Dalkhola

Dalkhola
City
Top to bottom: Dalkhola College, Dalkhola market, Dalkhola High School
Dalkhola Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 25°52′34″N 87°50′20″E / 25.876°N 87.839°E / 25.876; 87.839Coordinates: 25°52′34″N 87°50′20″E / 25.876°N 87.839°E / 25.876; 87.839
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Government
• Type	Chairman-in-Council
• Body	Dalkhola Municipality
• Chairman	Subhash Goswami (TMC)
• Vice-Chairman	Ali Reza khan (TMC)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	67,832
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English ,
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	733201, 733209
Telephone code	+913525 25xxxx
Vehicle registration	WB 59 and WB 91 commercial vehicle WB 60 and WB 92 private vehicle
Lok Sabha constituency	Raiganj
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Karandighi
Climate	Cwa (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,100 millimetres (43 in)
Avg. annual temperature	32 °C (90 °F)
Avg. summer temperature	41 °C (106 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	13 °C (55 °F)
Website	www.dalkholamunicipality.org.in

Dalkhola is a city and municipality located in the Uttar Dinajpur district of the state of West Bengal, India. It is the second most important commercial city in North Bengal.

Dalkhola was originally in the state of Bihar in India. After 1959, Dalkhola was located in the state of West Bengal. The town expanded around the Dalkhola village Panchayats and developed into an important centre for trade and commerce due to mainstream connection with both Railway and Roadway. It is an important center for commodities like jute, corn and oil trade in Uttar Dinajpur. It is also an important center for the trade of maize, which is produced in the neighboring state of Bihar.

Before the Independence of India in 1947 and later, the figure of Dalkhola was idly rural area where some Pucca and Kacha roads were connected to nearest place. The area was covered by jungle in large, only a few area was used for living. Their main source of income was agriculture and fishery from Mahananda. That time it was ruled by Raja P.C.Lal. After Independence & partition of India, innumerable refugees came to Dalkhola from Bangladesh formerly known as East Pakistan & they live in Dalkhola rural area. Before in 1956, this area belong to the state of Bihar under Purnia district. In 1956 this area was transferred to Territory of West Bengal by endeavour of Chief Minister Dr. B.C. Roy. It is an important place in this spare of communication facility as NH 12 and NH 27 pass through this locality. Small villages are administered by Panchayat Raj, & they gradually develop into work-oriented busy market & that gradually convert into Small Township. With the growth of population and economic base establishment, the people of Dalkhola experienced a green revolution. In consequence, Dalkhola Municipality was set up on 1 January 2003 for upliftment of social and economic development.