Chinsurah subdivision is a subdivision of the Hooghly district

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

 in the state of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It consists of two municipalities (Hugli-Chuchura

Hugli-Chuchura

Hugli-Chuchura is a city in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies on the Hooghly River, 35 km north of Kolkata . It is located in the district of Hugli and is home to the district headquarters. Chuchura houses the Commissioner of the Burdwan Range...

 and Bansberia

Bansberia

Bansberia is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra/ Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. It is at the western end of the Kalyani Bridge, and a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority...

) and five community development blocs: Balagarh, Chinsurah–Mogra, Dhaniakhali, Pandua and Polba–Dadpur. The five blocks contain 69 gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s and 11 census town

Census town

In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...

s. The subdivision has its headquarters at Hugli-Chuchura.

Area

Apart from the Hugli-Chuchura

Hugli-Chuchura

Hugli-Chuchura is a city in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies on the Hooghly River, 35 km north of Kolkata . It is located in the district of Hugli and is home to the district headquarters. Chuchura houses the Commissioner of the Burdwan Range...

 municipality and Bansberia

Bansberia

Bansberia is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra/ Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. It is at the western end of the Kalyani Bridge, and a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority...

 municipality, the subdivision contains 11 census town

Census town

In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...

s and rural areas of 69 gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s under five community development blocs

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

: Balagarh, Chinsurah–Mogra, Dhaniakhali, Pandua and Polba–Dadpur. The 11 census towns are: Badhagachhi

Badhagachhi

Badhagachhi is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision.-Geography:Badhagachhi is located at -Demographics:...

, Kodalia

Kodalia

Kodalia is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision.-Geography:Kodalia is located at .-Demographics:...

, Raghunathpur

Raghunathpur (PS-Magra)

Raghunathpur is a census town in Hughli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Geography:Raghunathpur is located at -Demographics:...

, Madhusudanpur

Madhusudanpur

Madhusudanpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Amodghata

Amodghata

Amodghata is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Shankhanagar

Shankhanagar

Shankhanagar is a census town in Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision. -Demographics:...

, Chak Bansberia

Chak Bansberia

Chak Bansberia is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Kulihanda

Kulihanda

Kulihanda is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. -Geography:Kulihanda is located at -Demographics:...

, Simla

Simla, West Bengal

Simla is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. -Demographics:...

, Dharmapur, Pandua

Pandua, Hooghly

Pandua is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a police station in Chinsurah subdivision...

.

Balagarh block

Rural area under Balagarh

Balagarh

Balagarh is an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Balagarh police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Patuligram...

 block consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Baklia Dhobapara, Ektarpur, Somra–I, Charkrishnabati, Guptipara–I

Guptipara

Guptipara is a rural town under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly District in West Bengal, India.Guptipara is under the Pandooah Telephone District Area and the STD Code is 03213.-Geography:Guptipara is located at...

, Somra–II, Dumurdaha Nityanandapur–I, Guptipara–II

Guptipara

Guptipara is a rural town under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly District in West Bengal, India.Guptipara is under the Pandooah Telephone District Area and the STD Code is 03213.-Geography:Guptipara is located at...

, Sripur–Balagarh, Jirat, Dumurdaha Nityanandapur–II, Mohipalpur and Sija Kamalpur. Urban area under this block consists of one census town: Badhagachhi

Badhagachhi

Badhagachhi is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Balagarh police station in Chinsurah subdivision.-Geography:Badhagachhi is located at -Demographics:...

. Balagarh police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Patuligram.

Chinsurah–Mogra block

Rural area under Chinsurah–Mogra block consists of 10 gram panchayats, viz. Bandel

Bandel

Bandel , founded by Portuguese settlers, is a gram panchayat in Chinsurah-Mogra block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police station. A major junction station of Eastern Railway, it is 40 km from Howrah station...

, Debanandapur, Kodalia–II, Saptagram

Saptagram

Saptagram was a major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times, the location presently being in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 4 km from Bandel, a major rail junction. By the early twentieth century, the...

, Chandrahati–I, Digsui Hoyera, Mogra–I, Chandrahati–II, Kodalia–I and Mogra–II. Urban area under this block consists of nine census towns: Kodalia

Kodalia

Kodalia is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision.-Geography:Kodalia is located at .-Demographics:...

, Raghunathpur

Raghunathpur (PS-Magra)

Raghunathpur is a census town in Hughli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Geography:Raghunathpur is located at -Demographics:...

, Madhusudanpur

Madhusudanpur

Madhusudanpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Amodghata

Amodghata

Amodghata is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Shankhanagar

Shankhanagar

Shankhanagar is a census town in Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision. -Demographics:...

, Chak Bansberia

Chak Bansberia

Chak Bansberia is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Kulihanda

Kulihanda

Kulihanda is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. -Geography:Kulihanda is located at -Demographics:...

