gram panchayats. Hura community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. Balarampur community development block consists of rural areas with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: Balarampur. Arsha is a community development block Manbazar subdivision Manbazar I community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. Manbazar II community development block consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats. Bandwan community development block consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats. Puncha community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. Barabazar community development block consists of rural areas with 10 gram panchayats and one census town: Barabazar. Jhalda subdivision Jhalda: municipality Jhalda–I community development block consists of rural areas only with 10 gram panchayats. Jhalda–II community development block consists of rural areas only with 9 gram panchayats. Joypur community development block consists of rural areas only with 7 gram panchayats. Baghmundi community development block consists of rural areas only with 8 gram panchayats. Raghunathpur subdivision Raghunathpur: municipality Para community development block consists of rural areas with 10 gram panchayats and two census towns: Santaldih and Chapari. Raghunathpur I community development block consists of rural areas with 7 gram panchayats and one census town: Arra. Raghunathpur II community development block consists of rural areas with 6 gram panchayats and one census town: Nabagram. Neturia community development block consists of rural areas with 7 gram panchayats and two census towns: Hijuli and Par Beliya. Santuri community development block consists of rural areas only with 6 gram panchayats. Kashipur community development block consists of rural areas with 13 gram panchayats and one census town: Adra. Assembly constituencies The district is divided into 11 assembly constituencies: Bandwan (ST) (assembly constituency no. 234) Manbazar (assembly constituency no. 234), Balarampur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 235), Joypur (assembly constituency no. 238), Purulia (assembly constituency no. 239), Para (SC) (assembly constituency no. 240), Raghunathpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 241), Kashipur (ST) (assembly constituency no. 242) Bagmundi Vidhan Sabha Para constituency was reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Banduan, Manbazar, Balarampur, Arsa, Jhalda, Jaipur and Purulia constituencies formed the Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency). Para, Raghunathpur, Kashipur and Hura were assembly segments of Bankura (Lok Sabha constituency), which also contained three assembly segments from Bankura district. Impact of delimitation of constituencies As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in