Arambag subdivision is a subdivision of the Hooghly district

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

 in the state of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It consists of Arambag

Arambag

Arambag is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the head quarter of Arambagh subdivision.-Geography:...

 municipalitiey and six community development blocks: Arambag, Khanakul–I, Khanakul–II, Goghat–I, Goghat–II and Pursurah. The six blocks contain 63 gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s. The subdivision has its headquarters at Arambag.

Area

Apart from the Arambag

Arambag

Arambag is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the head quarter of Arambagh subdivision.-Geography:...

 municipality, the subdivision contains rural areas of 63 gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s under six community development blocks

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

: Arambag, Khanakul–I, Khanakul–II, Goghat–I, Goghat–II and Pursurah. There is no urban area under these six blocks.

Arambag block

Rural area under Arambagh

Arambagh (community development block)

Arambagh is an administrative division in Arambag subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Arambag police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Arambag...

 block consists of 15 gram panchayats, viz. Arandi–I, Gourhati–II

Gourhati

Gourhati is a village under Arambagh bloc and police station in Arambagh subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.Gourhati-I is located 61.61 km distance from its district headquarters Chinsurah...

, Malaypur–I, Salepur–I, Arandi–II, Harinkhola–I, Malaypur–II, Salepur–II, Batanal, Harinkhola–II, Mayapur–I, Tirole, Gourhati–I, Madhabpur and Mayapur–II. Arambag police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Arambag.

Khanakul–I block

Rural area under Khanakul–I block consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Arunda, Khanakul–II, Pole–II, Thakuranichak, Balipur, Kishorepur–I, Rammohan–I, Ghoshpur, Kishorepur–II, Rammohan–II, Khanakul–I, Pole–I and Tantisal. Khanakul police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is in Khanakul.

Khanakul–II block

Rural area under Khanakul–II

Khanakul II (community development block)

Khanakul II is an administrative division in Arambag subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Khanakul police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Khanakul...

 block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Chingra, Marokhana, Palashpai–I, Rajhati–II, Dhanyagori, Natibpur–I, Palashpai–II, Sabalsinghapur, Jagatpur, Natibpur–II and Rajhati–I. Khanakul police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Khanakul.

Goghat–I block

Rural area under Goghat–I block consists of seven gram panchayats, viz. Bali, Goghat, Nakunda, Saora, Bhadur, Kumarsa and Raghubati. Goghat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Goghat.

Goghat–II block

Rural area under Goghat–II

Goghat II (community development block)

Goghat II is an administrative division in Arambag subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Goghat police station serves this block...

 block consists of nine gram panchayats, viz. Badanganj–Falui–I, Hazipur, Mandaran, Badanganj–Falui–II, Kamarpukur, Paschimpara, Bengai, Kumarganj and Shyambazar. Goghat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Kamarpukur

Kamarpukur

Kamarpukur is a village situated in the Arambag subdivision of the Hooghly District in West Bengal state of India. It is famous for being the birthplace of Ramakrishna. It is the block headquarters of the Goghat –II community development block....

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Pursurah block

Rural area under Pursurah block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Bhangamora, Dihibadpur, Pursurah–I, Shyampur, Chiladangi, Kelepara, Pursurah–II and Sreerampur. Pursurah police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Pursurah.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal:

• The area under the Arambag
  Arambag
  Arambag is a town and a municipality in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the head quarter of Arambagh subdivision.-Geography:...
  
   municipality and thirteen gram panchayat
  Gram panchayat
  Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...
  
  s under the Arambag block, viz. Arandi–I, Arandi–II, Batanal, Gourhati–I, Gourhati–II, Madhabpur, Mayapur–I, Mayapur–II, Malaypur–I, Malaypur–II, Salepur–I, Salepur–II and Tirole, will together form the Arambag assembly constituency of West Bengal.
• The other two gram panchayats under the Arambag block, viz. Harinkhola–I and Harinkhola–II, the Pursurah block, and the gram panchayats of Arunda, Balipur, Rammohan–I, Rammohan–II and Tantisal under the Khanakul–I block will together form the Pursurah assembly constituency.
• The other nine gram panchayats under the Khanakul–I block, viz. Khanakul–II, Pole–II, Thakuranichak, Kishorepur–I, Ghoshpur, Kishorepur–II, Khanakul–I, Pole–I, and the area under the Khanakul–II block will together form the Khanakul assembly constituency.
• The area under the blocks of Goghat–I and Goghat–II will together form the area defining the Goghat assembly constituency.
• The assembly constituencies of Arambag and Goghat will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates.
• All these four constituencies will be assembly segments of the Arambag (Lok Sabha constituency), which will be reserved for SC candidates.