Kakdwip is head quarters of Kakdwip subdivision

Kakdwip subdivision

Kakdwip subdivision , is a subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of four community development blocks: Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Sagar. The four blocks contain 42 gram panchayats...

 in South 24 Parganas district in the India

India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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Demographics

In the 2001 census

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, Kakdwip CD Block had a population of 2,39,381 out of which 1,22,792 were males and 1,16,589 were females. Decadal growth for the period 1991-2001 was 25.93% for Kakdwip, against 20.89% in South 24 Parganas district.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84%.