Birpara

Geography

==Geography== Birpara is located at . According to the map of the Madarihat CD block on page 193 in the District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census, Birpara Police station is shown as being a part of the Birpara town. Birpara Tea Garden spared a portion of their cultivable land for the establishment of Birpara town, many years ago. Over the years, it has developed as an important town in the area. Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the Dooars in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the Himalayas in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means 20.62% of the population lives in urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Most-observed species

• Red-vented Bulbul

  Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  141
• Common Myna

  Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  133
• Spotted dove

  Spilopelia chinensis (Scopoli, 1786) · Aves
  112
• Indian Peafowl

  Pavo cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  110
• Jungle Babbler

  Turdoides striata (Dumont, 1823) · Aves
  108
• Asian Pied Starling

  Gracupica contra (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  103
• Black Drongo

  Dicrurus macrocercus Vieillot, 1817 · Aves
  78
• Chestnut-tailed Starling

  Sturnia malabarica (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves
  76

Most recent

• M 4.3 — 2024-09-06
  19 km NW of Daphu, Bhutan
• M 4.2 — 2022-07-01
  20 km N of Samtse, Bhutan
• M 4.2 — 2022-07-01
  22 km NNW of Daphu, Bhutan
• M 4.2 — 2022-01-06
  11 km ESE of Samtse, Bhutan
• M 4.6 — 2021-11-07
  17 km ESE of Gangtok, India
• M 3.9 — 2021-04-06
  15 km E of Odl?b?ri, India