Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[3][4] Dinhata subdivision has 2 police stations, 3 community development blocks, 3 panchayat samitis, 33 gram panchayats, 302 mouzas, 300 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 1 census town.

[4][5] The police stations in the Dinhata subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[6][7][8] Community development blocks in the Dinhata subdivision are:[4][9][10] The subdivision contains 33 gram panchayats under 3 community development blocks:[11] Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Cooch Behar district, with data for the year 2012–13.

[12] The following institution is located in Dinhata subdivision: The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2013 in Cooch Behar district, with data for the year 2012–13.

Medical facilities in the Dinhata subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [15] Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [16] Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[17] Primary Health Centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)[18] As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the Dinhata municipality, Dinhata–II block and Bhetaguri–I, Dinhata Village–I, Dinhata Village–II and Putimari–I gram panchayats of Dinhata–I block together will constitute the Dinhata assembly constituency of West Bengal.

Sitai constituency will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates.