Suti II is an administrative division in Jangipur subdivision

Jangipur subdivision

Jangipur subdivision , is a subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Jangipur municipality and seven community development blocks: Raghnathganj–I, Raghnathganj–II, Suti–I, Suti–II, Samserganj, Sagardighi and Farakka. The...

 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...

. Suti police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Dafahat. There are four census towns in this block: Aurangabad

Aurangabad, West Bengal

Aurangabad is a census town in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is an urban unit in Suti — II community development bloc, which is part of Jangipur subdivision of the district. The police station is Suti, which is the police station for Suti — I and Suti —...

, Paschim Punropara

Paschim Punropara

Paschim Punropara is a census town in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics: India census, Paschim Punropara had a population of 31,198. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Paschim Punropara has an average literacy rate of 35%, lower than the...

, Dafahat

Dafahat

Dafahat is a census town in Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Demographics: India census, Dafahat had a population of 11,323. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Dafahat has an average literacy rate of 36%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male...

 and Jagtaj

Jagtaj

Jagtaj is a census town in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics: India census, Jagtaj had a population of 9406. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Jagtaj has an average literacy rate of 37%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male...

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Geography

Aurangabad, a census town in Suti II block, is located at 24.598°N 88.034°E

Suti II 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 94.86 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 in Suti II block/ panchayat samiti are: Aurangabad I, Aurangabad II, Bajitpur, Jagtai I, Jagtai II, Kashimnagar, Laxmipur, Mahesail I, Mahesail II and Umrapur.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Suti II block has a total population of 213,069, out of which 107,506 were males and 105,563 were females. Suti II block registered a population growth of 35.05 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

Suti II 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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