Bolpur subdivision is part of the Suri-Bolpur Plain, a sub-micro physiographic region.

It covers the interfluves of the Mayurakshi and Ajay, in the south-eastern part of the district.

This area exhibits somewhat upland topography sloping from north-west to south-east.

[1] Birbhum district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[2][3][4] Bolpur subdivision has 4 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 40 gram panchayats, 621 mouzas, 579 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 4 census towns.

[12] Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Birbhum district, with data for the year 2013-14:[12] The following institutions are located in Bolpur subdivision: Medical facilities in Bolpur subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds)[24] Bolpur Subdivisional Hospital, Bolpur, well known as Sian Hospital, 125 beds Pearson Memorial Hospital, Santiniketan, 50 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD Block, location, beds) [25] Labpur Rural Hospital, Labpur CD Block, Labhpur, 30 beds Nanoor Rural Hospital, Nanoor CD Block, Nanoor, 30 beds Ilambazar Rural Hospital, Ilambazar CD Block, Ilambazar, 30 beds Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD Block, location, beds)[26] Bolpur Block Primary Health Centre, Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block, Bolpur, 60 beds Primary Health Centres: (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC location, beds)[27] Bolpur Sriniketan CD Block: Panchsowa (6), Sattore Kasba (PO Sattore) (10), Supur (PO Rajatpur) (10) Labpur CD Block: Bipratikuri (6), Dwaraka (6), Ramkrishnapur (PO Brahamanigram) (6), Thiba (10), Abhadanga (6) Nanoor CD Block: Banagram (PO Nanoor) (6), Khujutipara (10), Kirnahar (10) Ilambazar CD Block: Batikar (10), Jaydev Kenduli (6) Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Bolpur subdivision were as follows:[28]