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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .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">Beldanga I</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Community development block</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow ib-settlement-official"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Beldanga</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beldanga-I_in_Murshidabad.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Beldanga-I_in_Murshidabad.svg/250px-Beldanga-I_in_Murshidabad.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="307" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Beldanga-I_in_Murshidabad.svg/375px-Beldanga-I_in_Murshidabad.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Beldanga-I_in_Murshidabad.svg/500px-Beldanga-I_in_Murshidabad.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="629" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="9" data-lat="23.93" data-lon="88.25" data-overlays="["_4b8d8be474b0b48e9f1196a25b3eb85f51bab846"]" href="/wiki/Special:Map/9/23.93/88.25/en"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,23.93,88.25,250x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Beldanga_I&revid=1254284151&groups=_4b8d8be474b0b48e9f1196a25b3eb85f51bab846" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,9,23.93,88.25,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Beldanga_I&revid=1254284151&groups=_4b8d8be474b0b48e9f1196a25b3eb85f51bab846 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr><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=Beldanga_I&params=23.93_N_88.25_E_type:city(319322)_region:IN-WB"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°56′N</span> <span class="longitude">88°15′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.93°N 88.25°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.93; 88.25</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_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and 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_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad</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/Federalism_in_India" title="Federalism in India">Federal 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">168.75 km<sup>2</sup> (65.15 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">22 m (72 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">319,322</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">1,900/km<sup>2</sup> (4,900/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<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Literacy" title="Literacy">Literacy</a> (2011)</th><td class="infobox-data">70.06%</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">742133 (Beldanga)<br />742134 (Bhabta)<br />742176 (Madda)</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone/<a href="/wiki/Subscriber_trunk_dialling" title="Subscriber trunk dialling">STD</a> code</th><td class="infobox-data">03482</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>-57, <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>-58</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/Baharampur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Baharampur</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/Beldanga_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Beldanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Beldanga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rejinagar_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rejinagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Rejinagar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naoda_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Naoda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Naoda</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://murshidabad.gov.in/">murshidabad<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Beldanga I</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 the <a href="/wiki/Berhampore_subdivision" title="Berhampore subdivision">Berhampore subdivision</a> of <a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_district" title="Murshidabad district">Murshidabad district</a> in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> <a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and 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="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beldanga 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=Beldanga_I&params=23.93_N_88.25_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°56′N</span> <span class="longitude">88°15′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">23.93°N 88.25°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.93; 88.25</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p><p>Beldanga I CD block lies in the Ganges-Bhagirathi Basin, which is a long and narrow river valley. The <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_River" title="Hooghly River">Bhagirathi River</a> splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the east. It has fertile soil suitable for cultivation.<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><p>Beldanga I CD block is bounded by <a href="/wiki/Berhampore_(community_development_block)" title="Berhampore (community development block)">Berhampore</a> CD block in the north, <a href="/wiki/Hariharpara_(community_development_block)" title="Hariharpara (community development block)">Hariharpara</a> CD block in the east, <a href="/wiki/Beldanga_II" title="Beldanga II">Beldanga II</a> CD block in the south and <a href="/wiki/Nabagram_(community_development_block)" title="Nabagram (community development block)">Nabagram</a> CD block, in the west.<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>The Bagri or the eastern part of the district is a low lying <a href="/wiki/Alluvium" title="Alluvium">alluvial</a> plain with the shape of an <a href="/wiki/Isosceles_triangle" title="Isosceles triangle">isosceles triangle</a>. The Ganges/Padma and the Bhagirathi form the two equal sides; the <a href="/wiki/Jalangi_River" title="Jalangi River">Jalangi</a> forms the entire base; other offshoots of the Ganges meander within the area. It is liable to be flooded by the spill of the Bhagirathi and other rivers.<sup id="cite_ref-river_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-river-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beldanga I CD block has an area of 168.75  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>, 204 gram sansads (village councils), 66 <a href="/wiki/Mouza" title="Mouza">mouzas</a> and 55 inhabited villages. <a href="/wiki/Beldanga#Police_station" title="Beldanga">Beldanga</a> police station serves this block.<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> Headquarters of this CD block is at <a href="/wiki/Sarulia" title="Sarulia">Sarulia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Gram_panchayat" title="Gram panchayat">Gram panchayats</a> of Beldanga I block/ panchayat samiti are: Begunbari, Bhabta I, Bhabta II, Chaitanyapur I, Chaitanyapur II, Debkundu, Kapasdanga, Madda, Mahula I, Mahula II, Mirzapur I, Mirzapur II and Sujapur-Kumarpur.