Kakdwip subdivision is an administrative subdivision of

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in the

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Overview

Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire district is situated in the

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Sagar Island Sagar Island is an island in the Ganges delta, lying on the Continental Shelf, continental shelf of Bay of Bengal about 100 km (54 nautical miles) south of Kolkata. This island forms the Sagar (community development block), Sagar CD Block ...

, Frederick Island and Fraserganj Island. The subdivision is a part of the

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. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas by special coastal forces. The area attracts large number of tourists –

Gangasagar Gangasagar is a village and a gram panchayat in the Sagar CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Legend According to regional legend, Kardama made a pact with Vishnu, in ...

and

Fraserganj Fraserganj is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Sir Andrew F ...

Bakkhali Bakkhali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Sir Andrew Fraser, Lieutenant ...

are worth mentioning.

Gobardhanpur Gobardhanpur is a village within the jurisdiction of the Patharpratima police station in the Patharpratima (community development block), Patharpratima Community development block in India, CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Par ...

holds a promise for the future.

Subdivisions

South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: 12.36% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Kakdwip subdivision.

Administrative units

Kakdwip subdivision has 8 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 217

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s and 202 inhabited villages.

Police stations

Police stations in Kakdwip subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: Note:Certain portions of Kakdwip subdivision are within the jurisdiction of Dholahat PS in Diamond Harbour subdivision .*Newly added

CD Blocks

Community development blocks in Kakdwip subdivision are:

Gram panchayats

The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks: *

Kakdwip Kakdwip () is a town of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River. It is the headquarters of the Kakdwip subdivision. History When the Tebhaga movement broke ou ...

CD block consists of eleven gram panchayats: Bapuji, Madhusudanpur, Netaji, Pratapadityanagar, Rabindra, Ramgopalpur, Rishi Bankimchandra, Srinagar, Sri Sri Ramkrishna, Suryanagar and Swami Bibekananda. *

Namkhana Namkhana is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Namkhana police station in the Namkhana CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History When the Tebh ...

CD block consists of seven gram panchayats: Budhakhali, Frezarganj, Haripur, Mausini, Namkhana, Narayanpur and Shibrampur. *

Patharpratima Patharpratima is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Patharpratima police station in the Patharpratima CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geog ...

CD block consists of fifteen gram panchayats: Achintyanagar, Banashyamnagar, Brajaballavpur, Dakshin Gangadharpur, Dakshin Raipur, Digambarpur, Durbachati, G Plot, Gopalnagar, Herambagopalpur, Laksmijanardanpur, Patharpratima, Ramganga, Sridharnagar and Srinarayanpur Purnachandrapur. * Sagar CD block consists of nine gram panchayats: Dhablat, Dhaspara Sumatinagar-I, Dhaspara Sumatinagar-II, Gangasagar, Ghoramara, Muriganga-I, Muriganga-II, Ramkarchar and Rudranagar.

Education

South 24 Parganas district had a literacy rate of 77.51% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Alipore Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.14%, Baruipur subdivision 77.45%, Canning subdivision 70.98%, Diamond Harbour subdivision 76.26% and Kakdwip subdivision 82.04% Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in South 24 Parganas district, with data for the year 2013-14: .* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation The following institutions are located in Kakdwip subdivision: * Sundarban Mahavidyalaya was established at

in 1965. * Sagar Mahavidyalaya was established at

Harinbari Harinbari is a village within the jurisdiction of the Sagar police station in the Sagar CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overview Kakdwip subdivision ...

in 1998. * Sibani Mandal Mahavidyalaya was established at

in 2013. * Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya was established at

in 2001.

Healthcare

The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in South 24 Parganas district. Note: The district data does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The number of doctors exclude private bodies. Medical facilities in Kakdwip subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) *Kakdwip Subdivisional Hospital,

, 100 beds Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) *Sagar Rural Hospital, Sagar CD Block,

Rudranagar Rudranagar is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Sagar police station in the Sagar CD block in the Kakdwip subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Area overv ...

, 30 beds *Dwarikanagar Rural Hospital, Namkhana CD block, Dwarikanagar, 30 beds *Madhabnagar Rural Hospital, Patharpratima CD block, Madhababnar, 30 beds Block Primary Health Centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds) *Harendranagar Block Primary Health Centre, Kakdwip CD block, Harendranagar, 10 beds Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds) *Kakdwip CD block: Ramchandranagar (10) *Namkhana CD block: Narayanpur (6), Maharajganj (6),

(10), Bagdanga Mousuni (10) *Patharpratima CD block: Gadamathurpur (10), Brajballavpur (15), Indrapur (10) *Sagar CD block:

(6), Mahendraganj (6), Muriganga (6)

Electoral constituencies

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(parliamentary) and

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(state assembly) constituencies in Kakdwip subdivision were as follows:

References

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