Country India Elevation 22 m Population 189,105 (2011) | Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone/STD code 03482 Area 171.1 km² Area code 03482 | |
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Raninagar I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Domkol subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Islampur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Goas. It is located 29 km from Baharampur, the district headquarters.
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Location
Islampur is located at 24°09′17″N 88°29′41″E
Raninagar I CD Block is bounded by Raninagar II and Bhagawangola II CD Blocks in the north, Jalangi CD Block in the east, Domkal and Hariharpara CD Blocks in the south and Murshidabad-Jiaganj CD Block in the west.
Area
Raninagar I CD Block has an area of 171.07 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 of Raninagar I block/ panchayat samiti are: Herampur, Hurshi, Islampur Chak, Lochanpur, Paharpur, and Tenkaraipur Balumati.
Population
As per 2011 Census of India Raninagar I CD Block had a total population of 189,105, of which 164,675 were rural and 24,430 were urban. There were 96,248 (51%) males and 92,857 (49%) females. The population below 6 years numbered 26,532. Scheduled Castes numbered 14,293 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 489.
As per 2001 census, Raninagar I block has a total population of 154,559, out of which 79,565 were males and 74,994 were females. Raninagar I block registered a population growth of 22.22 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.
Census towns and large villages
There were two Census towns in Raninagar I CD Block (2011 population in brackets): Islampur (15,019) and Harharia Chak (9,411).
Large villages in Raninagar I CD Block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Molladanga (5,463), Daulatpur (5,931), Hursi (4,315), Purushattompur (6,880), Durgapur (4,101), Pratappur (6,702), Lochanpur (8,067), Moktarpur (9,739), Kamalpur (7,692), Bishnupur (8,320), Tekaraipur (9,232), Dighir Pahar (5,202), Kasbagoas (5,766), Herampur (8,125), Goas Kalikapur (8,384) and Nalbatta (4,868).
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Raninagar I CD Block was 109,327 (57.81% of the population above 6 years) out of which 56,733 (52%) were males and 52,594 (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.
Economy
Though the main administrative blocks are situated in Goas, the main bazaar of this block is Islampur.
Three nationalised banks (United Bank Of India, Bank of Baroda and State Bank of India) serves this area.
Education
It consists of one general degree college (Murshidabad Adarsa Mahavidyalaya), eight co-ed Higher Secondary Schools (Nashipur High Madrasah, Chak Islampur S.C.M. High School, Chak Girls' High School, Nazirpur Esserpara High School, Huda Herampur High School, Pamaipur High Madrasah, Paharpur Union High School and Lochanpur N. K.High School) and one Secondary Girls' School (Islampur Girls' High School).
Healthcare
Raninagar I block is one of the areas where ground water is affected by arsenic contamination.
The whole block is served by Islampur Gramin Hospital which is in poor condition as almost all the hospitals of rural Bengal.