<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> </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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=2" 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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/2011_Census_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Census of India">2011 Census of India</a>, Beldanga I CD block had a total population of 319,322, of which 310,470 were rural and 8,852 were urban. There were 164,147 (51%) males and 155,175 (49%) females. The population in the age range 0–6 years was 50,070. <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Castes</a> numbered 12,621 (3.95%) and <a href="/wiki/Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes" title="Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes">Scheduled Tribes</a> numbered 252 (0.08%).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As per 2001 census, Beldanga I block has a total population of 259,139, out of which 134,602 were males and 124,537 were females. Beldanga I block registered a population growth of 23.35 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 23.70 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-census_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.<sup id="cite_ref-Census_Commission_of_India_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Commission_of_India-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The decadal growth of population in Beldanga I CD block in 2001-2011 was 23.18%.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The decadal growth rate of population in Murshidabad district was as follows: 33.5% in 1951–61, 28.6% in 1961–71, 25.5% in 1971–81, 28.2% in 1981–91, 23.8% in 1991-2001 and 21.1% in 2001–11.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<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_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decadal_Growth_Rate-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are reports of <a href="/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_India" title="Illegal immigration to India">Bangladeshi infiltrators</a> entering Murshidabad district.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>Decadal Population Growth Rate (%)</b> </p> <div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:500px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:350px;min-width:500px;max-width:500px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:270px;min-width:400px;max-width:400px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:200px;top:60px;height:209px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:olive;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid olive;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Beldanga I CD block: 23.35"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:300px;top:61px;height:208px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:olive;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid olive;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Beldanga I CD block: 23.18"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:28px;top:40px;height:229px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:yellow;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid yellow;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Murshidabad district: 25.5"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:128px;top:16px;height:253px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:yellow;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid yellow;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Murshidabad district: 28.2"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:228px;top:56px;height:213px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:yellow;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid yellow;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Murshidabad district: 23.8"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:328px;top:80px;height:189px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:yellow;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid yellow;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="Murshidabad district: 21.1"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:56px;top:61px;height:208px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:violet;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid violet;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="West Bengal: 23.2"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:156px;top:49px;height:220px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:violet;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid violet;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="West Bengal: 24.6"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:256px;top:109px;height:160px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:violet;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid violet;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="West Bengal: 17.84"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:356px;top:145px;height:124px;min-width:19px;max-width:19px;background-color:violet;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid violet;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="West Bengal: 13.9"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:270px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:215px;padding:0 2px">5</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:225px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:170px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:180px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:125px;padding:0 2px">15</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:135px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:80px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:90px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:35px;padding:0 2px">25</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:45px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:270px;left:100px;width:400px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:98px;max-width:98px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">1971-1981</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:50px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:101px;top:10px;min-width:98px;max-width:98px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">1981-1991</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:150px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:201px;top:10px;min-width:98px;max-width:98px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">1991-2001</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:250px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:301px;top:10px;min-width:98px;max-width:98px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">2001-2011</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:350px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style:none;column-width:12em;"><li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:olive;border:1px solid olive;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> Beldanga I CD block</li> <li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:yellow;border:1px solid yellow;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> Murshidabad district</li> <li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:violet;border:1px solid violet;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> West Bengal</li></ul> </div> </div> <p>Sources:<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><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><sup id="cite_ref-Decadal_Growth_Rate_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Decadal_Growth_Rate-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Census_Commission_of_India_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Commission_of_India-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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><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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Census_town_and_villages">Census town and villages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Census town and villages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The only <a href="/wiki/Census_town" title="Census town">census town</a> in Beldanga I CD block was (2011 census population figure in bracket): <a href="/wiki/Barua,_Murshidabad" title="Barua, Murshidabad">Barua</a> (P) (8,852).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Large villages in Beldanga I CD block were (2011 census population figure in brackets) : Mahala (11,793), Bhabta (13,988), Gangapur (5,499), Gopinathpur (12,522), Pulinda (8,761), Naoda (8,071), Dalua (4,267), Rameswarpur (6.075), Mahespur (4,800), Radhaballabhpur (4,109), Jalalpur (5,625), Kumarpur (6,704), Jhunka (8,783), Debkunda (11,429), Madda (15,114), Hareknagar (12,703), Bishannagar (12,896), Maniknagar (9,649), Kazisaha (13,489), Begunbari (10,893), <a href="/wiki/Sarulia" title="Sarulia">Sarulia</a> (P) (9,417), Mahyampur (7,050), Mirzapur (27,364), Naopukhuria (15,454) and Kapasdanga (13,123).<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=5" 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 literate persons in Beldanga I CD block was 188,635 (70.06% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 99,823 (71.92% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 88,812 (68.08% 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 3.84%.<sup id="cite_ref-census2011_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census2011-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<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 />Murshidabad district </th></tr> <tr> <th>Jangipur subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Farakka_(community_development_block)" title="Farakka (community development block)">Farakka</a> – 59.75% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Samserganj_(community_development_block)" title="Samserganj (community development block)">Samserganj</a> – 54.98% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suti_I" title="Suti I">Suti I</a> – 58.40% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suti_II" title="Suti II">Suti II</a> – 55.23% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raghunathganj_I" title="Raghunathganj I">Raghunathganj I</a> – 64.49% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raghunathganj_II" title="Raghunathganj II">Raghunathganj II</a> – 61.17% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sagardighi_(community_development_block)" title="Sagardighi (community development block)">Sagardighi</a> – 65.27% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Lalbag subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad-Jiaganj" title="Murshidabad-Jiaganj">Murshidabad-Jiaganj</a> – 69.14% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhagawangola_I" title="Bhagawangola I">Bhagawangola I</a> - 57.22% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bhagawangola_II" title="Bhagawangola II">Bhagawangola II</a> – 53.48% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalgola_(community_development_block)" title="Lalgola (community development block)">Lalgola</a>– 64.32% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nabagram_(community_development_block)" title="Nabagram (community development block)">Nabagram</a> – 70.83% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Sadar subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Berhampore_(community_development_block)" title="Berhampore (community development block)">Berhampore</a> – 73.51% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Beldanga I</a> – 70.06% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Beldanga_II" title="Beldanga II">Beldanga II</a> – 67.86% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hariharpara_(community_development_block)" title="Hariharpara (community development block)">Hariharpara</a> – 69.20% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Naoda_(community_development_block)" title="Naoda (community development block)">Naoda</a> – 66.09% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Kandi subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kandi_(community_development_block)" title="Kandi (community development block)">Kandi</a> – 65.13% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Khargram_(community_development_block)" title="Khargram (community development block)">Khargram</a> – 63.56% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Burwan_(community_development_block)" title="Burwan (community development block)">Burwan</a> – 68.96% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_I" title="Bharatpur I">Bharatpur I</a> – 62.93% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_II" title="Bharatpur II">Bharatpur II</a> – 66.07% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Domkol subdivision </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Domkal_(community_development_block)" title="Domkal (community development block)">Domkal</a> – 55.89% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raninagar_I" title="Raninagar I">Raninagar I</a> – 57.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raninagar_II" title="Raninagar II">Raninagar II</a> – 54.81% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jalangi_(community_development_block)" title="Jalangi (community development block)">Jalangi</a> – 58.73% </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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=6" 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 Beldanga I CD block (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-religion_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<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:78.25%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">78.25%</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:21.40%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">21.40%</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:0.35%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.35%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p>In the 2011 census, Muslims numbered 249,855 and formed 78.25% of the population in Beldanga I CD block. Hindus numbered 68,341 and formed 21.40% of the population. Others numbered 1,126 and formed 0.35% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-religion_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religion-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Beldanga I and Beldanga II CD blocks taken together while the proportion of Muslims increased from 64.65% in 1991 to 67.95% in 2001,the proportion of Hindus declined from 35.35% in 1991 to 31.91% in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Murshidabad district had 4,707,573 Muslims who formed 66.27% of the population, 2,359,061 Hindus who formed 33.21% of the population, and 37, 173 persons belonging to other religions who formed 0.52% of the population, in the 2011 census. While the proportion of Muslim population in the district increased from 61.40% in 1991 to 63.67% in 2001, the proportion of Hindu population declined from 38.39% in 1991 to 35.92% in 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-censusreligion2011_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-censusreligion2011-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </p><p>Murshidabad was the only Muslim majority district in West Bengal at the time of <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">partition of India</a> in 1947. The proportion of Muslims in the population of Murshidabad district in 1951 was 55.24%.