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title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">22°41′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°40′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">22.69333°N 88.67806°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">22.69333; 88.67806</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Community development block in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Deganga</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Community development block</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Khana-Mihir_Mound_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2346.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The mound of Khana-Mihir or Baraha-Mihir on Prithiba Road, Berachampa"><img alt="The mound of Khana-Mihir or Baraha-Mihir on Prithiba Road, Berachampa" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Khana-Mihir_Mound_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2346.JPG/250px-Khana-Mihir_Mound_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2346.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Khana-Mihir_Mound_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2346.JPG/375px-Khana-Mihir_Mound_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2346.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Khana-Mihir_Mound_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2346.JPG/500px-Khana-Mihir_Mound_-_Berachampa_2012-02-24_2346.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">The mound of Khana-Mihir or Baraha-Mihir on Prithiba Road, Berachampa</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Deganga_in_North_24_Parganas_(West_Bengal).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Deganga"><img alt="Location of Deganga" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Deganga_in_North_24_Parganas_%28West_Bengal%29.svg/250px-Deganga_in_North_24_Parganas_%28West_Bengal%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="365" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Deganga_in_North_24_Parganas_%28West_Bengal%29.svg/375px-Deganga_in_North_24_Parganas_%28West_Bengal%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Deganga_in_North_24_Parganas_%28West_Bengal%29.svg/500px-Deganga_in_North_24_Parganas_%28West_Bengal%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="747" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Deganga&params=22_41_36_N_88_40_41_E_type:city(319213)_region:IN-WB"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">22°41′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°40′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">22.69333°N 88.67806°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">22.69333; 88.67806</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_India" title="List of districts in India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district" title="North 24 Parganas district">North 24 Parganas</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Representative_democracy" title="Representative democracy">Representative democracy</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">202.09 km<sup>2</sup> (78.03 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">6 m (20 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">319,213</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,600/km<sup>2</sup> (4,100/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Literacy (2011)<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Total literates</th><td class="infobox-data">222,866 (79.65%)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">743423 (Beliaghata Bridge)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone/STD code</th><td class="infobox-data">03216</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:IN" title="ISO 3166-2:IN">IN-WB</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#WB.E2.80.94West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in India">WB</a>-23, <a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#WB.E2.80.94West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in India">WB</a>-24, <a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#WB.E2.80.94West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in India">WB</a>-25, <a href="/wiki/List_of_RTO_districts_in_India#WB.E2.80.94West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of RTO districts in India">WB</a>-26</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barasat_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Barasat (Lok Sabha constituency)">Barasat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Basirhat_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)">Basirhat</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vidhan_Sabha" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidhan Sabha">Vidhan Sabha</a> constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Deganga_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deganga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Deganga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haroa_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Haroa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Haroa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://north24parganas.nic.in/">north24parganas<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Deganga</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Community_development_block_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development block in India">community development block</a> that forms an administrative division in <a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas_district" title="North 24 Parganas district">North 24 Parganas district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">state</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The saga of the <a href="/wiki/Vidyadhari_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Vidyadhari River">Vidyadhari River</a>, which flows through the Deganga area, has been part of local folklore since time immemorial. The river had formed a major navigation route for earlier civilisations. In the 3rd century BC, the nearby river port of <a href="/wiki/Chandraketugarh" title="Chandraketugarh">Chandraketugarh</a> was on the banks of this river. There still are tell-tale signs of that bygone era, and efforts are on near <a href="/wiki/Berachampa" title="Berachampa">Berachampa</a> to find more evidence of a lost civilization, possibly <a href="/wiki/Maurya_Empire" title="Maurya Empire">Meryan</a>. The source of the river is located near <a href="/wiki/Haringhata" title="Haringhata">Haringhata</a> in Nadia. Later it winds down through the area before meeting the <a href="/wiki/Raimangal_River" title="Raimangal River">Raimangal</a> at the confluence of <a href="/wiki/Sundarbans" title="Sundarbans">Sundarbans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Berachampa, with the CD Block offices, is located at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Deganga&params=22_41_36_N_88_40_41_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">22°41′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">88°40′41″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">22.69333°N 88.67806°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">22.69333; 88.67806</span></span></span></a></span></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deganga CD Block is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Habra_I" title="Habra I">Habra I</a> CD Block in the north, <a href="/wiki/Baduria_(community_development_block)" title="Baduria (community development block)">Baduria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Basirhat_I_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Basirhat I (community development block)">Basirhat I</a> CD Blocks in the east, <a href="/wiki/Haroa_(community_development_block)" title="Haroa (community development block)">Haroa</a> CD Block in the south and <a href="/wiki/Barasat_I" title="Barasat I">Barasat I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barasat_II" title="Barasat II">Barasat II</a> CD Blocks in the west.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deganga CD Block is part of the North Bidyadhari Plain, one of the three physiographic regions in the district located in the lower <a href="/wiki/Ganges_Delta" title="Ganges Delta">Ganges Delta</a>. The area is full of marshes and salt water lakes. The <a href="/wiki/Bidyadhari_River" title="Bidyadhari River">Bidyadhari</a> has a long course through the central part of the district.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Bidyadhari_River" title="Bidyadhari River">Bidyadhari</a> forms the eastern boundary of Deganga CD Block with <a href="/wiki/Barasat_I" title="Barasat I">Barasat I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Barasat_II" title="Barasat II">Barasat II</a> CD Blocks.<sup id="cite_ref-censusmap_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censusmap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deganga CD Block has an area of 202.09 km<sup>2</sup>. It has 1 <a href="/wiki/Panchayat_Samiti_(Block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchayat Samiti (Block)">panchayat samity</a>, 13 <a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">gram panchayats</a>, 181 gram sansads (village councils), 108 <a href="/wiki/Mouza" title="Mouza">mouzas</a> and 108 inhabited villages, as per the District Statistical Handbook: North 24 Parganas. <a href="/wiki/Deganga,_North_24_Parganas#Police_station" title="Deganga, North 24 Parganas">Deganga</a> police station serves this block.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Headquarters of this CD Block is at <a href="/wiki/Deulia" title="Deulia">Deulia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deganga is an intermediate <a href="/wiki/Panchayati_Raj" class="mw-redirect" title="Panchayati Raj">panchayat</a> (local self-government) under North 24 Parganas district. Village panchayats under it are – Amulia, Berachampa I & II, Chakla, Champatala, Chaurashi, Deganga I & II, Hadipur-Jikhra I & II, Kolsur, Nurnagar and Sohai-Shetpur.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Social_turmoil">Social turmoil</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Social turmoil"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_anti-Hindu_riots">2010 anti-Hindu riots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2010 anti-Hindu riots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2010_Deganga_riots" title="2010 Deganga riots">2010 Deganga riots</a></div> <p>The 2010 Deganga riots began on 6 September when a <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> mob resorted to <a href="/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">arson</a> and <a href="/wiki/Violence" title="Violence">violence</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> localities of Deganga, Kartikpur and Beliaghata under the Deganga police station area. The violence began late in the evening and continued throughout the night into the next morning. The <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Police" title="West Bengal Police">district police</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rapid_Action_Force" title="Rapid Action Force">Rapid Action Force</a> all failed to stop the <a href="/wiki/Mob_violence" class="mw-redirect" title="Mob violence">mob violence</a>, <a href="/wiki/Central_Reserve_Police_Force" title="Central Reserve Police Force">Central Reserve Police Force</a> was finally deployed.<sup id="cite_ref-toi1_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi1-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-toi2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-toi2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-express1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-express1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hindu1_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hindu1-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Central Reserve Police Force staged a flag march on the Taki Road, while <a href="/wiki/Islamist" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamist">Islamist</a> violence continued unabated in the interior villages off the Taki Road, till Wednesday in spite of army presence and promulgation of prohibitory orders under section 144 of the <a href="/wiki/Criminal_Procedure_Code,_1973_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 (India)">CrPC</a>. The violence finally calmed down on 9 September after Several of Hindu business establishments and residences were looted, destroyed and burnt, dozens of Hindus were severely injured and many Muslims also and one Muslim person dead by shooting and several Hindu temples were desecrated and vandalized. