Raninagar I is an administrative division in Domkol subdivision

Domkol subdivision

Domkol subdivision , is a subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Dhulian municipality and four community development blocks: Domkol, Raninagar–I, Raninagar–II and Jalangi. The four blocks contain 38 gram panchayats and one census town...

 of Murshidabad district

Murshidabad district

Murshidabad district is a district of West Bengal in eastern India. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of 5,341 km² and having a population 5.863m it is a densely populated district and the ninth most populous in India...

 in the India

India

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States and territories of India

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 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...

. Islampur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Goas.There is one census town in the block: Harharia Chak

Harharia Chak

Harharia Chak is a census town in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics: India census, Harharia Chak had a population of 8435. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Harharia Chak has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average...

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Geography

Islampur is located at 24.1545910°N 88.4947890°E

Raninagar I community development block

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...

 has an area of 171.07 sq km.

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 Raninagar I block/ panchayat samiti are:
Herampur, Hurshi, Islampur Chak, Lochanpur, Paharpur, and Tenkaraipur Balumati.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Raninagar I block has a total population of 154,559, out of which 79,565 were males and 74,994 were females. Raninagar I block registered a population growth of 22.22 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 23.70 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Healthcare

Raninagar I block is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination

Arsenic contamination of groundwater

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a natural occurring high concentration of arsenic in deeper levels of groundwater, which became a high-profile problem in recent years due to the use of deep tubewells for water supply in the Ganges Delta, causing serious arsenic poisoning to large numbers of...

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