Debra (community development block)
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Debra ডেবরা |
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| Community development block সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক |
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 Debra
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| Coordinates: 22°23′26″N 87°34′02″E / 22.3906°N 87.5673°ECoordinates: 22°23′26″N 87°34′02″E / 22.3906°N 87.5673°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Paschim Medinipur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Community development block |
| Area | |
| • Total | 342.41 km2 (132.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 288,619 |
| • Density | 840/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03222 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-WB |
| Literacy | 82.03% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Ghatal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Debra |
| Website | paschimmedinipur |
Debra is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
In 1968 many revolutionary intellectuals, broadly termed as Naxalites, settled in Gopiballavpur. Amongst them was Santosh Rana, who was a local person. In September 1969 a guerrilla squad killed an oppressive landlord. The landlords fled to the towns and a big peasant movement began. Landlords’ crops were forcibly harvested. Around 150 people were killed. Santosh Rana was the key figure in virtually “liberating” Debra, Gopiballavpur and neighbouring areas in West Bengal, as well as in Odisha and Jharkhand (then it was Bihar). The movement gradually split and collapsed in the early seventies.
Debra CD Block is largely a flood prone marshy wetland. In this block 100% of the cultivated area has highly productive alluvial soil.
Debra is located at 22°23′26″N 87°34′02″E / 22.3906°N 87.5673°E.
Debra CD Block is bounded by Daspur I CD Block in the north, Panskura CD Block, in Purba Medinipur district, in the east, Pingla CD Block in the south and Kharagpur II and Keshpur CD Blocks in the west.
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