Kakdwip subdivision is a subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district

South 24 Parganas district is an important district of West Bengal State with its district headquarters in Alipore. It has the urban fringe of Calcutta on one side and the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans....

 in the state of West Bengal

West Bengal

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, India

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. It consists of four community development blocks: Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Sagar. The four blocks contain 42 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. The subdivision has its headquarters at Kakdwip

Kakdwip

Kakdwip is head quarters of Kakdwip subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics:In the 2001 census, Kakdwip CD Block had a population of 2,39,381 out of which 1,22,792 were males and 1,16,589 were females...

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Area

The subdivision contains rural areas of 42 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 four community development blocks

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...

: Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima and Sagar. There is no urban area under these four blocks.

Kakdwip block

Rural area under Kakdwip block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Bapuji, Rabindra, Sri Sri Ramkrishna, Swami Bibekananda, Madhusudanpur, Ramgopalpur, Srinagar, Netaji, Rishi Bankimchandra, Suryanagar and Pratapadityanagar. Kakdwip police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Pakurberia.

Namkhana block

Rural area under Namkhana block consists of seven gram panchayats, viz. Budhakhali, Haripur, Namkhana, Shibrampur, Frezarganj, Mausini and Narayanpur. Namkhana and Kakdwip police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Namkhana.

Patharpratima block

Rural area under Patharpratima block consists of 15 gram panchayats, viz. Achintyanagar, Dakshin Raipur, Gopalnagar, Ramganga, Banashyamnagar, Digambarpur, Herambagopalpur, Sridharnagar, Brajaballavpur, Durbachati, Laksmijanardanpur, Srinarayanpur Purnachandrapur, Dakshin Gangadharpur, G Plot and Patharpratima. Patharpratima police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Ramganga.

Sagar block

Rural area under Sagar block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Dhablat, Dhaspara Sumatinagar–II, Ghoramara, Ramkarchar, Dhaspara Sumatinagar–I, Muriganga–I, Rudranagar, Gangasagar and Muriganga–II. Sagar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Rudranagar.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the area under the Patharpratima block forms the Patharpratima assembly constituency. The Kakdwip block, along with two 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 the Namkhana block, viz. Budhakhali and Narayanpur, will form the Kakdwip assembly constituency. The other five gram panchayats under the Namkhana block along with the area covered by the Sagar block will form the Sagar assembly constituency. All the three constituencies will be assembly segments of the Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Mathurapur is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Mathurapur in West Bengal. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.-Assembly segments:...

, which will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates.