Kakdwip
Subdivision
Location of Kakdwip subdivision in South 24 Parganas district
Coordinates:21°52′45″N88°11′29″E / 21.8791446°N 88.1912992°E /21.8791446; 88.1912992
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Presidency
District	South 24 Parganas
Headquarters	Kakdwip
Government
• CD Blocks	Kakdwip,Namkhana,Patharpratima,Sagar
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Mathurapur
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Patharpratima,Kakdwip,Sagar
Area
• Total	1,389.95 km2 (536.66 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,008,653
• Density	725.676/km2 (1,879.49/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	82.04 per cent
• Sex ratio	953♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Bengali[1][2]
• Additional official	English[1]
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	s24pgs.gov.in

Kakdwip subdivision is an administrative subdivision ofSouth 24 Parganas district in theIndianstate ofWest Bengal.

Kakdwip subdivision has full rural population. The entire district is situated in theGanges Delta. The southern part of the delta has numerous channels and islands such as theHenry Island,Sagar Island, Frederick Island and Fraserganj Island. The subdivision is a part of theSundarbans 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 andFraserganj-Bakkhali are worth mentioning.Gobardhanpur holds a promise for the future.^[3][4][5]

South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions:^[6]

12.36% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Kakdwip subdivision.

Kakdwip subdivision has 8 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 217mouzas and 202 inhabited villages.^[6][7][8][9]

Police stations in Kakdwip subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:^[6][10]

Note:Certain portions of Kakdwip subdivision are within the jurisdiction ofDholahat PS in Diamond Harbour subdivision

.*Newly added

Community development blocks in Kakdwip subdivision are:^[6][11][12]

The subdivision contains 42gram panchayats under 4community development blocks:^[13][14]

• 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.

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%^[15]

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:^[15]

.* 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 atKakdwip in 1965.^[16]
• Sagar Mahavidyalaya was established atHarinbari in 1998.^[17][18]
• Sibani Mandal Mahavidyalaya was established atNamkhana in 2013.^[19]
• Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya was established atPatharpratima in 2001.^[20]

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.^[21]

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)^[22]

• Kakdwip Subdivisional Hospital,Kakdwip, 100 beds

Rural Hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds)^[23]

• 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)^[24]

• Harendranagar Block Primary Health Centre, Kakdwip CD block, Harendranagar, 10 beds

Primary Health Centres: (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)^[25]

• 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)

Lok Sabha (parliamentary) andVidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Kakdwip subdivision were as follows:^[26]

• Subdivisions of West Bengal
• Subdivisions in South 24 Parganas district
• South 24 Parganas district

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