The Lalgarh movement started attracting attention after the failed assassination attempt on Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, then chief minister of West Bengal, in the Salboni area, on 2 November 2008 and the police action that followed.

Although the epi-centre of the movement was Lalgarh, it was spread across 19 police stations in three adjoining districts – Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and Purulia, all thickly forested and near the border with Jharkhand.

[3] Indiscriminate firing allegedly from a CPI (M) activist's house killed 9 people in Netai village on 7 January 2011.

[4][5] 106 districts spanning 10 states across India, described as being part of left wing extremism activities, constitute the Red corridor.

In West Bengal the districts of Paschim Medinipur, Bankura, Purulia and Birbhum are part of the Red corridor.

[6] In the period 2009-2011 LWE violence resulted in more than 500 deaths and a similar number missing in Paschim Medinipur district.

[7] The Chota Nagpur Plateau gradually slopes down creating an undulating area with infertile laterite rocks/ soil.

[15] Large village (with 4,000+ population) in Binpur I CD block is (2011 census figure in brackets): Lalgarh (4,433).

[13] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data

[16] Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria,[17] Christians and other religious communities.

There were 34 fertiliser depots, 24 seed stores and 52 fair price shops in the CD block.

[21] Persons engaged in agriculturein Binpur I CD block Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of bargadars to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not fully implemented.

Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords.

In 2013–14, persons engaged in agriculture in Binpur I CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 3.82%, patta (document) holders 23.62%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 2.65%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 23.37% and agricultural labourers 46.54%.

[21] The United Nations Development Programme considers the combined primary and secondary enrolment ratio as the simple indicator of educational achievement of the children in the school going age.

[26] In 2014, Binpur I CD block had 1 rural hospital and 5 primary health centres with total 96 beds and 9 doctors.