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Radcliffe_Line" title="Radcliffe Line">Radcliffe Line</a> had placed Muslim majority Murshidabad in India and the Hindu majority <a href="/wiki/Khulna_District" title="Khulna District">Khulna</a> in Pakistan, in order to maintain the integrity of the Ganges river system In India.<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> is the predominant language, spoken by 99.93% of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-languages_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-languages-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Rural poverty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As per the Human Development Report 2004 for West Bengal, the <a href="/wiki/Rural_poverty" title="Rural poverty">rural poverty</a> ratio in Murshidabad district was 46.12%. Purulia, Bankura and Birbhum districts had higher rural poverty ratios. These estimates were based on Central Sample data of NSS 55th round 1999–2000.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=8" 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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Livelihood"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Beldanga I CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 16.12%, agricultural labourers 30.50%, household industry workers 9.99% and other workers 43.39%.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 55 inhabited villages in Beldanga I CD block. 100% villages have power supply and drinking water supply. 27 villages (49.09%) have post offices. 54 villages (98.18%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 27 villages (49.09%) have a pucca approach road and 17 villages (30.91%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). 2 villages (3.64%) have agricultural credit societies and 6 villages (10.91%) have banks.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Agriculture"><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:#6A3D9A; 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:13.031854163261px 99.147217697056px 0 0; border-top-color:#FF7F00"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FF7F00"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:2.2865277323839px; border-width:0 0 97.713472267616px 21.262110370465px; border-bottom-color:#E31A1C"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:15.600891104402px; border-width:0 0 84.399108895598px 53.635719605772px; border-bottom-color:#33A02C"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:61.84778507449px; border-width:0 0 38.15221492551px 92.435969710268px; border-bottom-color:#1F78B4"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p><b>Persons engaged in agriculture<br />in Beldanga I 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> Bargadars (6.23%)</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> Patta holders (9.76%)</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> Small farmers (5.60%)</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> Marginal farmers (30.49%)</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:#6A3D9A; color:;"> </span> Agricultural labourers (47.93%)</div> </div> </div></div> <p>From 1977 onwards major land reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants.<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> Following <a href="/wiki/Land_reform_in_India" title="Land reform in India">land reforms</a> land ownership pattern has undergone transformation. In 2013–14, persons engaged in agriculture in Beldanga I CD Block could be classified as follows: <a href="/wiki/Bargadar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bargadar">bargadars</a> 4,211 (6.23%,) patta (document) holders 6,602 (9.76%), small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 3,786 (5.60%), marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 20,622 (30.49%) and agricultural labourers 32,416 (47.93%).<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beldanga I CD block had 59 fertiliser depots, 3 seed stores and 64 <a href="/wiki/Public_distribution_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Public distribution system">fair price shops</a> in 2013–14.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013–14, Beldanga I CD block produced 23,808 tonnes of <a href="/wiki/Rice#Ecotypes_and_cultivars" title="Rice">Aman paddy</a>, the main winter crop from 7,934 hectares, 13,406 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 3,728 hectares, 950 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 338 hectares, 10,299 tonnes of wheat from 3,645 hectares, 16 tonnes of maize from 6 hectares, 93,732 tonnes of jute from 6,372 hectares and 8,288 tonnes of potatoes from 369 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013–14, the total area irrigated in Beldanga I CD block was 7,967 hectares, out of which 800 hectares were irrigated with canal water, 460 hectares with tank water, 517 hectares by river lift irrigation, 134 hectares by deep tube wells, 76 hectares by shallow tube well and 5,980 hectares by other means.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Silk_and_handicrafts">Silk and handicrafts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Silk and handicrafts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Murshidabad is famous for its silk industry since the Middle Ages. There are three distinct categories in this industry, namely (i) <a href="/wiki/Mulberry" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulberry">Mulberry</a> cultivation and silkworm rearing (ii) Peeling of raw silk (iii) Weaving of silk fabrics.<sup id="cite_ref-handicrafts_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handicrafts-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prime locations for weaving (silk and cotton) are: Khargram, Raghunathganj I, Nabagram, Beldanga I, Beldanga II and Raninagar-I CD Blocks.<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>Ivory carving is an important cottage industry from the era of the Nawabs. The main areas where this industry has flourished are Khagra and Jiaganj. 99% of ivory craft production is exported. In more recent years sandalwood etching has become more popular than ivory carving. Bell metal and Brass utensils are manufactured in large quantities at Khagra, Berhampore, Kandi and Jangipur. <a href="/wiki/Beedi" title="Beedi">Beedi</a> making has flourished in the Jangipur subdivision.