Purbasthali I is an administrative division in Kalna subdivision

Kalna subdivision

Kalna subdivision is a subdivision of the Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Kalna municipality and five community development blocks: Kalna–I, Kalna–II, Manteswar, Purbasthali–I and Purbasthali–II. The five blocks contain 47 gram...

 of Bardhaman district

Bardhaman District

'Bardhaman district is a district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Bardhaman, though it houses other important industrial towns like Durgapur and Asansol...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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. Purbasthali

Purbasthali

Purbasthali is a village with a police station in Kalna subdivision of Bardhaman district. It is located 120 km north from Kolkata. Also known as Chupi Char, it lies on the banks of a large oxbow lake created by the Ganges river and is only a few km from the old and holy town of Nabadwip. The...

 police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Srirampur. Srirampur, Hatsimla

Hatsimla

Hatsimla is a census town under Purbasthali police station of Kalna subdivision in Barddhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:...

 and Gopinathpur are urban areas in this block.

Geography

Nadanghat, a constituent panchayat of Purbasthali I block, is located at 23.3737°N 88.2552°E.

Purbasthali I community development block

Community Development Block in India

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 has an area of 146.91  km².

Gram panchayats

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 Purbasthali I block/panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the tehsil or Taluka level in India. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and the district administration. There are a number of...

 are: Bogpur, Dogachia, Jahannagar, Nadanghat, Nasratpur, Samudragarh and Srirampur.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Purbasthali I block had a total population of 183,041, out of which 94,377 were males and 88,664 were females. Purbasthali I block registered a population growth of 20.45 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Bardhaman district was 14.36 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Scheduled castes at 48,544 formed around one-fourth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 6,901.

Literacy

As per 2001 census, Purbasthali I block had a total literacy of 69.54 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 77.73 per cent female literacy was 60.75 per cent. Bardhaman district had a total literacy of 70.18 per cent, male literacy being 78.63 per cent and female literacy being 60.95 per cent.

Health

Purbasthali I block is one of the areas of Bardhaman district which is affected by arsenic contamination of ground water.