Purba Medinipur District
Purba Medinipur district is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division. The district headquarters is located in Tamluk city. The Sanskrit word Tamluk is derived from Tamra Lipta which means "full of copper". According to local folk, the name Tamralipta comes from King Tamradhwaj. The district was formed on 1 January 2002 after the bifurcation of Medinipur into Purba Medinipur and Paschim Medinipur, located on its northern and western borders. TAMLUK B.D.O. OFFICE Area The district is spread over an area of 4,736 km2. Odisha state is on the south-west border; The Bay of Bengal lies to the south; the Hooghly River and South 24 Parganas districts in the east; Howrah district in the north-east; Paschim Medinipur district is in the west. Purba Medinipur is composed of the sub-divisions of Tamluk, Contai and Haldia in the district. During the division of Medinipur, another sub-division, Egra, has been created from the erstw