Raniganj (community development block)

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|postal_code = 713347 (Raniganj) 713358 (Searsole Rajbari) 713323 (Ballavpur)
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'''Raniganj''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in [[Asansol subdivision]] of [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
Searsole Rajbari is located at {{coord|23.629|N|87.115|E|format=dms|}}.
[[File:Map of Paschim Bardhaman district.jpg|600px|thumb|centre|Map of Paschim Bardhaman district]]
Raniganj CD Block is part of the Ajay Damodar Barakar tract. This area is sort of an extension of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]]. It is a rocky undulating area with [[laterite]] soil, with the [[Ajay River|Ajay]] on the north, the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] on the south and the [[Barakar River|Barakar]] on the west. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal, in the eighteenth century, led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf |title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal: District Census Handbook, Barddhaman |work = Physiography, pages 13-14| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date = 23 January 2017}}</ref><ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang|bn}}, Vol I, pp 14-15, Radical Impression. {{ISBN|81-85459-36-3}}</ref>

Raniganj CD Block is bounded by [[Asansol]] (municipal corporation)/ [[Raniganj]] and [[Jamuria (community development block)|Jamuria]] CD Block on the north, [[Andal (community development block)|Andal]] CD Block on the east, [[Mejia (community development block)|Mejia]] CD Block, in Bankura district, on the south and [[Asansol]] (municipal corporation)/ [[Barabani (community development block)|Barabani]] CD Block on the west.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/tehsil/barddhman.html |title = Tehsil Map of Barddhaman |work = CD Block/ Tehsil | publisher= Maps of India | access-date = 23 January 2017}}</ref>

Raniganj CD Block has an area of 58.28 km2. It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samity]], 6 [[gram panchayat]]s, 74 gram sansads (village councils), 12 [[mouza]]s and 12 inhabited villages. [[Asansol#Police stations|Asansol North]] and [[Raniganj#Police station|Raniganj]] police stations serve this block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 22 January 2017 |url-status = usurped |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170729135056/http://www.dospiwb.org.in/site.php |archive-date = 29 July 2017 }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Block is at Raniganj.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1909_PART_B_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pf |title = District Census Handbook: Barddhaman | work= Map of Barddhaman with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 22 January 2017 }}</ref>

Nunia, a small stream about 40 km long has its origin near Adra village in the Salanpur area, flows through the Barabani area, past Asansol and joins the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] in the Raniganj area.<ref>Chattopadhyay, Akkori, pp 26-27</ref>

[[Gram panchayat]]s of Raniganj block/[[panchayat samiti]] are: Amrasota, Ballavpur, Egara, Jemari, Ratibati and Tirat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/PANCHAYATS.aspx |title = Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal |work = Bardhaman - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2017}}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
As per the [[2011 Census of India]] Raniganj CD Block had a total population of 106,441, of which 23,023 were rural and 83,418 were urban. There were 55,835 (52%) males and 50,606 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 12,885. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 37,491 (35.22%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 9,982 (9.38%).
<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 16 January 2017}}</ref>

As per 2001 census, Raniganj block had a total population of 101,678, out of which 55,160 were males and 46,518 were females. Raniganj block registered a population growth of -20.45 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Bardhaman district was 14.36 per cent.<ref name=census>{{cite web | url = http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_9.htm | title = Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 4, Barddhaman District | access-date = 4 February 2017 | work = Census of India 2001 | publisher = Census Commission of India|url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928205026/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_9.htm|archive-date= 28 September 2011}}</ref> Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_1.htm |title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 |access-date= 4 February 2017 |work=Census of India 2001 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041813/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_1.htm |archive-date=27 September 2007 }}</ref> [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled castes]] at 33,515 formed around one-third the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 9,761.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/HouseListingF/SCST/All_distSCST(TRU1)9.htm |title=TRU for all Districts (SC & ST and Total) |access-date= 4 February 2017 |work=Census 2001 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719040022/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/HouseListingF/SCST/All_distSCST(TRU1)9.htm |archive-date=2011-07-19 }}</ref>

[[Census Town]]s in Raniganj CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): [[Ratibati]] (4,508), [[Chapui]] (5,358), [[Jemari (J.K. Nagar Township)]] (13,179), [[Banshra]] (5,703), [[Belebathan]] (4,459), [[Chelad]] (7,471), [[Murgathaul]] (7,371), [[Amkula]] (5,445), [[Baktarnagar]] (5,112), [[Egara, Paschim Bardhaman|Egara]] (7,623), [[Sahebganj, Paschim Bardhaman|Sahebganj]] (4,715), [[Raghunathchak]] (6,006) and [[Ballavpur]] (6,468).<ref name=census2011/>

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Raniganj CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Tirat (4,224).<ref name=census2011/>

Other villages in Raniganj CD Block are (2011census figures in brackets): Saora (2,191), Kumardiha (2,142), Chalbalpur (3,567), Harabhanga (1,907), Damalia (1,118), [[Narayankuri]] (2,176), Nimcha (2,065), Chak Janadhara (343), Sonachora (11), Chak Brindabanpur (818) and Napur (2,461).<ref name=census2011/>(All villages included in 2011 census data are mentioned here. Other villages or localities, if any, are parts of these villages.)