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As per <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a> Deganga CD Block had a total population of 319,213, of which 309,550 were rural and 9,663 were urban. There were 163,154 (51%) males and 156,059 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 39,415. <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Castes</a> numbered 39,027 (12.23%) and <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Tribes</a> numbered 2,560 (0.80%).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deganga (village) had a population of 3,377 as per 2011 census.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2001 census, Deganaga <a href="/wiki/Community_Development_Block_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community Development Block in India">community development block</a> had a population of 276,049 out of which 141,545 were males and 134,504 were females.<sup id="cite_ref-census_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is only one <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census town</a> in Deganga CD Block (2011 census figure in brackets): <a href="/wiki/Deulia" title="Deulia">Deulia</a> (9,633).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Large villages in Deganga CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Fazilpur (4,084), Sohai (4,858), Biswanathpur (4,585), Kaliani (5,525), Chyandana (7,188), Khejurdanga (4,370), Belgachhia (4,026), Subrnapur (6,380), Parpatna (6,558), Uttar Kalsur (9,051), Dakshin Kalsur (6,731), Basudebpur (4,580), Matikumra (4,651), Amulia (4,443), Alipur (7,801), Kaukepara (8,707), Nandipara Kuchemora (4,936), Jadabpur (6,390), Chandpur (8,780), Keadanga (4,682), Hadipur Churijhara (9,971), Jhikra (4,315) and Abjan Nagar (5,544).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>North 24 Parganas district is densely populated, mainly because of the influx of <a href="/wiki/East_Bengali_refugees" title="East Bengali refugees">refugees from East Pakistan</a> (later Bangladesh). With a density of population of 2,182 per km<sup>2</sup> in 1971, it was 3rd in terms of density per km<sup>2</sup> in West Bengal after Kolkata and Howrah, and 20th in India.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the District Human Development Report: North 24 Parganas, "High density is also explained partly by the rapid growth of urbanization in the district. In 1991, the percentage of urban population in the district has been 51.23."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Decadal <a href="/wiki/Population_growth" title="Population growth">Population Growth</a> Rate (%)</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Notice plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-notice" role="presentation" style="width:100%;margin:0;"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="mbox-text-span">Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T334940" class="extiw" title="phab:T334940">Phabricator</a> and on <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Graph/Plans" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Graph/Plans">MediaWiki.org</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The decadal growth of population in Deganga CD Block in 2001–2011 was 15.93%.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decadal growth of population in Deganga CD Block in 1991–2001 was 18.10%.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The decadal growth rate of population in North 24 Parganas district was as follows: 47.9% in 1951–61, 34.5% in 1961–71, 31.4% in 1971–81, 31.7% in 1981–91, 22.7% in 1991–2001 and 12.0% in 2001–11.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decadal growth rate for West Bengal in 2001–11 was 13.93%.<sup id="cite_ref-Decadal_Growth_Rate_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decadal_Growth_Rate-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decadal growth rate for West Bengal was 17.84% in 1991–2001, 24.73% in 1981–1991 and 23.17% in 1971–1981.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Only a small portion of the border with Bangladesh has been fenced and it is popularly referred to as a porous border. It is freely used by <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_India" title="Illegal immigration to India">Bangladeshi infiltrators</a>, terrorists, smugglers, criminals. et al.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literacy">Literacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Literacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As per the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Deganga CD Block was 222,866 (79.65% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 118,553 (82.84% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 104,313 (76.32% of the female population over 6 years). The <a href="/wiki/Literacy#Gender_disparities" title="Literacy">gender disparity</a> (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 6.52%.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>See also – <a href="/wiki/List_of_West_Bengal_districts_ranked_by_literacy_rate" title="List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate">List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate</a> </p> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"> <tbody><tr> <th>Literacy in CD blocks of<br />North 24 Parganas district </th></tr> <tr> <th>Barasat Sadar subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Amdanga_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amdanga (community development block)">Amdanga</a> – 80.69% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Deganga_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deganga (community development block)">Deganga</a> – 79.65% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barasat_I" title="Barasat I">Barasat I</a> – 81.50% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barasat_II" title="Barasat II">Barasat II</a> – 77.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Habra_I" title="Habra I">Habra I</a> – 83.15% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Habra_II" title="Habra II">Habra II</a> – 81.05% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat_(community_development_block)" title="Rajarhat (community development block)">Rajarhat</a> – 83.13% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Basirhat subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Baduria_(community_development_block)" title="Baduria (community development block)">Baduria</a> – 78.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_I" title="Basirhat I">Basirhat I</a> – 72.10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_II" title="Basirhat II">Basirhat II</a> – 78.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haroa_(community_development_block)" title="Haroa (community development block)">Haroa</a> – 73.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hasnabad_(community_development_block)" title="Hasnabad (community development block)">Hasnabad</a> – 71.47% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hingalganj_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hingalganj (community development block)">Hingalganj</a> – 76.85% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minakhan_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minakhan (community development block)">Minakhan</a> – 71.33% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_I" title="Sandeshkhali I">Sandeshkhali I</a> – 71.08% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_II" title="Sandeshkhali II">Sandeshkhali II</a> – 70.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Swarupnagar_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Swarupnagar (community development block)">Swarupnagar</a> – 77.57% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Bangaon subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bagdah_CD_Block" class="mw-redirect" title="Bagdah CD Block">Bagdah</a> – 75.30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_(community_development_block)" title="Bangaon (community development block)">Bangaon</a> – 79.71% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gaighata_(community_development_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaighata (community development block)">Gaighata</a> – 82.32% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Barrackpore subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_I" title="Barrackpore I">Barrackpore I</a> – 85.91% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_II" title="Barrackpore II">Barrackpore II</a> – 84.53% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Source: 2011 Census: CD Block Wise<br />Primary Census Abstract Data </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language_and_religion">Language and religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Language and religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#FCD116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religion in Deganga CD block (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam_in_West_Bengal" title="Islam in West Bengal">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:70.92%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">70.92%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism_in_West_Bengal" title="Hinduism in West Bengal">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkorange; width:28.79%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">28.79%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Other or not stated</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.29%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.29%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>In the 2011 census Muslims numbered 226,397 and formed 70.92% of the population in Deganaga CD Block. Hindus numbered 91,893 and formed 28.79% of the population. Others numbered 923 and formed 0.29% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-religion_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1981 Muslims numbered 109,691 and formed 63.53% of the population and Hindus numbered 62,898 and formed 36.40% of the population. In 1991 Muslims numbered 159,109 and formed 67.65% of the population and Hindus numbered 74,819 and formed 31.96% of the population in Deganga CD Block. (In 1981 and 1991 census was conducted as per jurisdiction of the police station). In 2001, Muslims numbered 191,408 (69.51%) and Hindus 83,505 (30.33%).<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas:_minority_concentrated_district" title="North 24 Parganas: minority concentrated district">North 24 Parganas: minority concentrated district</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> is the predominant language, spoken by 99.86% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rural_Poverty">Rural Poverty</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Rural Poverty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>14.29% of households in Deganga CD Block lived <a href="/wiki/Below_Poverty_Line_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Below Poverty Line (India)">below poverty line</a> in 2001, against an average of 29.28% in North 24 Parganas district.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Livelihood">Livelihood</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Livelihood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:0; top:0; border-width:0 200px 200px 0; border-color:#FF7F00; z-index:-1"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:68.454710592869px 72.896862742141px 0 0; border-top-color:#E31A1C"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#E31A1C"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:39.887711077981px 91.700438957289px 0 0; border-top-color:#33A02C"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#33A02C"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:3.4454660184219px; border-width:0 0 96.554533981578px 26.023488766887px; border-bottom-color:#1F78B4"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p><b>Livelihood<br />in Deganga CD Block</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1F78B4; color:;"> </span> Cultivators (20.81%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#33A02C; color:;"> </span> Agricultural labourers (35.72%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E31A1C; color:;"> </span> Household industries (5.47%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF7F00; color:;"> </span> Other Workers (38.00%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>In Deganga CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 23,253 and formed 20.81% of the total workers, agricultural labourers numbered 39,917 and formed 35.72%, household industry workers numbered 6,107 and formed 5.47% and other workers numbered 42,458 and formed 38.00%. Total workers numbered 111,735 and formed 35.00% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 207,478 and formed 65.00% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In more than 30 percent of the villages in North 24 Parganas, agriculture or household industry is no longer the major source of livelihood for the main workers there. The CD Blocks in the district can be classified as belonging to three categories: border areas, Sundarbans area and other rural areas. The percentage of other workers in the other rural areas category is considerably higher than those in the border areas and Sundarbans area.