Patashpur I (also spelt as Potashpur) is an administrative division in Egra subdivision

Egra subdivision

Egra subdivision , is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Egra municipality and six community development blocks: Bhagawanpur–I, Bhagawanpur–II, Egra–I, Egra–II, Pataspur–I and Pataspur–II. The six...

 of Purba Medinipur district in the India

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 of West Bengal

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. Patashpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Amarshi.

Geography

Barhat, a constituent panchayat of Patashpur I block, is located at 22.0591°N 87.6371°E.

Patashpur I community development block

Community Development Block in India

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 has an area of 171.69  km².

Gram panchayats

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 of Patashpur I block/ panchayat samiti are: Amarshi I, Amarshi II, Barhat, Brajalalpur, Chistipur I, Chistipur II, Gokulpur, Gopalpur and Naipur.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Patashpur I block had a total population of 151,605, out of which 77,640 were males and 73,965 were females. Patashpur I block registered a population growth of 13.28 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for the combined Midnapore district was 14.87 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.