Basirhat I (community development block)

Basirhat I
—  community development block  —
Basirhat I
Location of Basirhat I
in West Bengal and India
Coordinates
Country India
State West Bengal
District(s) North 24 Parganas
Parliamentary constituency Basirhat
Assembly constituency Basirhat Dakshin
Population

• Density

 146,836 (2001)

• 1,310 /km2 (3,393 /sq mi)
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area 112.10 square kilometres (43.28 sq mi)
Website north24parganas.nic.in/

Basirhat I (community development block) (Bengali: বসিরহাট I সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Basirhat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Basirhat.[1]

Contents

Geography

Basirhat is located at .

Basirhat I community development block has an area of 112.10 sq km.[2]

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats of Basirhat I block/ panchayat samiti are: Gochha Akharpur, Itinda Panitore, Pifa, Sankchura Begundi, Gotra, Nimdaria Kodalia and Sangrampur Shibhati.[3]

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Basirhat I block has a total population of 146,836 out of which 75,035 were males and 71,801 were females. Basirhat I block registered a population growth of 20.20 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the district was 22.40 per cent.[2]Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.[4]

Healthcare

Basirhat I block is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Contact details of Block Development Officers". North 24 Parganas district. West Bengal Government. http://wbprd.gov.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=EI. Retrieved 2011-02-17. 
  2. ^ a b "Census of India 2001, Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal, Table - 4". North Twenty Four Parganas District (11). Government of West Bengal. http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_11.htm. Retrieved 2010-10-25. 
  3. ^ From Basirhat subdivision page.
  4. ^ "Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4". Census of India 2001. Census Commission of India. http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/FrameTable4_1.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-20. 
  5. ^ "Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study )". Groundwater arsenic contamination status of North 24-Parganas district, one of the nine arsenic affected districts of West Bengal-India. SOES. http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb2.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-17.