, Simla

Simla, West Bengal

Simla is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. -Demographics:...

 and Dharmapur. Chinsurah and Mogra

Mogra

Mogra is a gram panchayat , police station and headquarters of Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in Hooghly district in West Bengal, India...

 police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Mogra.

Dhaniakhali block

Rural area under Dhaniakhali

Dhaniakhali

Dhaniakhali is an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Dhaniakhali police station serves this block...

 block consists of 18 gram panchayats, viz. Belmuri, Dashghara–II, Gudubari–I, Perambua Sahabazar, Bhandarhati–I, Dhanekhali–I, Gudubari–II, Bhandarhati–II, Dhanekhali–II, Gurap, Somaspur–I, Bhastara, Gopinathpur–I, Khajudaha Milki, Somaspur–II, Dashghara–I, Gopinathpur–II and Mandra. There is no urban area under this block. Dhaniakhali police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Dhaniakhali.

Pandua block

Rural area under Pandua block consists of 16 gram panchayats, viz. Bantika Bainchi, Jamna, lchhobadaspur, Rameswarpur–Gopalnagar, Beloon Dhamasin, Jamnagar MondalaiI, Panchagara–Toregram, Berela Konchmali, Jayer Dwarbasini, Shikhira Chanpta, Haral Daspur, Kshirkundi–Namajgram–Niyasa, Pandua, Simlagarh Vitasin, Itachuna Khanyan and Sarai–Tinna. Urban area under this block consists of one census town: Pandua

Pandua, Hooghly

Pandua is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a police station in Chinsurah subdivision...

. Pandua police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Pandua.

Polba–Dadpur block

Rural area under Polba–Dadpur block consists of 12 gram panchayats, viz. Akhna, Dadpur, Mahanad, Rajhat, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Makalpur, Satithan, Babnan, Harit, Polba and Sugandha. There is no urban area under this block. Polba and Dadpur police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Barunapur.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal:

• The area under the Hugli-Chuchura
  Hugli-Chuchura
  Hugli-Chuchura is a city in the state of West Bengal, India. It lies on the Hooghly River, 35 km north of Kolkata . It is located in the district of Hugli and is home to the district headquarters. Chuchura houses the Commissioner of the Burdwan Range...
  
   municipality, the gram panchayat
  Gram panchayat
  Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...
  
  s of Bandel
  Bandel
  Bandel , founded by Portuguese settlers, is a gram panchayat in Chinsurah-Mogra block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police station. A major junction station of Eastern Railway, it is 40 km from Howrah station...
  
  , Debanandapur, Kodalia–I and Kodalia–II under the Chinsurah–Mogra block, and the gram panchayats of Polba, Rajhat and Sugandha under the Polba–Dadpur block will together form the Chunchura assembly constituency of West Bengal.
• The gram panchayats of Chandrahati–I, Chandrahati–II, Digsui Hoyera and Mogra–I under the Chinsurah–Mogra block will be part of the area defining the Balagarh assembly constituency.
• The gram panchayats of Saptagram
  Saptagram
  Saptagram was a major port, the chief city and sometimes capital of southern Bengal, in ancient and medieval times, the location presently being in the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is about 4 km from Bandel, a major rail junction. By the early twentieth century, the...
  
   and Mogra–II under the Chinsurah–Mogra block, the Bansberia
  Bansberia
  Bansberia is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra/ Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. It is at the western end of the Kalyani Bridge, and a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority...
  
   municipality area, and five gram panchayats under the Polba–Dadpur block, viz. Akhna, Amnan, Goswami Malipara, Harit and Mahanad, will form the Saptagram assembly constituency.
• The other four gram panchayats under the Polba–Dadpur block—Dadpur, Makalpur, Satithan and Babnan—will be part of the Dhanekhali assembly constituency. The rest of the area defining this constituency will be covered by thirteen gram panchayats under the Dhaniakhali block, viz. Belmuri, Bhastara, Dashghara–I, Dashghara–II, Dhanekhali–I, Dhanekhali–II, Gurap, Gudubari–I, Gudubari–II, Khajudaha Milki, Mandra, Somaspur–I and Somaspur–II.
• The other five gram panchayats under the Dhaniakhali block, viz. Perambua Sahabazar, Bhandarhati–I, Bhandarhati–II,, Gopinathpur–I, Gopinathpur–II, will be part of the Tarakeswar assembly constituency.
• The Pandua block will define the area under the Pandua assembly constituency.
• The assembly constituencies of Balagarh and Dhanekhali will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates.
• The constituencies of Chunchura, Balagarh, Saptagram, Dhanekhali and Pandua will be assembly segments of the Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)
  Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)
  Hooghly is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Hugli-Chuchura in West Bengal.-Election results:Results of elections held prior to 2009 are summarised below:...
  
  .
• The Tarakeswar constituency will be assembly segments of the Arambag (Lok Sabha constituency), which will be reserved for SC candidates.