Kakdwip subdivision is an administrative subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta. The southern part of the delta has numerous channels and islands such as the Henry Island, Sagar Island, Frederick Island and Fraserganj Island. The subdivision is a part of the Sundarbans settlements. 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.
Subdivisions
South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: Subdivision HeadquartersArea(km2) Population(2011) Urbanpopulation %Rural Population %Alipore SadarAlipore427.431,490,34259.8540.15BaruipurBaruipur1,355.442,396,64331.0568.95CanningCanning1,103.731,140,56212.3787.63Diamond HarbourDiamond Harbour1,264.682,125,75814.6185.39 KakdwipKakdwip1,389.931,008,6530100South 24 ParganasAlipore9,960,008,161,96125.5874.42 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 mouzas and 202 inhabited villages.
Police stations Police stations in Kakdwip subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
Police Station Area covered(km2) Border (km)Municipal town/ city CD Block Kakdwip 91 - - Kakdwip, NamkhanaHarwood Point Coastal*169 - - KakdwipNamkhana95.26 - - NamkhanaFraserganj Coastal 34.07 - - NamkhanaPatharpratima 293.96 - - PatharpratimaGobardhanpur Coastal207 - - PatharpratimaSagar225.3 - - SagarGangasagar Coastal77.72 - - Sagar
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:
CD Block HeadquartersArea(km2) Population(2011) SC %ST %Hindus %Muslims %Literacy rate %CensusTownsKakdwipGanespur252.74281,96322.950.8082.3717.0977.93 -NamkhanaNamkhana370.61182,83025.850.4185.9713.8885.72 -PatharpratimaRamganga241.9331,82322.950.8088.9110.7282.11 -SagarRudranagar282.11212,03726.530.4087.8811.7384.21 -
Gram panchayats The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks:
Kakdwip CD block consists of eleven gram panchayats: Bapuji, Madhusudanpur, Netaji, Pratapadityanagar, Rabindra, Ramgopalpur, Rishi Bankimchandra, Srinagar, Sri Sri Ramkrishna, Suryanagar and Swami Bibekananda. Namkhana CD block consists of seven gram panchayats: Budhakhali, Frezarganj, Haripur, Mausini, Namkhana, Narayanpur and Shibrampur. Patharpratima 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:
SubdivisionPrimarySchoolMiddleSchoolHighSchoolHigher SecondarySchoolGeneralCollege, UnivTechnical /Professional InsttNon-formalEducationInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentInstitutionStudentAlipore Sadar53153,719344,4555016,4719166,81358,12263,0941,37953,429Baruipur883132,649658,9545026,443128129,195827,65776,7353,116138,507Canning53281,697599,1812910,5155557,92145,4901n/a2,10596,622Diamond Harbour1,212116,407616,6809838,470145113,147720,06151,7743,140137,378Kakdwip59853,058455,6544820,3838256,19235,42011001,84478,897South 24 Parganas district*3,756437,53026434,924275118,282501423,2682766,7502011,70311,584504,833 .* 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 Kakdwip in 1965. Sagar Mahavidyalaya was established at Harinbari in 1998. Sibani Mandal Mahavidyalaya was established at Namkhana in 2013. Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya was established at Patharpratima 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.
Subdivision Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB OtherStateGovtDepttsLocalbodiesCentralGovtDeptts /PSUsNGO /PrivateNursingHomesTotalTotalNumberofBedsTotalNumberofDoctorsIndoorPatientsOutdoorPatientsHospitalsRuralHospitalsBlockPrimaryHealthCentresPrimaryHealthCentresAlipore Sadar -33713-48651,15919933,498633,233Baruipur16118-2-66941,04520148,1141,266,244Canning1316---15263514922,467666,377Diamond Harbour16317---6895107716965,0511,325,535Kakdwip13111---20364587328,707405,501South 24 Parganas district42195915-2173164,090691197,8374,397,890 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, Kakdwip, 100 beds
Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)
Sagar Rural Hospital, Sagar CD Block, Rudranagar, 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), Fraserganj (10), Bagdanga Mousuni (10) Patharpratima CD block: Gadamathurpur (10), Brajballavpur (15), Indrapur (10) Sagar CD block: Gangasagar (6), Mahendraganj (6), Muriganga (6)
Electoral constituencies Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Kakdwip subdivision were as follows:
Lok Sabha constituency ReservationVidhan Sabha constituency ReservationCD Block and/or Gram panchayats and/or municipal areasMathurapurReserved for SCPatharpratimaNonePatharpratima CD Block KakdwipNoneKakdwip CD Block, and Budhakhali and Narayanpur gram panchayats of Namkhana CD Block SagarNoneSagar CD Block, and Frezarganj, Haripur, Mausini, Namkhana and Shibrampur gram panchayats of Namkhana CD Block
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