===Literacy===
As per the 2011 census the total number of literates in Raniganj CD Block was 69,098 (73.86% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 40,733 (82.90% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 28,365 (63.86% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.04%.<ref name=census2011/>

As per 2001 census, Raniganj block had a total literacy of 65.85 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 76.59 per cent female literacy was 52.97 per cent. Bardhaman district had a total literacy of 70.18 per cent, male literacy being 78.63 per cent and female literacy being 60.95 per cent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table5_9.htm |title=Provisional population totals, West Bengal, Table 5, Bardhaman District |access-date= 4 February 2017 |work=Census of India 2001 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928211117/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table5_9.htm |archive-date=2011-09-28 }}</ref>

See also – [[List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate]]

{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Bardhaman district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===

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In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 96,719 and formed 90.87% of the population in Raniganj CD Block. Muslims numbered 6,837 and formed 6.42% of the population. Christians numbered 441 and formed 0.41% of the population. Others numbered 2,444 and formed 2.30% of the population.<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11396/download/14509/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

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|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1 = 56.39 |color1 = orchid
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 32.16 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Santali language|Santali]] |value3 = 6.89 |color3 = darkturquoise
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At the time of the 2011 census, 56.39% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 32.16% [[Hindi]], 6.89% [[Santali language|Santali]] and 2.05% [[Urdu]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Rural poverty==
As per poverty estimates obtained from household survey for families living [[Below Poverty Line (India)|below poverty line]] in 2005, [[rural poverty]] in Raniganj CD Block was 13.66%.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/District%20DEV%20Report.%20Burdwan%20%202012%20total%20Book%20Curve%20Red.pdf |title = District Human Development Report: Bardhaman |work = Table 4.2: Empirical Measurement of Rural Poverty in Bardhaman 2005, page 94 |publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011 |access-date = 30 January 2017 |archive-date = 14 August 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170814062640/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/District%20DEV%20Report.%20Burdwan%20%202012%20total%20Book%20Curve%20Red.pdf |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
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In Raniganj CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 584 and formed 1.69% of the total workers, agricultural labourers numbered 1,386 and formed 4.15%, household industry workers numbered 655 and formed 1.96% and other workers numbered 30,756 and formed 92.19%. Total workers numbered 33,361 and formed 31.34% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 73,080 and formed 68.66% of the population.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 96, Table 33: Distribution of Workers by Sex in Four Categories ofEconomic Activity in Sub-district 2011; Page 86, Table 30: Number and Percentage of Main Workers, Marginal Workers and Non-workers by sex in sub-districts, 2011| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>

Coalmines are spread across the Andal, Pandaveswar, Raniganj, Jamuria, Barabani and Salanpur region, including municipal areas. Livelihood in this region is coal-centred. The area does not produce much of agricultural products. Overall work participation rate, and female work participation rate, in the mining area are low. Interestingly the work participation rate in the predominantly agricultural rural areas of erstwhile Bardhaman district is higher than in the predominantly urbanised mining area. Human development in the mining area does not at all look good. However, in the composite livelihood index the mining area performs much better than the non-mining areas of erstwhile Bardhaman district. The decadal (1991–2001) change in composition of workers shows the growing pressure of population growth, as well as of migrants from adjacent Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report: Bardhaman| work = Pages 294-300| publisher = Department of Planning, Statistics and Programme monitoring, Government of West Bengal, 2011| access-date = 22 September 2018| archive-date = 19 January 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180119150840/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| url-status = dead}}</ref>

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned by self/government/institution. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the [[Factories Act,1948, India|Factories Act]]. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Census Concepts and Definitions, Page 33 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 22 September 2018}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
All 12 or 100% of mouzas in Raniganj CD Block were electrified by 31 March 2014.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman | work = Tables 2.7, 2.1, 8.2, 16.1, 17.2, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 21.2, 4.4, 3.1, 3.3 – arranged as per use | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 30 January 2017 | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | url-status = dead }}</ref>

All 12 mouzas in Raniganj CD Block had drinking water facilities in 2013-14. There were 5 fertiliser depots, 3 seed stores and 38 [[Public distribution system|fair price shops]] in the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Coal mining===
Nimcha open cast project in Satgram Area of [[Eastern Coalfields]] has a mineable reserve of 8.70 million tonnes.<ref name=eclplanning>{{cite web| url = http://www.easterncoal.gov.in/planning.html |title = Planning | publisher= Eastern Coalfields Limited | access-date = 30 January 2017}}</ref>

Damalia open cast project in Satgram Area of [[Eastern Coalfields]] has a mineable reserve of 0.44 million tonnes.<ref name=eclplanning/>

The [[Coalbed methane|coal-bed methane]] gas block of [[Essar Group]], the largest CBM player in India, in Raniganj is close to commercial production.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.essar.com/section_level1.aspx?cont_id=fBlwNPJhC0c=
| title =Oil and Gas | work =Largest CBM player in India | publisher =Essar | access-date = 9 February 2017 }}</ref>

