Medinipur Division is one of the 5 divisions in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the westernmost division of West Bengal. Earlier it was a part of Burdwan division and was curved out from it in 2016.^[1] The port city of Haldia is located in this division

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Medinipur
Division
Location of Medinipur in West Bengal
Interactive Map Outlining Medinipur
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Established	2002
Capital	Medinipur
Districts	Bankura, Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur, Purulia
Area
• Total	27,223 km2 (10,511 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	18,672,669
• Density	690/km2 (1,800/sq mi)

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It consists of 5 districts:^[2]

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Code	District	Headquarters	Established	Sub-Division	Area	Population As of 2011	Population Density	Map
ME	Purba Medinipur	Tamluk	2002[3]	Tamluk Sadar Haldia Egra Contai	4,736 km2 (1,829 sq mi)	5,094,238	1,076/km2 (2,790/sq mi)
ME	Paschim Medinipur	Medinipur	2002[3]	Kharagpur Medinipur Sadar Ghatal	6,308 km2 (2,436 sq mi)	5,943,300	636/km2 (1,650/sq mi)
PU	Purulia	Purulia	1956	Purulia Sadar Manbazar[4] Raghunathpur Jhalda	6,259 km2 (2,417 sq mi)	2,927,965	468/km2 (1,210/sq mi)
BN	Bankura	Bankura	1947	Bankura Sadar Khatra Bishnupur	6,882 km2 (2,657 sq mi)	3,596,292	523/km2 (1,350/sq mi)
JH	Jhargram	Jhargram	2017[5]	Jhargram Sadar	3,037.64 km2 (1,172.84 sq mi)	1,136,548	374/km2 (970/sq mi)
Total	5	—	-	15	27,223 km2 (10,511 sq mi)	18,672,669	686/km2 (1,780/sq mi)

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Hindus form the majority of the population of Medinipur division and comprises 82.3% of the population. There is a significant population of various tribes in this division such as Kudmi ,Santhal, Munda, etc. Muslims comprises 10.1% of the population.^[6]