Sahid Matangini is an administrative division in Tamluk subdivision

Tamluk subdivision

Tamluk subdivision , is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Tamluk municipality, Panskura municipality and seven community development blocks: Nandakumar, Mayna, Tamluk, Shahid Matangini, Panskura–I, Panskura–II and Chandipur...

 of Purba Medinipur district in the India

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States and territories of India

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 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...

. Tamluk and Kolaghat police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Burarihat. Kakdihi

Kakdihi

Kakdihi is a census town in Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Demographics: India census, Kakdihi had a population of 4879. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Kakdihi has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%:...

 is a census town in this block.

Etymology

The block is named after Matangini Hazra

Matangini Hazra

Matangini Hazra was an Indian revolutionary who participated in the Indian independence movement until she was shot dead by the British Indian police in front of the Tamluk Police Station on September 29, 1942...

, an independence activist. She was born in Hogla village in what is now Sahid Matangini block, in 1869. She was shot dead by the police in front of Tamluk Police Station on 29 September 1942.

Geography

Kharui, a constituent panchayat of Sahid Matangini block, is located at 22.4085810°N 87.9128190°E.

Sahid Matangini community development block

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...

 has an area of 116.99  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 Sahid Matangini block/ panchayat samiti are: Balluk I, Balluk II, Dhalhara, Kakharda, Kharui I, Kharui II, Raghunathpur I, Raghunathpur II, Santipur I and Santipur II .

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Sahid Matangini block had a total population of 176,219, out of which 90,888 were males and 85,331 were females. Sahid Matangini block registered a population growth of 13.87 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.

Transport

NH 41

National Highway 41 (India)

National Highway 41 is a National Highway of India entirely within the state of West Bengal that connects Kolaghat in Purba Medinipur district with Haldia in Purba Medinipur district. The total length of NH 41 is...

, from Kolaghat to Haldia, passes through this block.