Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:[1] Egra subdivision has 3 police stations, 5 community development blocks, 5 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 708 mouzas, 682 inhabited villages, 1 municipality and 3 census towns.

Community development blocks in Egra subdivision are:[4][6][7] The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:[8] With a literacy rate of 87.66% Purba Medinipur district ranked first amongst all districts of West Bengal in literacy as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011.

[10] Given in the table below is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Purba Medinipur district for the year 2013-14.

[10] The following institutions are located in Egra 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 2014 in Purba Medinipur district.

[14] Medical facilities available in Egra subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [15] Egra Subdivision Hospital, Egra, 68 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[15] Bhagabanpur Rural Hospital, Bhagabanpur I CD block, Bhagabanpur, 30 beds Gangadharbar Rural Hospital, Egra II CD block, Gangadharbar, PO Pirijkhanbar, 30 beds Patashpur Rural Hospital, Patashpur II CD block, Patashpur, 30 beds Block Primary Health Centre: (Name, block, location, beds)[15] Gonara BPHC, Patashpur I CD Block, Golara Nij, PO Manglamaro, 10 beds Ramchandrapur BPHC, Egra I CD Block, Ramchandrapur, PO Kharbandhi, 10 beds Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)[15] Egra I CD block: Chatla (2), Kasabagola, PO Panchrol (2) Egra II CD block: Paniparul (10), Betamaheshpur, PO Maheshpur (10), Shyampur, PO Bidurpur (2) Patashpur I CD block: Borhat, PO Katranka (6) Patashpur II CD block: Pratapdighi (10), Argoal (10) Bhagabanpur I CD block: Bibhisanpur (10), Kajalgarh (6), Seulipur, PO Paschimbarh (6) Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Purba Medinipur district were as follows:[16]