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><small>Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the <a href="/wiki/Factories_Act,1948,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Factories Act,1948, India">Factories Act</a>. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 107 inhabited villages in Deganga CD Block, as per the District Census Handbook: North 24 Parganas. 100% villages have power supply. 106 villages (99.07%) have drinking water supply. 18 villages (16.82%) have post offices. 107 villages (100%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 38 villages (35.51%) have a pucca approach road and 35 villages (32.71%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 13 villages (12.15%) have agricultural credit societies and 12 villages (11.21 ) have banks.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Agriculture">Agriculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The North 24 Parganas district <a href="/wiki/Human_Development_Report" title="Human Development Report">Human Development Report</a> opines that in spite of agricultural productivity in North 24 Parganas district being rather impressive 81.84% of rural population suffered from shortage of food. With a high urbanisation of 54.3% in 2001, the land use pattern in the district is changing quite fast and the area under cultivation is declining. However, agriculture is still the major source of livelihood in the rural areas of the district.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1977 on wards major <a href="/wiki/Land_reform_in_India" title="Land reform in India">land reforms</a> took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following land reforms land ownership pattern has undergone transformation. In 2010–11, persons engaged in agriculture in Deganga CD Block could be classified as follows: <a href="/wiki/Bargadar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bargadar">bargadars</a> 2,113 (3.39%), patta (document) holders 5,399 (8.67%), small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 3,965 (6.37%), marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 25,590 (41.10%) and agricultural labourers 25,202 (40.47%).<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deganga CD Block had no fertiliser depots, no seed stores and no <a href="/wiki/Public_distribution_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Public distribution system">fair price shops</a> in 2010–11.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010–11, Deganga CD Block produced 21,270 tonnes of <a href="/wiki/Rice#Ecotypes_and_cultivars" title="Rice">Aman paddy</a>, the main winter crop from 8,622 hectares, 30,470 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 8,827 hectares, 1,172 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 450 hectares, 3,146 tonnes of wheat from 1,184 hectares, 118,845 tonnes of jute from 5,068 hectares and 63,363 tonnes of potatoes from 1,398 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010–11, the total area irrigated in Degnaga CD Block was 249 hectares, out of which 212 hectares were irrigated by deep tube well and 37 hectares by shallow tube well.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pisciculture">Pisciculture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Pisciculture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010–11, the net area under effective pisciculture in Deganga CD Block was 1,636.18 hectares. 30,088 persons were engaged in the profession. Approximate annual production was 49,085.4 quintals.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Banking">Banking</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Banking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010–11, Deganga CD Block had offices of 10 commercial banks and 2 <a href="/wiki/Regional_Rural_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Rural Bank">gramin banks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/State_Highway_2_(West_Bengal)" title="State Highway 2 (West Bengal)">SH 2</a> passes through this CD Block.<sup id="cite_ref-censusmap_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censusmap-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2010–11, Deganga CD Block had 167 primary schools with 17,737 students, 3 middle schools with 470 students, 9 high schools with 8,429 students and 15 higher secondary schools with 22,806 students. Deganga CD Block had 1 general college with 3,241 students, 1 professional/ technical institution with 567 students and 439 institutions for special and non-formal education with 25,696 students.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As per the 2011 census, in Deganga CD Block, amongst the 107 inhabited villages, 1 village did not have a school, 63 villages had more than 1 primary school, 53 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 30 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Chandraketugarh_Sahidullah_Smriti_Mahavidyalaya" title="Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Mahavidyalaya">Chandraketugarh Sahidullah Smriti Mahavidyalaya</a> was established at <a href="/wiki/Berachampa" title="Berachampa">Berachampa</a> in 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deganga&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, Deganga CD Block had 1 block primary health centre and 3 <a href="/wiki/Primary_Health_Centre_(India)" title="Primary Health Centre (India)">primary health centres</a>, with total 15 beds and 5 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 37 family welfare subcentres. 222 patients were treated indoors and 28,019 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2010-2011_37-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2010-2011-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Biswanathpur Rural Hospital at <a href="/wiki/Deganga,_North_24_Parganas" title="Deganga, North 24 Parganas">Deganga</a> with 30 beds functions as the main medical facility in Deganga CD Block. There are |primary health centres at Ajinagar (Hadipur-Jhikra PHC with 6 beds), Chakla (Raypur Chakla PHC with 10 beds), Deganga (Kolsur PHC with 10 beds) and Kartickpur (with 6 beds).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deganga is one of the areas where groundwater is affected by <a href="/wiki/Arsenic_contamination_of_groundwater" title="Arsenic contamination of groundwater">arsenic contamination</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Kolsur in Deganga area, Pal Trockner's arsenic removal technology was used at an expenditure of over Rs 30 million. Experts feel that the entire expenditure has gone waste.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aqua Welfare Society, a non government organization (NGO), has been providing arsenic safe water to the local through rain water harvesting. They are providing the water through modified dugwells, the water which is treated with chlorine regularly. AWS has organised several interactive workshops including one on water at Kolsur High School, on 26 November 2006. The participants were informed that by 2009 the state government had planned to provide water through pipelines that would either be treated river water or water from the third aquifer (deep tubewell) that is arsenic free. 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Bidhannagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandernagore_Municipal_Corporation" title="Chandernagore Municipal Corporation"> Chandannagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgapur_Municipal_Corporation" title="Durgapur Municipal Corporation"> Durgapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah_Municipal_Corporation" title="Howrah Municipal Corporation"> Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Municipal_Corporation" title="Kolkata Municipal Corporation"> Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siliguri_Municipal_Corporation" title="Siliguri Municipal Corporation"> Siliguri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipalities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar" title="Alipurduar">Alipurduar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arambag" class="mw-redirect" title="Arambag">Arambagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoknagar_Kalyangarh" title="Ashoknagar Kalyangarh">Ashoknagar Kalyangarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baduria" title="Baduria">Baduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baidyabati" title="Baidyabati">Baidyabati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balurghat" title="Balurghat">Balurghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon" title="Bangaon">Bangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura" title="Bankura">Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bansberia" title="Bansberia">Bansberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagar_Municipality" title="Baranagar Municipality">Baranagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat" title="Barasat">Barasat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardhaman" title="Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore" title="Barrackpore">Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baruipur" title="Baruipur">Baruipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat" title="Basirhat">Basirhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga" title="Beldanga">Beldanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore" title="Berhampore">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadreswar,_Hooghly" title="Bhadreswar, Hooghly">Bhadreswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatpara" title="Bhatpara">Bhatpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birnagar" title="Birnagar">Birnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupur, Bankura">Bishnupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolpur" title="Bolpur">Bolpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budge_Budge" title="Budge Budge">Budge Budge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buniadpur" title="Buniadpur">Buniadpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakdaha" title="Chakdaha">Chakdaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champdani" title="Champdani">Champdani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakona" title="Chandrakona">Chandrakona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar" title="Cooch Behar">Cooch Behar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dainhat" title="Dainhat">Dainhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalkhola" title="Dalkhola">Dalkhola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling" title="Darjeeling">Darjeeling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhuliyan" title="Dhuliyan">Dhuliyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhupguri" title="Dhupguri">Dhupguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Harbour" title="Diamond Harbour">Diamond Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinhata" title="Dinhata">Dinhata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubrajpur" title="Dubrajpur">Dubrajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dum_Dum" title="Dum Dum">Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra" title="Egra">Egra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Bazar" class="mw-redirect" title="English Bazar">English Bazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangarampur" title="Gangarampur">Gangarampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garulia" title="Garulia">Garulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gayespur" title="Gayespur">Gayespur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghatal" title="Ghatal">Ghatal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobardanga" title="Gobardanga">Gobardanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guskara" title="Guskara">Guskara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra" title="Habra">Habra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia" title="Haldia">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldibari,_India" title="Haldibari, India">Haldibari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halisahar" title="Halisahar">Halisahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haringhata" title="Haringhata">Haringhata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugli-Chuchura" title="Hugli-Chuchura">Hugli-Chuchura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islampur,_Uttar_Dinajpur" title="Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur">Islampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri" title="Jalpaiguri">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur,_Murshidabad" title="Jangipur, Murshidabad">Jangipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_Majilpur" title="Jaynagar Majilpur">Jaynagar Majilpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhalda" title="Jhalda">Jhalda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram" title="Jhargram">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaganj_Azimganj" title="Jiaganj Azimganj">Jiaganj Azimganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliaganj" title="Kaliaganj">Kaliaganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong" title="Kalimpong">Kalimpong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalna_City" title="Kalna City">Kalna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyani,_West_Bengal" title="Kalyani, West Bengal">Kalyani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamarhati" title="Kamarhati">Kamarhati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchrapara" title="Kanchrapara">Kanchrapara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandi,_Murshidabad" title="Kandi, Murshidabad">Kandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katwa" title="Katwa">Katwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharar,_Ghatal" title="Kharar, Ghatal">Kharar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khardaha" title="Khardaha">Khardaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khirpai" title="Khirpai">Khirpai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konnagar" title="Konnagar">Konnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar,_Nadia" title="Krishnanagar, Nadia">Krishnanagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong" title="Kurseong">Kurseong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhyamgram" title="Madhyamgram">Madhyamgram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maheshtala" title="Maheshtala">Maheshtala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mainaguri" title="Mainaguri">Mainaguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malbazar" title="Malbazar">Malbazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathabhanga" title="Mathabhanga">Mathabhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekhliganj" title="Mekhliganj">Mekhliganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memari" title="Memari">Memari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad" title="Murshidabad">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabadwip" title="Nabadwip">Nabadwip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naihati" title="Naihati">Naihati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalhati" title="Nalhati">Nalhati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Barrackpore" title="New Barrackpore">New Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Barrackpur" title="North Barrackpur">North Barrackpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dum_Dum" title="North Dum Dum">North Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Malda" title="Old Malda">Old Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panihati" title="Panihati">Panihati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pujali" title="Pujali">Pujali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia" title="Purulia">Purulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathpur,_Purulia" title="Raghunathpur, Purulia">Raghunathpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj" title="Raiganj">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat" title="Rajarhat">Rajarhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajpur_Sonarpur" title="Rajpur Sonarpur">Rajpur Sonarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramjibanpur" title="Ramjibanpur">Ramjibanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampurhat" title="Rampurhat">Rampurhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat" title="Ranaghat">Ranaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishra" title="Rishra">Rishra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainthia" title="Sainthia">Sainthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shantipur" title="Shantipur">Shantipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonamukhi" title="Sonamukhi">Sonamukhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dum_Dum" title="South Dum Dum">South Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri,_Birbhum" title="Suri, Birbhum">Suri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taki_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taki (India)">Taki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk" title="Tamluk">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarakeswar" title="Tarakeswar">Tarakeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titagarh" title="Titagarh">Titagarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufanganj" title="Tufanganj">Tufanganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluberia" title="Uluberia">Uluberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarpara" title="Uttarpara">Uttarpara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_development_blocks_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development blocks in India">Community<br /> development<br />blocks</a><sup>1</sup></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b>A</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_I" title="Alipurduar I">Alipurduar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alipurduar_II" title="Alipurduar II">Alipurduar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amdanga" title="Amdanga">Amdanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amta_I" title="Amta I">Amta I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amta_II" title="Amta II">Amta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andal_(community_development_block)" title="Andal (community development block)">Andal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arambagh_(community_development_block)" title="Arambagh (community development block)">Arambagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arsha_(community_development_block)" title="Arsha (community development block)">Arsha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ausgram_I" title="Ausgram I">Ausgram I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ausgram_II" title="Ausgram II">Ausgram II</a></li> <li><b>B</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baduria_(community_development_block)" title="Baduria (community development block)">Baduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagdah_(community_development_block)" title="Bagdah (community development block)">Bagdah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghmundi_(community_development_block)" title="Baghmundi (community development block)">Baghmundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnan_I" title="Bagnan I">Bagnan I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagnan_II" title="Bagnan II">Bagnan II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balagarh_(community_development_block)" title="Balagarh (community development block)">Balagarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balarampur,_Purulia_(community_development_block)" title="Balarampur, Purulia (community development block)">Balarampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balurghat_(community_development_block)" title="Balurghat (community development block)">Balurghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bally_Jagachha" title="Bally Jagachha">Bally Jagachha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bamangola_(community_development_block)" title="Bamangola (community development block)">Bamangola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandwan_(community_development_block)" title="Bandwan (community development block)">Bandwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_(community_development_block)" title="Bangaon (community development block)">Bangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_I" title="Bankura I">Bankura I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bankura_II" title="Bankura II">Bankura II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barjora_(community_development_block)" title="Barjora (community development block)">Barjora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bansihari_(community_development_block)" title="Bansihari (community development block)">Bansihari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabani_(community_development_block)" title="Barabani (community development block)">Barabani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barabazar_(community_development_block)" title="Barabazar (community development block)">Barabazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_I" title="Barrackpore I">Barrackpore I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_II" title="Barrackpore II">Barrackpore II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_I" title="Barasat I">Barasat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_II" title="Barasat II">Barasat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baruipur_(community_development_block)" title="Baruipur (community development block)">Baruipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basanti_(community_development_block)" title="Basanti (community development block)">Basanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_I" title="Basirhat I">Basirhat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_II" title="Basirhat II">Basirhat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga_I" title="Beldanga I">Beldanga I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga_II" title="Beldanga II">Beldanga II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_(community_development_block)" title="Berhampore (community development block)">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagawangola_I" title="Bhagawangola I">Bhagawangola I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagawangola_II" title="Bhagawangola II">Bhagawangola II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_I" title="Bhagabanpur I">Bhagabanpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabanpur_II" title="Bhagabanpur II">Bhagabanpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhangar_I" title="Bhangar I">Bhangar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhangar_II" title="Bhangar II">Bhangar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_I" title="Bharatpur I">Bharatpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_II" title="Bharatpur II">Bharatpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatar_(community_development_block)" title="Bhatar (community development block)">Bhatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binpur_I" title="Binpur I">Binpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binpur_II" title="Binpur II">Binpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block)">Bishnupur, Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_I" title="Bishnupur I">Bishnupur I, South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupur_II" title="Bishnupur II">Bishnupur II, South 24 Parganas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bolpur_Sriniketan" title="Bolpur Sriniketan">Bolpur Sriniketan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budge_Budge_I" title="Budge Budge I">Budge Budge I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budge_Budge_II" title="Budge Budge II">Budge Budge II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_I" title="Burdwan I">Burdwan I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burdwan_II" title="Burdwan II">Burdwan II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burwan_(community_development_block)" title="Burwan (community development block)">Burwan</a></li> <li><b>C</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canning_I" title="Canning I">Canning I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canning_II" title="Canning II">Canning II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakdaha_(community_development_block)" title="Chakdaha (community development block)">Chakdaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanchal_I" title="Chanchal I">Chanchal I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanchal_II" title="Chanchal II">Chanchal II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandipur_(community_development_block)" title="Chandipur (community development block)">Chandipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanditala_I" title="Chanditala I">Chanditala I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chanditala_II" title="Chanditala II">Chanditala II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapra,_Nadia_(community_development_block)" title="Chapra, Nadia (community development block)">Chapra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakona_I" title="Chandrakona I">Chandrakona I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandrakona_II" title="Chandrakona II">Chandrakona II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhatna_(community_development_block)" title="Chhatna (community development block)">Chhatna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinsurah_Mogra" title="Chinsurah Mogra">Chinsurah Mogra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chopra_(community_development_block)" title="Chopra (community development block)">Chopra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_I" title="Contai I">Contai I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Contai II">Contai II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contai_III" title="Contai III">Contai III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_I" title="Cooch Behar I">Cooch Behar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooch_Behar_II" title="Cooch Behar II">Cooch Behar II</a></li> <li><b>D</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darjeeling_Pulbazar_(community_development_block)" title="Darjeeling Pulbazar (community development block)">Darjeeling Pulbazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dantan_I" title="Dantan I">Dantan I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dantan_II" title="Dantan II">Dantan II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daspur_I" title="Daspur I">Daspur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daspur_II" title="Daspur II">Daspur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debra_(community_development_block)" title="Debra (community development block)">Debra</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Deganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Harbour_I" title="Diamond Harbour I">Diamond Harbour I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diamond_Harbour_II" title="Diamond Harbour II">Diamond Harbour II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deshapran_(community_development_block)" title="Deshapran (community development block)">Deshapran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaniakhali_(community_development_block)" title="Dhaniakhali (community development block)">Dhaniakhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhupguri_(community_development_block)" title="Dhupguri (community development block)">Dhupguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinhata_I" title="Dinhata I">Dinhata I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dinhata_II" title="Dinhata II">Dinhata II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domjur_(community_development_block)" title="Domjur (community development block)">Domjur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domkal_(community_development_block)" title="Domkal (community development block)">Domkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubrajpur_(community_development_block)" title="Dubrajpur (community development block)">Dubrajpur</a></li> <li><b>E</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra_I" title="Egra I">Egra I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egra_II" title="Egra II">Egra II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Bazar_(community_development_block)" title="English Bazar (community development block)">English Bazar</a></li> <li><b>F</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falakata_(community_development_block)" title="Falakata (community development block)">Falakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Falta_(community_development_block)" title="Falta (community development block)">Falta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farakka_(community_development_block)" title="Farakka (community development block)">Farakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Faridpur_Durgapur" title="Faridpur Durgapur">Faridpur Durgapur</a></li> <li><b>G</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaighata" title="Gaighata">Gaighata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galsi_I" title="Galsi I">Galsi I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galsi_II" title="Galsi II">Galsi II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangajalghati_(community_development_block)" title="Gangajalghati (community development block)">Gangajalghati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangarampur_(community_development_block)" title="Gangarampur (community development block)">Gangarampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhbeta_I" title="Garhbeta I">Garhbeta I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhbeta_II" title="Garhbeta II">Garhbeta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhbeta_III" title="Garhbeta III">Garhbeta III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazole_(community_development_block)" title="Gazole (community development block)">Gazole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghatal_(community_development_block)" title="Ghatal (community development block)">Ghatal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpokhar_I" title="Goalpokhar I">Goalpokhar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpokhar_II" title="Goalpokhar II">Goalpokhar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goghat_I" title="Goghat I">Goghat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goghat_II" title="Goghat II">Goghat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopiballavpur_I" title="Gopiballavpur I">Gopiballavpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gopiballavpur_II" title="Gopiballavpur II">Gopiballavpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorubathan_(community_development_block)" title="Gorubathan (community development block)">Gorubathan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gosaba_(community_development_block)" title="Gosaba (community development block)">Gosaba</a></li> <li><b>H</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habibpur_(community_development_block)" title="Habibpur (community development block)">Habibpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra_I" title="Habra I">Habra I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra_II" title="Habra II">Habra II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldia_(community_development_block)" title="Haldia (community development block)">Haldia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haldibari_(community_development_block)" title="Haldibari (community development block)">Haldibari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanskhali_(community_development_block)" title="Hanskhali (community development block)">Hanskhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharpara_(community_development_block)" title="Hariharpara (community development block)">Hariharpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haringhata_(community_development_block)" title="Haringhata (community development block)">Haringhata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haripal_(community_development_block)" title="Haripal (community development block)">Haripal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harirampur_(community_development_block)" title="Harirampur (community development block)">Harirampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishchandrapur_I" title="Harishchandrapur I">Harishchandrapur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harishchandrapur_II" title="Harishchandrapur II">Harishchandrapur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haroa_(community_development_block)" title="Haroa (community development block)">Haroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasnabad_(community_development_block)" title="Hasnabad (community development block)">Hasnabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hemtabad" title="Hemtabad">Hemtabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hili_(community_development_block)" title="Hili (community development block)">Hili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hingalganj" title="Hingalganj">Hingalganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirbandh_(community_development_block)" title="Hirbandh (community development block)">Hirbandh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hura_(community_development_block)" title="Hura (community development block)">Hura</a></li> <li><b>I</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ilambazar_(community_development_block)" title="Ilambazar (community development block)">Ilambazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indas_(community_development_block)" title="Indas (community development block)">Indas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indpur_(community_development_block)" title="Indpur (community development block)">Indpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islampur,_Uttar_Dinajpur_(community_development_block)" title="Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (community development block)">Islampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itahar" title="Itahar">Itahar</a></li> <li><b>J</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagatballavpur_(community_development_block)" title="Jagatballavpur (community development block)">Jagatballavpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalangi_(community_development_block)" title="Jalangi (community development block)">Jalangi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalpaiguri_(community_development_block)" title="Jalpaiguri (community development block)">Jalpaiguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamalpur_(community_development_block)" title="Jamalpur (community development block)">Jamalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamboni_(community_development_block)" title="Jamboni (community development block)">Jamboni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuria_(community_development_block)" title="Jamuria (community development block)">Jamuria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipara_(community_development_block)" title="Jangipara (community development block)">Jangipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_I" title="Jaynagar I">Jaynagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaynagar_II" title="Jaynagar II">Jaynagar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhalda_I" title="Jhalda I">Jhalda I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhalda_II" title="Jhalda II">Jhalda II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhargram_(community_development_block)" title="Jhargram (community development block)">Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorebunglow_Sukhiapokhri_(community_development_block)" title="Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri (community development block)">Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joypur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Joypur, Bankura (community development block)">Joypur, Bankura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joypur,_Purulia" title="Joypur, Purulia">Joypur, Purulia</a></li> <li><b>K</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kakdwip_(community_development_block)" title="Kakdwip (community development block)">Kakdwip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalchini" title="Kalchini">Kalchini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliachak_I" title="Kaliachak I">Kaliachak I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliachak_II" title="Kaliachak II">Kaliachak II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliachak_III" title="Kaliachak III">Kaliachak III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliaganj_(community_development_block)" title="Kaliaganj (community development block)">Kaliaganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaliganj_(community_development_block)" title="Kaliganj (community development block)">Kaliganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_I" title="Kalimpong I">Kalimpong I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalimpong_II" title="Kalimpong II">Kalimpong II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalna_I" title="Kalna I">Kalna I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalna_II" title="Kalna II">Kalna II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandi_(community_development_block)" title="Kandi (community development block)">Kandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanksa_(community_development_block)" title="Kanksa (community development block)">Kanksa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karandighi" title="Karandighi">Karandighi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimpur_I" title="Karimpur I">Karimpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karimpur_II" title="Karimpur