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Patharpratima
Patharpratima is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Geography Patharpratima CD block is located at . It has an average elevation of . Patharpratima CD block is bounded by Mathurapur I and Mathurapur II CD blocks in the north, Sundarbans forests in the east, Bay of Bengal in the south, Namkhana, Kakdwip and Kulpi CD blocks in the west. South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sediments in this plain. The periodical collapse of both the natural levees and man-made embankments speed up the process of filling up of the depressions containing brackish water wetlands. The marine delta in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patharpratima, South 24 Parganas
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. Geography Area 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 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. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakdwip Subdivision
Kakdwip subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. 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 mouzas 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 Blocks Community development blocks in Kakdwip subdivision are: Gram panchayats The subdivision contains 42 gram panchayats under 4 community development blocks: * Kakdwip CD block consists of eleven gram panchayats: Bapuji, Rabindra, Sri Sri Ramkrishna, Swami Bib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gobardhanpur
Gobardhanpur is a village 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. History “The archaeological findings by villagers at Gobardhanpur and subsequent investigations by archaeologists have indicated a thriving settlement as old as the third century BC.” Semi-precious stone beads of early historic period have been found at Gobardhanpur. A fisherman, Biswajit Sahu, has collected and preserved over the years artefacts during fishing trips to the Dhanchi and Bijwara forests in the tiger reserves area of the Sundarbans. A team of archaeologists visited Gobardhanpur to study the huge collection of artefacts that indicate the existence of an ancient civilisation belonging to the Mauryan era (322-185 BC). Geography Area overview Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Patharpratima Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Overview As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Patharpratima Assembly constituency is composed of the following: * Patharpratimua community development block Patharpratima Assembly constituency is a part of No. 20 Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency). Members of Legislative Assembly Election Results Legislative Assembly Election 2021 Legislative Assembly Election 2016 Legislative Assembly Election 2011 Legislative Assembly Elections 1977-2006 In 2006 and 2001, Jajneswar Das of CPI(M) won the Patharpratima Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival Samir Kumar Jana of AITC. Gopal Krishna Dey of INC won in 1996 defeating Janmenjay Manna of CPI(M). In 1991, Janmenjay Manna of CPI(M) defeated Banabehari Patra of INC. Gunadhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South 24 Parganas District
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. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans. History Originally, the capital of Raja Bikramaditya and Maharaja Pratapaditya was at Dhumghat. Later it was transferred to Ishwaripur (Originated from the name Jeshoreshwaripur). Maharaja Pratapaditya declared the independence of South Bengal from the Mughal Empire. Pratapaditya's father Shrihari (Shridhar), a Kayastha, was an influential officer in the service of Daud Khan Karrani. Upon the fall of Daud, he fled with the government treasure in his custody. He then, in 1574, set up a kingdom for himself in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans. History Originally, the capital of Raja Bikramaditya and Maharaja Pratapaditya was at Dhumghat. Later it was transferred to Ishwaripur (Originated from the name Jeshoreshwaripur). Maharaja Pratapaditya declared the independence of South Bengal from the Mughal Empire. Pratapaditya's father Shrihari (Shridhar), a Kayastha, was an influential officer in the service of Daud Khan Karrani. Upon the fall of Daud, he fled with the government treasure in his custody. He then, in 1574, set up a kingdom for himself in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathurapur (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Mathurapur in West Bengal. All the seven legislative assembly segments of No. 20 Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency are in South 24 Parganas district. The seat is reserved for Scheduled Castes. Legislative Assembly Segments As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following legislative assembly segments from 2009: Members of Parliament Election Results General Election 2019 General Election 2014 General Election 2009 , - ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:left;" width=225 , Party ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seats won ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Seat change ! style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:right;" , Vote percentage , - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namkhana (community Development Block)
Namkhana is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal state of India. History When the Tebhaga movement broke out in 1946, the peasant movement affected several areas of what is now South 24 Parganas. Kakdwip and Namkhana were the storm centres of the movement. Geography Namkhana CD block is located at . It has an average elevation of . Namkhana CD block is bounded by Kakdwip CD block in the north, Patharpratima CD block and Sundarbans forests in the east, Bay of Bengal in the south and Sagar CD block, across the Muri Ganga, in the west. South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sediments in this plain. The perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathurapur II
Mathurapur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Geography Mathurapur II CD block is located at . It has an average elevation of . Mathurapur II CD block is bounded by Mathurapur I CD block in the north and part of the west, Jaynagar II and Kultali CD blocks in the east, Sundarbans forests in the south and Patharpratima CD block in a part of the west. South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sediments in this plain. The periodical collapse of both the natural levees and man-made embankments speed up the process of filling up of the depressions containing brackish water wetlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathurapur I
Mathurapur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. Geography Mathurapur I CD block is located at . It has an average elevation of . Mathurapur I CD block is bounded by Jaynagar II CD block in the north, Jaynagar II and Mathurapur II CD blocks in the east, Patharpratima CD block in the south, Kulpi and Mandirbazar CD locks in the west. South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sediments in this plain. The periodical collapse of both the natural levees and man-made embankments speed up the process of filling up of the depressions containing brackish water wetlands. The marine delta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakdwip (community Development Block)
Kakdwip is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. History When the Tebhaga movement broke out in 1946, the peasant movement affected several areas of what is now South 24 Parganas. Kakdwip and Namkhana were the storm centres of the movement. Geography Kakdwip CD block is located at . It has an average elevation of . Kakdwip CD block is bounded by Kulpi CD block in the north, Patharpratima CD block in the east, Namkhana and Sagar CD blocks in the south and Nandigram I CD block in Purba Medinipur district, across the Hooghly estuary in the west. South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sedim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kulpi (community Development Block)
Kulpi is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian State of West Bengal. History Harinarayanpur is an archaeological site in this block. Geography Kulpi CD block is located at . It has an average elevation of . Kulpi CD block is bounded by Diamond Harbour I and Magrahat I CD blocks in the north, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur I and Patharpratima CD blocks in east, Kakdwip CD block in the south, Haldia and Sutahata CD blocks in Purba Medinipur district, across the Hooghly, in the west. South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sediments in this plain. The periodical collapse of both the natural levees and man-ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