See also – [[Satgram Area]] and [[Kunustoria Area]] of [[Eastern Coalfields]]

===Industries===
Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA) has developed the Managalpur Industrial Estate.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbidc.com/about_wb/asansol_dev.htm
| title = Promotion of West Bengal as an investment destination | work = Asansol-Durgapur Development Authority | publisher =WBIDC | access-date = 9 February 2017 }}</ref>

===Agriculture===
Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of [[bargadar]]s to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented fully. Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords. From 1977 onwards major land reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas | work = (1) Chapter 1.2, South 24 Parganas in Historical Perspective, pages 7-9 (2) Chapter 3.4, Land reforms, pages 32-33 | publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 | access-date = 7 August 2016 | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref> Following [[Land reform in India|land reforms]] land ownership pattern has undergone transformation. In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Raniganj CD Block could be classified as follows: [[bargadar]]s 15.92%, patta (document) holders 35.80%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 2.06%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 26.67% and agricultural labourers 19.55%.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2003-04 net cropped area in Raniganj CD Block was 2,434 hectares and the area in which more than one crop was grown was 770 hectares.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/District%20DEV%20Report.%20Burdwan%20%202012%20total%20Book%20Curve%20Red.pdf | title = District Human Development Report, Bardhaman | work = Table 3.10, Gross Cropped Area, Net Cropped Area and Cropping Intensity of different blocks of Bardhaman district 2003-04, Page 53 | publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, May 2011 | access-date = 30 January 2017 | archive-date = 14 August 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170814062640/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/District%20DEV%20Report.%20Burdwan%20%202012%20total%20Book%20Curve%20Red.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 2013-14, Raniganj CD Block produced 4,016 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]], the main winter crop, from 1,475 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Banking===
In 2013-14, Raniganj CD Block had offices of 12 commercial banks and 2 [[Regional Rural Bank|gramin banks]].<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Transport==
[[Narayankuri|Narayankuri ghat]], on the [[Damodar River|Damodar]], was used by M/s Carr Tagore & Company for transporting coal to Kolkata by boat in the middle of the nineteenth century.<ref name=transport>{{cite web | url = http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/asansol.html | title = Asansol| access-date = 9 February 2017 | publisher = railindia }}</ref> Varying levels of water in the Damodar posed problems for transportation. In order to capture the lucrative coal transport business, [[East Indian Railway Company|East Indian Railway]] laid lines up to Raniganj in 1855.<ref name=transport/> It captured the entire coal transport business. The line was extended to Asansol in 1863.<ref name=transport/>
{{Bardhaman–Asansol section|collapse=yes}}
The [[Bardhaman-Asansol section]], which is a part of [[Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line]], [[Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line]] and [[Howrah-Delhi main line]], passes through this CD Block and there is a station at Raniganj.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/barddhaman-asansol-memu-63509/14847/2/7 |title = 63509 Bardhaman-Asansol MEMU |work = Time Table | publisher= indiarailinfo | access-date = 9 February 2017}}</ref>

Raniganj CD Block has 12 originating/ terminating bus routes.<ref name=handbook2014/>

[[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]] (old number NH 2) and [[National Highway 14 (India)|NH 14]] (old number NH 60) cross at Raniganj.<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date= 10 February 2017|location=New Delhi}}</ref>

==Education==
In 2013-14, Raniganj CD Block had 46 primary schools with 5,807 students, 7 middle schools with 732 students, 1 high school with 688 students and 5 higher secondary schools with 6,042 students. Raniganj CD Block had 181 institutions for special and non-formal education with 5,723 students. Raniganj (then a municipal town, outside the CD Block) had 2 general colleges with 6,235 students.<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Healthcare==
In 2014, Raniganj CD block had 1 rural hospital, 1 block primary health centre, 2 primary health centres, 1 central government/ PSU medical centre and 4 private nursing homes with total 107 beds and 8 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 20 family welfare sub centres. 5,522 patients were treated indoor and 191,301 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Ballavpur Rural Hospital, with 50 beds at [[Ballavpur]], is the major government medical facility in the Raniganj CD block. Raniganj Block Primary Health centre at [[Raniganj]] functions with 25 beds. There are [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] at [[Baktarnagar]] (with 6 beds) and Tirat (with 6 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title =Health & Family Welfare Department | work =Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher =Government of West Bengal | access-date =12 May 2020 | archive-date =8 October 2022 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20221008143352/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 12 May 2020 | archive-date = 21 April 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180421215645/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> ECL Banshra Hospital at [[Banshra]] functions with 50 beds.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/Hospitals.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics - Hospitals | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 12 May 2020 | archive-date = 14 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200914160418/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/Hospitals.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Politics==
[[Raniganj (West Bengal Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] is the assembly constituency.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.raniganj.in Official Website of Raniganj Dev. Block & Panchayat Samity]
* [http://bardhaman.gov.in/blocks/blocks.htm District map showing blocks]
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[[Category:Community development blocks in Paschim Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:Mining communities in West Bengal]]

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Raniganj (community development block)