II">Karimpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashipur_(community_development_block)" title="Kashipur (community development block)">Kashipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katwa_I" title="Katwa I">Katwa I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katwa_II" title="Katwa II">Katwa II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshiari" title="Keshiari">Keshiari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keshpur_(community_development_block)" title="Keshpur (community development block)">Keshpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketugram_I" title="Ketugram I">Ketugram I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketugram_II" title="Ketugram II">Ketugram II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanakul_I" title="Khanakul I">Khanakul I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanakul_II" title="Khanakul II">Khanakul II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khandaghosh_(community_development_block)" title="Khandaghosh (community development block)">Khandaghosh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur_I" title="Kharagpur I">Kharagpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharagpur_II" title="Kharagpur II">Kharagpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khargram_(community_development_block)" title="Khargram (community development block)">Khargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharibari_(community_development_block)" title="Kharibari (community development block)">Kharibari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khatra_(community_development_block)" title="Khatra (community development block)">Khatra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_I" title="Khejuri I">Khejuri I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khejuri_II" title="Khejuri II">Khejuri II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoyrasol_(community_development_block)" title="Khoyrasol (community development block)">Khoyrasole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolaghat_(community_development_block)" title="Kolaghat (community development block)">Kolaghat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotulpur_(community_development_block)" title="Kotulpur (community development block)">Kotulpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnaganj_(community_development_block)" title="Krishnaganj (community development block)">Krishnaganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar_I" title="Krishnanagar I">Krishnanagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnanagar_II" title="Krishnanagar II">Krishnanagar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kulpi_(community_development_block)" title="Kulpi (community development block)">Kulpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kultali_(community_development_block)" title="Kultali (community development block)">Kultali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumarganj" title="Kumarganj">Kumarganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumargram" title="Kumargram">Kumargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurseong_(community_development_block)" title="Kurseong (community development block)">Kurseong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kushmandi" title="Kushmandi">Kushmandi</a></li> <li><b>L</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labpur_(community_development_block)" title="Labpur (community development block)">Labpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgola_(community_development_block)" title="Lalgola (community development block)">Lalgola</a></li> <li><b>M</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madarihat-Birpara_(community_development_block)" title="Madarihat-Birpara (community development block)">Madarihat-Birpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magrahat_I" title="Magrahat I">Magrahat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magrahat_II" title="Magrahat II">Magrahat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahishadal_(community_development_block)" title="Mahishadal (community development block)">Mahisadal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mal_(community_development_block)" title="Mal (community development block)">Mal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manbazar_I" title="Manbazar I">Manbazar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manbazar_II" title="Manbazar II">Manbazar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mandirbazar_(community_development_block)" title="Mandirbazar (community development block)">Mandirbazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manikchak" title="Manikchak">Manikchak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manteswar" title="Manteswar">Manteswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathabhanga_I" title="Mathabhanga I">Mathabhanga I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathabhanga_II" title="Mathabhanga II">Mathabhanga II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathurapur_I" title="Mathurapur I">Mathurapur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathurapur_II" title="Mathurapur II">Mathurapur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matiali_(community_development_block)" title="Matiali (community development block)">Matiali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matigara_(community_development_block)" title="Matigara (community development block)">Matigara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maynaguri_(community_development_block)" title="Maynaguri (community development block)">Maynaguri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayureswar_I" title="Mayureswar I">Mayureswar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayureswar_II" title="Mayureswar II">Mayureswar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mejia_(community_development_block)" title="Mejia (community development block)">Mejia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mekhliganj_(community_development_block)" title="Mekhliganj (community development block)">Mekhliganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memari_I" title="Memari I">Memari I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memari_II" title="Memari II">Memari II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midnapore_Sadar_(community_development_block)" title="Midnapore Sadar (community development block)">Midnapore Sadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minakhan" title="Minakhan">Minakhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mirik_(community_development_block)" title="Mirik (community development block)">Mirik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Bazar_(community_development_block)" title="Mohammad Bazar (community development block)">Mohammad Bazar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Mohanpur (community development block)">Mohanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongalkote_(community_development_block)" title="Mongalkote (community development block)">Mongalkote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyna_(community_development_block)" title="Moyna (community development block)">Moyna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murarai_I" title="Murarai I">Murarai I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murarai_II" title="Murarai II">Murarai II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad-Jiaganj" title="Murshidabad-Jiaganj">Murshidabad-Jiaganj</a></li> <li><b>N</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabadwip_(community_development_block)" title="Nabadwip (community development block)">Nabadwip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabagram_(community_development_block)" title="Nabagram (community development block)">Nabagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagrakata_(community_development_block)" title="Nagrakata (community development block)">Nagrakata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakashipara_(community_development_block)" title="Nakashipara (community development block)">Nakashipara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalhati_I" title="Nalhati I">Nalhati I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalhati_II" title="Nalhati II">Nalhati II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namkhana_(community_development_block)" title="Namkhana (community development block)">Namkhana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandakumar_(community_development_block)" title="Nandakumar (community development block)">Nandakumar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_I" title="Nandigram I">Nandigram I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandigram_II" title="Nandigram II">Nandigram II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanoor_(community_development_block)" title="Nanoor (community development block)">Nanoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoda_(community_development_block)" title="Naoda (community development block)">Naoda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayangarh_(community_development_block)" title="Narayangarh (community development block)">Narayangarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naxalbari_(community_development_block)" title="Naxalbari (community development block)">Naxalbari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayagram_(community_development_block)" title="Nayagram (community development block)">Nayagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neturia_(community_development_block)" title="Neturia (community development block)">Neturia</a></li> <li><b>O</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Malda_(community_development_block)" title="Old Malda (community development block)">Old Malda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onda_(community_development_block)" title="Onda (community development block)">Onda</a></li> <li><b>P</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchla_(community_development_block)" title="Panchla (community development block)">Panchla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandabeswar" title="Pandabeswar">Pandabeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandua_(community_development_block)" title="Pandua (community development block)">Pandua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panskura" title="Panskura">Panskura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Para_(community_development_block)" title="Para (community development block)">Para</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_I" title="Patashpur I">Patashpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patashpur_II" title="Patashpur II">Patashpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patharpratima_(community_development_block)" title="Patharpratima (community development block)">Patharpratima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrasayer_(community_development_block)" title="Patrasayer (community development block)">Patrasayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phansidewa" title="Phansidewa">Phansidewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingla_(community_development_block)" title="Pingla (community development block)">Pingla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polba_Dadpur" title="Polba Dadpur">Polba Dadpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puncha_(community_development_block)" title="Puncha (community development block)">Puncha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purbasthali_I" title="Purbasthali I">Purbasthali I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purbasthali_II" title="Purbasthali II">Purbasthali II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pursurah_(community_development_block)" title="Pursurah (community development block)">Pursurah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_I" title="Purulia I">Purulia I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purulia_II" title="Purulia II">Purulia II</a></li> <li><b>R</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathganj_I" title="Raghunathganj I">Raghunathganj I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathganj_II" title="Raghunathganj II">Raghunathganj II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathpur_I" title="Raghunathpur I">Raghunathpur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathpur_II" title="Raghunathpur II">Raghunathpur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raiganj_(community_development_block)" title="Raiganj (community development block)">Raiganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raina_I" title="Raina I">Raina I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raina_II" title="Raina II">Raina II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raipur,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Raipur, Bankura (community development block)">Raipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat_(community_development_block)" title="Rajarhat (community development block)">Rajarhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajganj_(community_development_block)" title="Rajganj (community development block)">Rajganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajnagar_(community_development_block)" title="Rajnagar (community development block)">Rajnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_I" title="Ramnagar I">Ramnagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramnagar_II" title="Ramnagar II">Ramnagar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampurhat_I" title="Rampurhat I">Rampurhat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rampurhat_II" title="Rampurhat II">Rampurhat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_I" title="Ranaghat I">Ranaghat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranaghat_II" title="Ranaghat II">Ranaghat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangli_Rangliot_(community_development_block)" title="Rangli Rangliot (community development block)">Rangli Rangliot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranibandh_(community_development_block)" title="Ranibandh (community development block)">Ranibandh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raniganj_(community_development_block)" title="Raniganj (community development block)">Raniganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raninagar_I" title="Raninagar I">Raninagar I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raninagar_II" title="Raninagar II">Raninagar II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratua_I" title="Ratua I">Ratua I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ratua_II" title="Ratua II">Ratua II</a></li> <li><b>S</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabang_(community_development_block)" title="Sabang (community development block)">Sabang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagar_(community_development_block)" title="Sagar (community development block)">Sagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagardighi_(community_development_block)" title="Sagardighi (community development block)">Sagardighi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahid_Matangini_(community_development_block)" title="Sahid Matangini (community development block)">Sahid Matangini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainthia_(community_development_block)" title="Sainthia (community development block)">Sainthia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salanpur_(community_development_block)" title="Salanpur (community development block)">Salanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salboni_(community_development_block)" title="Salboni (community development block)">Salboni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltora_(community_development_block)" title="Saltora (community development block)">Saltora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samserganj_(community_development_block)" title="Samserganj (community development block)">Samserganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_I" title="Sandeshkhali I">Sandeshkhali I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_II" title="Sandeshkhali II">Sandeshkhali II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankrail_(community_development_block)" title="Sankrail (community development block)">Sankrail, Howrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sankrail,_Jhargram_(community_development_block)" title="Sankrail, Jhargram (community development block)">Sankrail, Jhargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santipur_(community_development_block)" title="Santipur (community development block)">Santipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santuri_(community_development_block)" title="Santuri (community development block)">Santuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarenga,_Bankura_(community_development_block)" title="Sarenga, Bankura (community development block)">Sarenga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyampur_I" title="Shyampur I">Shyampur I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shyampur_II" title="Shyampur II">Shyampur II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simlapal_(community_development_block)" title="Simlapal (community development block)">Simlapal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singur_(community_development_block)" title="Singur (community development block)">Singur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitai" title="Sitai">Sitai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sitalkuchi" title="Sitalkuchi">Sitalkuchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonamukhi_(community_development_block)" title="Sonamukhi (community development block)">Sonamukhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonarpur_(community_development_block)" title="Sonarpur (community development block)">Sonarpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sreerampur_Uttarpara" class="mw-redirect" title="Sreerampur Uttarpara">Sreerampur Uttarpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri_I" title="Suri I">Suri I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suri_II" title="Suri II">Suri II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutahata_(community_development_block)" title="Sutahata (community development block)">Sutahata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suti_I" title="Suti I">Suti I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suti_II" title="Suti II">Suti II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarupnagar" title="Swarupnagar">Swarupnagar</a></li> <li><b>T</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taldangra_(community_development_block)" title="Taldangra (community development block)">Taldangra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(community_development_block)" title="Tamluk (community development block)">Tamluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tapan_(community_development_block)" title="Tapan (community development block)">Tapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarakeswar_(community_development_block)" title="Tarakeswar (community development block)">Tarakeswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehatta_I" title="Tehatta I">Tehatta I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tehatta_II" title="Tehatta II">Tehatta II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakurpukur_Maheshtala" title="Thakurpukur Maheshtala">Thakurpukur Maheshtala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufanganj_I" title="Tufanganj I">Tufanganj I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tufanganj_II" title="Tufanganj II">Tufanganj II</a></li> <li><b>U</b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Udaynarayanpur" title="Udaynarayanpur">Udaynarayanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluberia_I" title="Uluberia I">Uluberia I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uluberia_II" title="Uluberia II">Uluberia II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_West_Bengal_by_population" title="List of cities in West Bengal by population">List of cities in West Bengal by population</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align:left"><div> <ol><li>Similar to <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsils</a> in many states of India</li></ol> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="North_24_Parganas_district_topics" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:North_24_Parganas_topics" title="Template:North 24 Parganas topics"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li 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Temple">Dakshineswar Kali Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangaridai" title="Gangaridai">Gangaridai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Station_Kanchrapara" title="Air Force Station Kanchrapara">Air Force Station Kanchrapara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marichjhanpi" title="Marichjhanpi">Marichjhanpi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_Reserve_Forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Sundarbans Reserve Forest">Sundarbans Reserve Forest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundarbans_National_Park" title="Sundarbans National Park">Sundarban National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kripamayee_Kali_Temple" title="Kripamayee Kali Temple">Kripamayee Kali Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagar_Math" title="Baranagar Math">Baranagar Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alambazar_Math" title="Alambazar Math">Alambazar Math</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagore_Ramakrishna_Mission_Ashrama_High_School" title="Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School">Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandraketugarh" title="Chandraketugarh">Chandraketugarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_24_Parganas:_minority_concentrated_district" title="North 24 Parganas: minority concentrated district">North 24 Parganas: minority concentrated district</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Subdivisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_subdivision" title="Bangaon subdivision">Bangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_subdivision" title="Barrackpore subdivision">Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_Sadar_subdivision" title="Barasat Sadar subdivision">Barasat Sadar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_subdivision" title="Basirhat subdivision">Basirhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bidhannagar_subdivision" title="Bidhannagar subdivision">Bidhannagar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Municipalities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashoknagar_Kalyangarh" title="Ashoknagar Kalyangarh">Ashoknagar Kalyangarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baduria" title="Baduria">Baduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagar" title="Baranagar">Baranagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat" title="Barasat">Barasat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore" title="Barrackpore">Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat" title="Basirhat">Basirhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatpara" title="Bhatpara">Bhatpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bidhannagar" title="Bidhannagar">Bidhannagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garulia" title="Garulia">Garulia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobardanga" title="Gobardanga">Gobardanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra" title="Habra">Habra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halisahar" title="Halisahar">Halisahar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamarhati" title="Kamarhati">Kamarhati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanchrapara" title="Kanchrapara">Kanchrapara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khardaha" title="Khardaha">Khardaha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhyamgram" title="Madhyamgram">Madhyamgram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naihati" title="Naihati">Naihati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Barrackpur" title="North Barrackpur">North Barrackpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Dum_Dum" title="North Dum Dum">North Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panihati" title="Panihati">Panihati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat" title="Rajarhat">Rajarhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Dum_Dum" title="South Dum Dum">South Dum Dum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taki_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taki (India)">Taki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Titagarh" title="Titagarh">Titagarh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Community_development_blocks_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Community development blocks in India">Community development blocks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Barasat_Sadar_subdivision" title="Barasat Sadar subdivision">Barasat Sadar subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amdanga" title="Amdanga">Amdanga</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Deganga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_I" title="Barasat I">Barasat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_II" title="Barasat II">Barasat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra_I" title="Habra I">Habra I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra_II" title="Habra