Purba Medinipur District, WB

Midnapore East or Purba Medinipur is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal. It was formed on January 1, 2002 after the Partition of Midnapore into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur.

Coastal belt of East Midnapore District and Balasore District in the mouth of River Hoogly and Subarnarekha River with their coastal landform diversity, seasonal diversity, rural diversity and heritage diversity offers tremendous potential for tourism in their typical coastlines and rural areas.

District has 4 sub-divisions: Tamluk, Contai, Egra and Haldia.

Wikipedia Page for Midnapore East district : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Midnapore

Web : http://purbamedinipur.gov.in/

Date added : November 8th, 2009