Srirampore subdivision
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Srirampore 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 five municipalities (Serampore
Serampore
Serampore is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River...

, Uttarpara Kotrung, Konnagar
Konnagar
Konnagar is a city and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. There are 20 wards in the Konnagar Municipal Area. It is under Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority...

, Rishra
Rishra
Rishra is an Tier Two Industrial Town and has a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...

 and Baidyabati
Baidyabati
Baidyabati is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Serampore police station in Srirampore subdivision. Now it is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...

) and four community development blocks: Chanditala
Chanditala
Chanditala II is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chanditala and Dankuni police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Chanditala...

–I, Chanditala–II, Jangipara
Jangipara
Jangipara is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jangipara police station serves this block...

 and Sreerampur Uttarpara. The four blocks contain 37 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 16 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 Serampore.

Area

Apart from the five municipalities of Serampore
Serampore
Serampore is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is a pre-colonial town on the right bank of the Hoogli River...

, Uttarpara Kotrung, Konnagar
Konnagar
Konnagar is a city and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. There are 20 wards in the Konnagar Municipal Area. It is under Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority...

, Rishra
Rishra
Rishra is an Tier Two Industrial Town and has a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...

 and Baidyabati
Baidyabati
Baidyabati is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Serampore police station in Srirampore subdivision. Now it is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...

, the subdivision contains 16 census town and rural areas of 37 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...

: Chanditala–I, Chanditala–II, Jangipara and Sreerampur Uttarpara. The 16 census towns are: Purba Tajpur
Purba Tajpur
Purba Tajpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Purba Tajpur is located at -Demographics:...

, Kharsarai
Kharsarai
Kharsarai is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Kharsarai is located at -Demographics:...

, Begampur
Begampur, India
Begampur is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Begampur is located at . It has an average elevation of 15 metres ....

, Chikrand
Chikrand
Chikrand is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Pairagachha
Pairagachha
Pairagachha is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Pairagachha is located at . It has an average elevation of .-Demographics:...

, Monoharpur
Monoharpur
Monoharpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Barijhati
Barijhati
Barijhati is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Barijhati is located at -Demographics:...

, Garalgachha
Garalgachha
Garalgachha is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located in Chanditala–II block in Srirampore subdivision and is served by Chanditala police station.-Geography:...

, Krishnapur
Krishnapur, Chanditala
Krishnapur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Mrigala
Mrigala
Mrigala is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Raghunathpur
Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni)
Raghunathpur is a census town in Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Raghunathpur is located at -Demographics:...

, Dakshin Rajyadharpur
Dakshin Rajyadharpur
Dakshin Rajyadharpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Serampore police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Bamunari
Bamunari
Bamunari is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Bamunari is located at Adjoining to National Highway -2 connecting Kolkatta and Delhi....

, Rishra, Nabagram Colony
Nabagram Colony
Nabagram Colony is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Uttarpara police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Nabagram Colony is located at . It has an average elevation of .-Demographics:...

 and Kanaipur
Kanaipur
Kanaipur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Uttarpara police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Kanaipur is located at -Demographics:...

.

Chanditala–I block

Rural area under Chanditala
Chanditala
Chanditala II is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Chanditala and Dankuni police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Chanditala...

–I block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Ainya, Haripur, Masat, Bhagabatipur, Krishnarampur, Nababpur, Gangadharpur, Kumirmore and Shiyakhala. There is no urban area under this block. Chanditala police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Moshat.

Chanditala–II block

Rural area under Chanditala–II block consists of 12 gram panchayats, viz. Baksa, Chanditala, Janai, Mrigala, Barijhati, Dankuni
Dankuni
Dankuni is a fast-growing industrial township near Kolkata, India. The town is part of the Hooghly District, in the state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority....

, Kapasaria, Naiti, Begumpur, Garalgachha, Monaharpur and Panchghora. Urban area under this block consists of ten census towns: Purba Tajpur
Purba Tajpur
Purba Tajpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Purba Tajpur is located at -Demographics:...

, Kharsarai
Kharsarai
Kharsarai is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Kharsarai is located at -Demographics:...

, Begampur
Begampur, India
Begampur is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Begampur is located at . It has an average elevation of 15 metres ....

