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Binpur II

Binpur II
বিনপুর II
Belpahari
Community development block
সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Binpur II is located in West Bengal
Binpur II
Binpur II
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°34′38″N 87°00′18″E / 22.577189°N 87.0049416°E / 22.577189; 87.0049416Coordinates: 22°34′38″N 87°00′18″E / 22.577189°N 87.0049416°E / 22.577189; 87.0049416
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Jhargram
Government
 • Type Community development block
Area
 • Total 583.50 km2 (225.29 sq mi)
Elevation 83 m (272 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 164,522
 • Density 280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 721501 (Belpahari)
721515 (Silda)
Area code(s) 03221
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Vehicle registration WB-34
Literacy 70.46%
Lok Sabha constituency Jhargram
Vidhan Sabha constituency Binpur
Website paschimmedinipur.gov.in

Binpur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The Lalgarh movement started attracting attention after the failed assassination attempt on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then chief minister of West Bengal, in the Salboni area, on 2 November 2008 and the police action that followed. The movement was not just a political struggle but an armed struggle that concurrently took the look of a social struggle. A large number of CPI (M) activists, and others active in different political parties, were killed. Although the epi-centre of the movement was Lalgarh, it was spread across 19 police stations in three adjoining districts – Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia, all thickly forested and near the border with Jharkhand. The deployment of CRPF and other forces started on 11 June 2009. The movement came to an end after the 2011 state assembly elections and change of government in West Bengal. The death of Kishenji, the Maoist commander, on 24 November 2011 was the last major landmark.

From 2009 Maoist violence had rapidly spread across eleven western CD Blocks of the district: Binpur I, Binpur II, Salboni, Grahbeta II, Jamboni, Jhargram, Midnapore Sadar, Gopiballavpur I, Gopiballavpur II, Sankrail and Nayagram.

In an attack on a fortified camp of CRPF at Silda, West Bengal on 15 February 2010 a 100 strong heavily armed gang of Maoists killed 24 jawans.

106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being part of Left Wing Extremism activities, constitutes the Red corridor. In West Bengal the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor. However, as of July 2016, there had been no reported incidents of Maoist related activities from these districts for the previous 4 years. In the period 2009-2011 LWE violence resulted in more than 500 deaths and a similar number missing in Paschim Medinipur district.


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