Uttar Mandabari | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India West Bengal#India |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in West Bengal, India |
Coordinates: | 26.6258°N 89.41°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | West Bengal |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Alipurduar |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Total: | 6932 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 735214 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/STD code |
Area Code: | 03566 |
Registration Plate: | WB |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Alipurduars |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Kalchini |
Uttar Mandabari (also spelled Mendabari) is a village and a gram panchayat in the Kalchini CD block in the Alipurduar subdivision of the Alipurduar district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Uttar Mandabari is located at 26.6258°N 89.41°W.
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 that 20.62% of the population lives in the 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.[1] [2] [3]
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.
As per the 2011 Census of India, Uttar Mandabari had a total population of 3,481. There were 1,729 (50%) males and 1,752 (50%) females. There were 386 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Uttar Mandarbari was 1,987 (64.20% of the population over 6 years).[4]
Garh Mendabari is a historical site located on the banks of Bania River in the Chilapata Forests. While some archaeologists think of it having been built by Nara Narayan, King of Cooch Behar, others think it was built by the Bhutias. The State Directorate of Archaeology places it in the age of the Gupta Empire.[5]
Mendabari Jungle Camp is located nearby.