II">Habra II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajarhat_(community_development_block)" title="Rajarhat (community development block)">Rajarhat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_subdivision" title="Basirhat subdivision">Basirhat subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baduria_(community_development_block)" title="Baduria (community development block)">Baduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_I" title="Basirhat I">Basirhat I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_II" title="Basirhat II">Basirhat II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haroa_(community_development_block)" title="Haroa (community development block)">Haroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasnabad_(community_development_block)" title="Hasnabad (community development block)">Hasnabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hingalganj" title="Hingalganj">Hingalganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minakhan" title="Minakhan">Minakhan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_I" title="Sandeshkhali I">Sandeshkhali I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_II" title="Sandeshkhali II">Sandeshkhali II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarupnagar" title="Swarupnagar">Swarupnagar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_subdivision" title="Bangaon subdivision">Bangaon subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagdah_(community_development_block)" title="Bagdah (community development block)">Bagdah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_(community_development_block)" title="Bangaon (community development block)">Bangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaighata" title="Gaighata">Gaighata</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_subdivision" title="Barrackpore subdivision">Barrackpore subdivision</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_I" title="Barrackpore I">Barrackpore I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_II" title="Barrackpore II">Barrackpore II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bidyadhari_River" title="Bidyadhari River">Bidyadhari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariabhanga_River" title="Hariabhanga River">Hariabhanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Hooghly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ichamati_River" title="Ichamati River">Ichhamati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalindi_River" title="Kalindi River">Kalindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raimangal_River" title="Raimangal River">Raimangal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamuna_River_(West_Bengal)" title="Jamuna River (West Bengal)">Jamuna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_12_(India)" title="National Highway 12 (India)">NH 12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_112_(India)" title="National Highway 112 (India)">NH 112</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belghoria_Expressway" title="Belghoria Expressway">Belghoria Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalyani_Expressway" title="Kalyani Expressway">Kalyani Expressway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_Trunk_Road" title="Barrackpore Trunk Road">Barrackpore Trunk Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Bridge_(India)" title="Jubilee Bridge (India)">Jubilee Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_Setu" title="Vivekananda Setu">Vivekananda Setu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nivedita_Setu" title="Nivedita Setu">Nivedita Setu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport" title="Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport">Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat%E2%80%93Basirhat_light_railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Barasat–Basirhat light railway">Barasat–Basirhat light railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Railway_zone" title="Eastern Railway zone">Eastern Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Suburban_Railway" title="Kolkata Suburban Railway">Kolkata Suburban Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealdah%E2%80%93Ranaghat_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Sealdah–Ranaghat line">Sealdah–Ranaghat line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealdah%E2%80%93Hasnabad%E2%80%93Bangaon%E2%80%93Ranaghat_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line">Sealdah–Hasnabad–Bangaon–Ranaghat line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgola_and_Gede_branch_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Lalgola and Gede branch lines">Lalgola and Gede branch lines</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Railway stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Baranagar_Road_railway_station" title="Baranagar Road railway station"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Baranagar_Road_railway_station.jpg/50px-Baranagar_Road_railway_station.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="38" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Baranagar_Road_railway_station.jpg/75px-Baranagar_Road_railway_station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Baranagar_Road_railway_station.jpg/100px-Baranagar_Road_railway_station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_Junction_railway_station" title="Bangaon Junction railway station">Bangaon Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_Junction_railway_station" title="Barasat Junction railway station">Barasat Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_railway_station" title="Barrackpore railway station">Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dum_Dum_Junction_railway_station" title="Dum Dum Junction railway station">Dum Dum Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasnabad_railway_station" title="Hasnabad railway station">Hasnabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kankinara_railway_station" title="Kankinara railway station">Kankinara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhyamgram_railway_station" title="Madhyamgram railway station">Madhyamgram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naihati_Junction_railway_station" title="Naihati Junction railway station">Naihati Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baranagar_Road_railway_station" title="Baranagar Road railway station">Baranagar Road</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutes of higher learning</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Narula_Institute_of_Technology" title="Narula Institute of Technology"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Narula_Institute_of_Technology_%28NiT%29.jpg/50px-Narula_Institute_of_Technology_%28NiT%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Narula_Institute_of_Technology_%28NiT%29.jpg/75px-Narula_Institute_of_Technology_%28NiT%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Narula_Institute_of_Technology_%28NiT%29.jpg/100px-Narula_Institute_of_Technology_%28NiT%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1079" data-file-height="614" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <li><a href="/wiki/Adamas_University" title="Adamas University">Adamas University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amity_University,_Kolkata" title="Amity University, Kolkata">Amity University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brainware_University" title="Brainware University">Brainware University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narula_Institute_of_Technology" title="Narula Institute of Technology">Narula Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camellia_Institute_of_Technology" title="Camellia Institute of Technology">Camellia Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guru_Nanak_Institute_of_Technology" title="Guru Nanak Institute of Technology">Guru Nanak Institute of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harichand_Guruchand_University" title="Harichand Guruchand University">Harichand Guruchand University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JIS_University" title="JIS University">JIS University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Statistical_Institute" title="Indian Statistical Institute">Indian Statistical Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad_University_of_Technology" title="Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Techno_India_University" title="Techno India University">Techno India University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Engineering_%26_Management_(UEM),_Kolkata" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata">University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramakrishna_Mission_Vivekananda_Centenary_College" title="Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College">Vivekananda Centenary College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rahara,_Kolkata" title="Rahara, Kolkata">Rahara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_State_University" title="West Bengal State University">West Bengal State University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_University_of_Health_Sciences" title="West Bengal University of Health Sciences">West Bengal University of Health Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_National_University_of_Juridical_Sciences" title="West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences">West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences</a></li></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lok Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Bongaon_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Bongaon Lok Sabha constituency">Bangaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency">Barrackpore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barasat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barasat Lok Sabha constituency">Barasat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency">Basirhat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dum_Dum_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency">Dum Dum</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Vidhan Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagdah_Assembly_constituency" title="Bagdah Assembly constituency">Bagdah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_Uttar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangaon Uttar">Bangaon Uttar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangaon_Dakshin" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangaon Dakshin">Bangaon Dakshin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaighata_Assembly_constituency" title="Gaighata Assembly constituency">Gaighata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swarupnagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Swarupnagar Assembly constituency">Swarupnagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baduria_Assembly_constituency" title="Baduria Assembly constituency">Baduria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habra_Assembly_constituency" title="Habra Assembly constituency">Habra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashoknagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Ashoknagar Assembly constituency">Ashoknagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amdanga_Assembly_constituency" title="Amdanga Assembly constituency">Amdanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bijpur_Assembly_constituency" title="Bijpur Assembly constituency">Bijpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naihati_Assembly_constituency" title="Naihati Assembly constituency">Naihati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatpara_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhatpara Assembly 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href="/wiki/Sandeshkhali_Assembly_constituency" title="Sandeshkhali Assembly constituency">Sandeshkhali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_Dakshin_Assembly_constituency" title="Basirhat Dakshin Assembly constituency">Basirhat Dakshin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basirhat_Uttar_Assembly_constituency" title="Basirhat Uttar Assembly constituency">Basirhat Uttar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hingalganj_Assembly_constituency" title="Hingalganj Assembly constituency">Hingalganj</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former Vidhan Sabha constituencies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Titagarh_Assembly_constituency" title="Titagarh Assembly constituency">Titagarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasnabad_Assembly_constituency" title="Hasnabad Assembly constituency">Hasnabad</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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