, Chikrand
Chikrand
Chikrand is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Pairagachha
Pairagachha
Pairagachha is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Pairagachha is located at . It has an average elevation of .-Demographics:...

, Monoharpur
Monoharpur
Monoharpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Barijhati
Barijhati
Barijhati is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Barijhati is located at -Demographics:...

, Garalgachha
Garalgachha
Garalgachha is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is located in Chanditala–II block in Srirampore subdivision and is served by Chanditala police station.-Geography:...

, Krishnapur
Krishnapur, Chanditala
Krishnapur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chanditala police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

 and Mrigala
Mrigala
Mrigala is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

. Chanditala and Dankuni police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Chanditala.

Jangipara block

Rural area under Jangipara
Jangipara
Jangipara is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jangipara police station serves this block...

 block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Antpur
Antpur
Antpur is a village in Jangipara community development bloc of the Srirampore subdivision in the Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal...

, Jangipara, Radhanagar, Rasidpur, Dilakash, Kotalpur, Rajbalhat–I, Furfura, Mundalika and Rajbalhat–II. There is no urban area under this block. Jangipara police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Jangipara.

Sreerampur Uttarpara block

Rural area under Sreerampur Uttarpara block consists of six gram panchayats, viz. Kanaipur, Payarapur, Rajyadharpur, Nabagram, Raghunathpur and Rishra. Urban area under this block consists of six census towns: Raghunathpur
Raghunathpur (PS-Dankuni)
Raghunathpur is a census town in Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Raghunathpur is located at -Demographics:...

, Dakshin Rajyadharpur
Dakshin Rajyadharpur
Dakshin Rajyadharpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Serampore police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Bamunari
Bamunari
Bamunari is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Dankuni police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Bamunari is located at Adjoining to National Highway -2 connecting Kolkatta and Delhi....

, Rishra, Nabagram Colony
Nabagram Colony
Nabagram Colony is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Uttarpara police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Nabagram Colony is located at . It has an average elevation of .-Demographics:...

 and Kanaipur
Kanaipur
Kanaipur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Uttarpara police station in Srirampore subdivision.-Geography:Kanaipur is located at -Demographics:...

. Sreerampur, Uttarpara and Dankuni police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Sreerampur.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal:
  • The area under the municipalities of Uttarpara Kotrung and Konnagar
    Konnagar
    Konnagar is a city and a municipality in Hooghly District in the Indian state of West Bengal. There are 20 wards in the Konnagar Municipal Area. It is under Uttarpara police station in Serampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority...

     along with 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 Nabagram, Kanaipur and Raghunathpur under the Sreerampur Uttarpara block will form the Uttarpara assembly constituency of West Bengal.
  • Wards numbered 3–19 and 25 of the Sreerampur municipality, the area under the Rishra
    Rishra
    Rishra is an Tier Two Industrial Town and has a municipality in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...

     municipality and the gram panchayats of Rajyadharpur and Rishra under the Sreerampur Uttarpara block together will form the Sreerampur assembly constituency.
  • Wards numbered 1, 2, 20–24 of the Sreerampur municipality, the municipal area in Baidyabati
    Baidyabati
    Baidyabati is a city and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Serampore police station in Srirampore subdivision. Now it is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.-Geography:...

    , and the Payarapur gram panchayat of the Sreerampur Uttarpara block will be part of the Champdani assembly constituency.
  • The gram panchayats of Begumpur, Kapasaria and Panchghora under the Chanditala–II block will be part of the area defining the Singur assembly constituency.
  • The other nine gram panchayats under the Chanditala–II block will form the Chanditala assembly constituency along with five gram panchayats under the Chanditala–I block, viz. Bhagabatipur, Gangadharpur, Krishnarampur, Kumirmore and Nababpur.
  • The other four gram panchayats under the Chanditala–I block, viz. Ainya, Haripur, Masat and Shiyakhala, and the area under the Jangipara block will together form the Jangipara assembly constituency.
  • The constituencies of Uttarpara, Sreerampur, Champdani, Chanditala and Jangipara will be assembly segments of the Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
  • The Singur constituency will be an assembly segment 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:...

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