The District Uttar Dinajpur formed by Gazette Notification No. 177 L.R / 6M-7/92 dated 28.2.1992 and the District came into existence on 1st April 1992. The district is located in the north of West Bengal.The District is butted and bounded by Bangladesh is on the East [length of border 227 KM], Bihar on the West, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri on the North and Malda on the South. The NH 34 and NH 31 passes through the District. The name of the District originated from the name of the king `Danuj' and therby Danaj and ulitimately converted to Dinaj. So also the name of the district Head Quarter Raiganj comes from Rai crop. In the British period the district was declared as disturbed area during the Khilafat Movement.The name of the places like Karnajora, Karandighi stems from the mythological character Karna.The district is constituted of Nine Blocks under Two Sub-Divisions namely Raiganj and Islampur. This is a multi-lingual district dominated by Bengali speaking and there are Urdu and Hindi speaking population in the Islampur area.
           The district of Uttar Dinajpur lies between 250 10' to 260 35' North latitude and 870 45' to 880 35' East longitude covering an area of 3,142 sq.km.The district is bounded by Bangladesh on the East, Bihar State on the West Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri Districts on the North and Malda District on the South.
           The District is well connected with the rest of the state of West Bengal by National Highways, State Highways and also by Railway. NH-31 and NH-34 pass through the centre of the district. The Topography of the land is largely flat with a gentle slope towards south.