat of Murarai I block, is located at 24°22′26″N 87°51′04″E / 24.3739°N 87.8512°E / 24.3739; 87.8512.

Murarai I community development block has an area of 167.00  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Murarai I block/panchayat samiti are: Chatra, Dumurgram, Gorsha, Mohurapur, Murarai, Palsa and Rajgram.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Murarai I block had a total population of 154,282, out of which 79,193 were males and 75,087 were females. Murarai I block registered a population growth of 25.90 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Birbhum district was 17.88 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Scheduled castes at 39,043 formed around one-fourth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 8,527.

Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Overview

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 294 Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Murarai I community development block, and Amdole, Jajigram, Mitrapur, Nandigram, Paikar I and Paikar II gram panchayats of Murarai II community development block.

Murarai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 42 Birbhum (Lok Sabha constituency).

Election results

2011

In the 2011 elections, Nure Alam Chowdhury of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Kamre Elahi of CPI(M).

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.

Note: New constituency – 1, constituencies abolished – 2 (See template talk page for details)

1977–2006

In the 2006 and 2001 state assembly elections, Dr. Qamre Elahi of CPI(M) won the Murarai assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress /Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Dr. Motahar Hossain of Congress defeated Moyazzem Hossain of CPI(M) in 1996, Durgadas Ghosh of CPI(M) in 1991 and 1987, Matiur Rahman of CPI(M) in 1982 and Bazle Ahammad of CPI(M) in 1977.