"Paschim Medinipur district (Pron: p\u0254\u0283\u02A7\u026Am med\u032Ai\u02D0ni\u02D0pur) or West Midnapore district (Pron: \u02CCm\u026Adn\u0259\u02C8p\u028A\u0259) (Bengali: \u09AA\u09B6\u09CD\u099A\u09BF\u09AE \u09AE\u09C7\u09A6\u09BF\u09A8\u09C0\u09AA\u09C1\u09B0 \u099C\u09C7\u09B2\u09BE) (also known as Midnapore West) is the districts of the state of West Bengal, India. It was formed on 1 January 2002 after the Partition of Midnapore into Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur. The district has 4 sub-divisions: Kharagpur, Medinipur Sadar, Ghatal and Jhargram. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor."@en . . . .