 With the division of the district, the subdivisions of Medinipur Sadar, Kharagpur, Jhargram, and Ghatal were placed in Paschim Medinipur, with Midnapore, now the district headquarters of only the western half.The subdivisions of Tamluk, Contai, and Haldia were placed in the eastern district with district headquarters at Tamluk.Egra subdivision, a new subdivision of Purba Medinipur, was created out of the Contai subdivision.