<sup id="cite_ref-handicrafts_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handicrafts-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Banking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013–14, Beldanaga I CD block had offices of 9 commercial banks and 4 <a href="/wiki/Regional_Rural_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Regional Rural Bank">gramin banks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Backward_Regions_Grant_Fund">Backward Regions Grant Fund</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Backward Regions Grant Fund"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Murshidabad district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the <a href="/wiki/Backward_Regions_Grant_Fund" title="Backward Regions Grant Fund">Backward Regions Grant Fund</a>. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 11 districts of West Bengal.<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><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> <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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beldanga I CD block has 6 ferry services and 5 originating/ terminating bus routes.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Lalgola_and_Gede_branch_lines" class="mw-redirect" title="Lalgola and Gede branch lines">Ranaghat-Lalgola branch line</a> was opened in 1905. It passes through this CD block and there are stations at <a href="/wiki/Beldanga_railway_station" title="Beldanga railway station">Beldanga railway station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bhabta_railway_station" title="Bhabta railway station">Bhabta railway station</a>.<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> </p><p><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_12_(India)" title="National Highway 12 (India)">NH 12</a> (old number NH 34) passes through this block.<sup id="cite_ref-renumber_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-renumber-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<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=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013–14, Beldanga I CD block had 116 primary schools with 17,478 students, 14 middle schools with 2,486 students, 7 high school with 6,900 students and 14 higher secondary schools with 26,814 students. Beldanga I CD Block had 1 general college, 1 technical/ professional institution with 96 students and 437 institutions for special and non-formal education with 18,044 students<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In Beldanga I CD block, amongst the 55 inhabited villages, 3 villages did not have a school, 36 villages had more than 1 primary school, 22 villages had at least 1 primary school, 30 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 18 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<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="Healthcare">Healthcare</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2014, Beldanga I CD block had 1 block primary health centre, 2 <a href="/wiki/Primary_Health_Centre_(India)" title="Primary Health Centre (India)">primary health centres</a> and 3 private nursing homes with total 41 beds and 10 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 40 family welfare subcentres. 14,644 patients were treated indoor and 173,676 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<sup id="cite_ref-handbook2014_28-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-handbook2014-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beldanga I CD block has Beldanga Block Primary Health Centre at PO <a href="/wiki/Beldanga" title="Beldanga">Beldanga</a> (with 25 beds), Chaitnyapur <a href="/wiki/Primary_Health_Centre_(India)" title="Primary Health Centre (India)">Primary Health Centre</a> (with 10 beds), and Gopinathpur PHC (with 6 beds).<sup id="cite_ref-medical_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-medical-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beldanga I CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by high level of <a href="/wiki/Arsenic_contamination_of_groundwater" title="Arsenic contamination of groundwater">arsenic contamination</a>. The <a href="/wiki/World_Health_Organization" title="World Health Organization">WHO</a> guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. All but one of the 26 blocks of Murshidabad district have arsenic contamination above the WHO level, all but two of the blocks have arsenic concentration above the Indian Standard value and 17 blocks have arsenic concentration above 300 mg/litre. The maximum concentration in Beldanga I CD block is 1,700 mg/litre.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Beldanga_I&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/16px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg/24px-Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg.png 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<li><a href="/wiki/Karnasuvarna" title="Karnasuvarna">Karnasuvarna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/River_bank_erosion_along_the_Ganges_in_Malda_and_Murshidabad_districts" title="River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts">River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazarduari_Palace" title="Hazarduari Palace">Hazarduari Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nizamat_Imambara" title="Nizamat Imambara">Nizamat Imambara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katra_Masjid" title="Katra Masjid">Katra Masjid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madina_Mosque_(Bengal)" title="Madina Mosque (Bengal)">Madina Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yellow_Mosque" title="Yellow Mosque">Yellow Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kherur_Mosque" title="Kherur Mosque">Kherur Mosque</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jama_Masjid,_Motijheel" title="Jama Masjid, Motijheel">Jama Masjid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Mir_Madan" title="Tomb of Mir Madan">Tomb of Mir Madan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Azimunissa_Begum" title="Tomb of Azimunissa Begum">Tomb of Azimunissa Begum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Residency_Cemetery,_Babulbona" title="Residency Cemetery, Babulbona">Residency Cemetery, Babulbona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Cemetery,_Murshidabad" title="Dutch Cemetery, Murshidabad">Dutch Cemetery, Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Jagat_Seth" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Jagat Seth">House of Jagat Seth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathgola_Palace" title="Kathgola Palace">Kathgola Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashipur" title="Nashipur">Nashipur</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="14" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg/199px-Division_Of_West_Bangal_Map.jpg" 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title="Jiaganj Azimganj">Jiaganj Azimganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandi,_Murshidabad" title="Kandi, Murshidabad">Kandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad" title="Murshidabad">Murshidabad</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<br />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/Berhampore_subdivision" title="Berhampore subdivision">Berhampore 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/Berhampore_(community_development_block)" title="Berhampore (community development block)">Berhampore</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Beldanga I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga_II" title="Beldanga II">Beldanga II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharpara_(community_development_block)" title="Hariharpara (community development block)">Hariharpara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naoda_(community_development_block)" title="Naoda (community development block)">Naoda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Domkal_subdivision" title="Domkal subdivision">Domkal 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/Domkal_(community_development_block)" title="Domkal (community development block)">Domkal</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/Jalangi_(community_development_block)" title="Jalangi (community development block)">Jalangi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jangipur_subdivision" title="Jangipur subdivision">Jangipur 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/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/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/Samserganj_(community_development_block)" title="Samserganj (community development block)">Samserganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagardighi_(community_development_block)" title="Sagardighi (community development block)">Sagardighi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farakka_(community_development_block)" title="Farakka (community development block)">Farakka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kandi_subdivision" title="Kandi subdivision">Kandi 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/Kandi_(community_development_block)" title="Kandi (community development block)">Kandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khargram_(community_development_block)" title="Khargram (community development block)">Khargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burwan_(community_development_block)" title="Burwan (community development block)">Burwan</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></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lalbag_subdivision" title="Lalbag subdivision">Lalbag 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/Murshidabad-Jiaganj" title="Murshidabad-Jiaganj">Murshidabad-Jiaganj</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/Lalgola_(community_development_block)" title="Lalgola (community development block)">Lalgola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabagram_(community_development_block)" title="Nabagram (community development block)">Nabagram</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 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81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panagarh%E2%80%93Morgram_Highway" title="Panagarh–Morgram Highway">Panagarh–Morgram Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Railway_zone" title="Eastern Railway zone">Eastern Railway zone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howrah%E2%80%93New_Jalpaiguri_line" title="Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line">Howrah–New Jalpaiguri line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barharwa%E2%80%93Azimganj%E2%80%93Katwa_loop" title="Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop">Barharwa–Azimganj–Katwa loop</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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azimganj_Junction_railway_station" title="Azimganj Junction railway station">Azimganj Junction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Farakka_Junction_railway_station" title="New Farakka Junction railway station">New Farakka Junction</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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_University" title="Murshidabad University">Murshidabad University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_College_of_Engineering_%26_Textile_Technology,_Berhampore" title="Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore">Government College of Engineering & Textile Technology, Berhampore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnath_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishnath College">Krishnath College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital">Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital</a></li></ul> </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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baharampur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Baharampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Jangipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Murshidabad (Lok Sabha constituency)">Murshidabad</a></li></ul> </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/Farakka_Assembly_constituency" title="Farakka Assembly constituency">Farakka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samserganj_Assembly_constituency" title="Samserganj Assembly constituency">Samserganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suti_Assembly_constituency" title="Suti Assembly constituency">Suti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangipur,_West_Bengal_Assembly_constituency" title="Jangipur, West Bengal Assembly constituency">Jangipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghunathganj_Assembly_constituency" title="Raghunathganj Assembly constituency">Raghunathganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sagardighi_Assembly_constituency" title="Sagardighi Assembly constituency">Sagardighi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lalgola_Assembly_constituency" title="Lalgola Assembly constituency">Lalgola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagabangola_Assembly_constituency" title="Bhagabangola Assembly constituency">Bhagabangola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raninagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Raninagar Assembly constituency">Raninagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murshidabad_Assembly_constituency" title="Murshidabad Assembly constituency">Murshidabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nabagram_Assembly_constituency" title="Nabagram Assembly constituency">Nabagram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khargram_Assembly_constituency" title="Khargram Assembly constituency">Khargram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burwan_Assembly_constituency" title="Burwan Assembly constituency">Burwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kandi_Assembly_constituency" title="Kandi Assembly constituency">Kandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharatpur,_West_Bengal_Assembly_constituency" title="Bharatpur, West Bengal Assembly constituency">Bharatpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rejinagar_Assembly_constituency" title="Rejinagar Assembly constituency">Rejinagar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beldanga_Assembly_constituency" title="Beldanga Assembly constituency">Beldanga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baharampur_Assembly_constituency" title="Baharampur Assembly constituency">Baharampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharpara_Assembly_constituency" title="Hariharpara 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