Country India District Murshidabad Telephone/STD code 03482 Elevation 24 m Area code 03482 | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Area 152.7 km² Population 202,071 (2011) | |
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PIN 742135 (Bhagawangola)
742178 (Mahisasthali)
742179 (Habaspur) | ||
Bhagawangola I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bhagawangola police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Bhagawangola. It is located 31 km from Baharampur, the district headquarters.
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Location
Bhagawangola is located at 24.330°N 88.293°E / 24.330; 88.293
Bhagawangola I CD Block is bounded by Lalgola CD Block and Rajshahi District of Bangladesh, across the Padma, in the north, Bhagawangola II and Raninagar I CD Blocks in the east, Murshidabad-Jiaganj and Berhampore CD Blocks in the south and Nabagram CD Block in the west.
Area
Bhagawangola community development block has an area of 152.68 km2.
Physical features
The Bhagirathi divides the district into two parts namely Bagri on the east and Rahr on the west. The Padma separates the district from Malda district, and Chapai Nawabganj and Rajshahi districts of Bangladesh.
Gram panchayats
Gram panchayats in Bhagawangola I block/ panchayat samiti are: Bhagawangola, Habaspur, Hanumanta Nagar, Kantanagar, Kuthirampur, Mahammadpur, Mahisasthali and Sundarpur.
Population
As per 2011 Census of India Bhagawangola I CD Block had a total population of 202,071, all of which were rural. There were 103,419 (51%) males and 98,652 (49%) females. Population below 6 years numbered 28,933. Scheduled Castes numbered 14,557 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 227.
As per 2001 census, Bhagawangola I block has a total population of 163,438, out of which 84,035 were males and 79,403 were females. Bhagawangola I block registered a population growth of 23.90 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.
Large villages
Large villages in Bhagawangola I CD Block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Dakshin Hanumanta Nagar (19,813), Kantanagar (15,587), Mahishasthali (17,785), Belia Syampur (11,847), Upar Orahar (4,568), Sundarpur (4,546), Paschim Rampur (4,099), Digha (6,171), Telia (8,259), Bhundar Kismat (5,800), Kochgiria (4,606), Habaspur (17,148) and Kasba Bahadurpur (7,470).
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Bhagawangola I CD Block was 115,632 (57.22% of the population above 6 years) out of which 59,970 (52%) were males and 55,662 (48%) were females.
As per 2011 census, literacy in Murshidabad district was 66.59.Literacy in West Bengal was 77.08% in 2011.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.
Language
Bengali is the local language in these areas.
Healthcare
Bhagwangola I block is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.
Transportation
The Ranaghat-Lalgola branch line was opened in 1905. It passes through this CD Block and there is a station at Bhagawangola.