Kandi subdivision is a subdivision of the Murshidabad district

Murshidabad district

Murshidabad district is a district of West Bengal in eastern India. Situated on the left bank of the river Ganges, the district is very fertile. Covering an area of 5,341 km² and having a population 5.863m it is a densely populated district and the ninth most populous in India...

 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 Kandi

Kandi

Kandi is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin. Originally a market town, Kandi is now primarily a farming centre. It lies on the nation's main north-south highway, 650 km from Cotonou and 325 miles north of Porto-Novo. The town is the capital of...

 municipality and five community development blocks: Kandi, Khargram, Burwan, Bharatpur–I and Bharatpur–II. The five blocks contain 50 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 Kandi.

Area

Apart from the Kandi

Kandi

Kandi is a town, arrondissement and commune in the Alibori Department of eastern Benin. Originally a market town, Kandi is now primarily a farming centre. It lies on the nation's main north-south highway, 650 km from Cotonou and 325 miles north of Porto-Novo. The town is the capital of...

 municipality, the subdivision contains rural areas of 50 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 five 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...

: Kandi, Khargram, Burwan, Bharatpur–I and Bharatpur–II. There is no urban area under these five blocks.

Kandi block

Rural area under Kandi block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Andulia, Hizole, Kumarsanda, Purandarpur, GokarnaI, Jashahari Anukha–I, Mahalandi–I, Gokarna–II, Jashahari Anukha–II and Mahalandi–II. Kandi police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Kandi.

Khargram block

Rural area under Khargram block consists of 12 gram panchayats, viz. Eroali, Jaipur, Kirtipur, Padamkandi, Balia, Jhilli, Mahisar, Parulia, Indrani, Khargram, Margram and Sadal. Khargram police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Nagar.

Burwan block

Rural area under Burwan block consists of 13 gram panchayats, viz. Burwan–I, Kalyanpur–II, Panchthupi, Sundarpur, Burwan–II, Kharjuna, Sabaldaha, Biprasekhar, Kuli, Sabalpur, Kalyanpur–I, Kurunnorun and Sahora. Burwan police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Gram Salika.

Bharatpur–I block

Rural area under Bharatpur–I block consists of eight gram panchayats, viz. Alugram, Bharatpur, Gundiria, Sijgram, Amlai, Gadda, Jajan and Talgram. Bharatpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Bharatpur.

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal, the Khargram block and two 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 Burwan block, viz. Kalyanpur–I and Kalyanpur–II, will together constitute the Khargram assembly constituency of West Bengal. The other eleven gram panchayats under the Burwan block along with three gram panchayats under the Bharatpur–I block, viz. Gadda, Gundiria and Jajan, will together form the Burwan assembly constituency. The Kandi block and the Kandi municipality will be part of the Kandi assembly constituency. The Bharatpur–II block and five gram panchayats under the Bharatpur–I block, viz. Alugram, Bharatpur, Sijgram, Amlai and Talgram, will together form the Bharatpur assembly constituency. Khargram and Burwan constituencies will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates. The Khargram constituency will be part of the Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jangipur is a parliamentary constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Assembly segments:...

, whereas Burwan, Kandi and Bharatpur constituencies will be assembly segments of the Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency).