Bagnan II is an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district

Howrah District

Howrah district is a district of the West Bengal state in eastern India. It has thousands of years of rich heritage in the form of the great Bengali kingdom of Bhurshut. The district is named after its headquarters, the city of Howrah.-Geography:...

 in the India

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 of West Bengal

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. Bagnan

Bagnan

Bagnan is a census town in Howrah district in the state of West Bengal, in eastern India. It has one of the busiest railway stations in South Eastern Railway Zone within West Bengal.-Geography:...

 police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Khalor

Khalor

Khalor is a census town in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics: India census, Khalor had a population of 8669. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Khalor has an average literacy rate of 83%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is...

. Naupala

Naupala

Naupala is a census town under Bagnan police station in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Naupala is located at . It lies on the right bank of the Rupnarayan River.-Demographics:...

 is an urban area in this block.

Geography

Chandrabhag, a constituent panchayat of Bagnan II block, is located at 22.42696°N 87.990959°E.

Bagnan II community development block

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 has an area of 77.52  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayat

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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 of Bagnan II block/panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the tehsil or Taluka level in India. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and the district administration. There are a number of...

 are: Antila, Bantul- Baidyanathpur, Chandrabhag, Halyan, Mugkalyan Benapur, Orphooli and Saratchandra.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Bagnan II block had a total population of 146,110, out of which 75,330 were males and 70,780 were females. Bagnan II block registered a population growth of 14.81 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Howrah district was 12.76 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Scheduled castes at 16,818 formed around one-eighth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 1,910.

Literacy

As per 2001 census, Bagnan II block had a total literacy of 75.20 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 82.86 per cent female literacy was 67.02 per cent. Howrah district had a total literacy of 77.01 per cent, male literacy being 83.22 per cent and female literacy being 70.11 per cent.