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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 Kakdwip subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas district in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. Overview Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire ...
of the
South 24 Parganas South 24 Parganas (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore previously, with its Zilla Parishad now in Ba ...
district in the
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Geography


Area overview

Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire district is situated in the
Ganges Delta The Ganges Delta (also known the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta, the Sundarbans Delta or the Bengal Delta) is a river delta predominantly covering the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, consisting of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Be ...
. The southern part of the delta has numerous channels and islands such as Henry Island,
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
Sundarbans settlements Sundarbans (; pronounced ) is a mangrove forest area in the Ganges Delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna Rivers in the Bay of Bengal. It spans the area from the Hooghly River in India's state of West Bengal to t ...
. 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 and Fraserganj-Bakkhali are worth mentioning. Gobardhanpur holds a promise for the future. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.


Location

Patharpratima is located at . Patharpratima is not identified as a separate place in 2011 census but it is marked in Google maps. The entire island is called Patharpratima. The map of CD block Patharpratima on page 889 in ''District Census Handbook'' for South 24 Parganas shows Pathapratima police station in Dakshin Shibganj mouza (village no. 375).


Civic administration


Police station

Patharpratima police station covers an area of 293.96 km2. It has jurisdiction over parts of Patharpratima CD block.


Transport

Patharpratima is on the Kakdwip-Gangadharpur Road.


Education

Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya, established in 2001, is affiliated with the
University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...
. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, political science, philosophy, geography, education and economics, and general courses in arts, science and commerce. Patharpratima Anandalal Adarsha Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1961. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.


Healthcare

Madhabnagar Rural Hospital at Madababnagar, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Patharpratima CD block.


References

{{South 24 Parganas District Villages in South 24 Parganas district