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	It is located 100 km from [[Chinsurah]], the district headquarters.		It is located 100 km from [[Chinsurah]], the district headquarters.

	Goghat II CD Block has an area of 190.03 km<sup>2</sup>. It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)\|panchayat samity]], 19 [[gram panchayat]]s, 121 gram sansads (village councils), 112 [[mouza]]s and 110 inhabited villages. [[Goghat#Police station\|Goghat]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly \|work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 \|publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 15 October 2018 }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Block is at [[Kamarpukur]].<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA \| work= Map of Hooghly district with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) \|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 \| access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/goghat_II.html\| title = Goghat II \| work= Local Self-government\| access-date = 6 June 2017 \| publisher = Hooghly Zilla Parishad}}</ref>		Goghat II CD Block has an area of 190.03 km<sup>2</sup>. It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)\|panchayat samity]], 19 [[gram panchayat]]s, 121 gram sansads (village councils), 112 [[mouza]]s and 110 inhabited villages. [[Goghat#Police station\|Goghat]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly \|work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 \|publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 15 October 2018 \|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> Headquarters of this CD Block is at [[Kamarpukur]].<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA \| work= Map of Hooghly district with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) \|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 \| access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/goghat_II.html\| title = Goghat II \| work= Local Self-government\| access-date = 6 June 2017 \| publisher = Hooghly Zilla Parishad}}</ref>

	Kamarpukur, the place where the headquarters of this block is situated, is the birthplace of [[Ramakrishna\|Sri Ramkrishna]].		Kamarpukur, the place where the headquarters of this block is situated, is the birthplace of [[Ramakrishna\|Sri Ramkrishna]].
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	===Language and religion===		===Language and religion===
	As per the 2001 census, Bengali is the mother tongue for 86.4% of the population of the district followed by Hindi at 7.9%. Santali at 2.6% and Urdu at 2.0%, are the two other major languages spoken in the district. The population who reported Bengali as a mother tongue has decreased from 88.1% in 1961 to 86.4% in 2001 census whereas the population who reported Hindi as mother tongue has increased from 5.8% in 1961 to 7.9% in 2001 census.<ref name=census2>{{cite web\| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf \|title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA \| work= Religion, Mother-tongue Pages 50-51\|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 \| access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref>

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	As per the 2011 census, majority of the population of the district belong to the Hindu community with a population share of 82.9% followed by Muslims at 15.8%. The percentage of the Hindu population of the district has followed a decreasing trend from 87.1% in 1961 to 82.9% in the latest census 2011. On the other hand, the percentage of Muslim population has increased from 12.7% in 1961 to 15.8% in 2011 census.<ref name=census2/>		As per the 2011 census, majority of the population of the district belong to the Hindu community with a population share of 82.9% followed by Muslims at 15.8%. The percentage of the Hindu population of the district has followed a decreasing trend from 87.1% in 1961 to 82.9% in the latest census 2011. On the other hand, the percentage of Muslim population has increased from 12.7% in 1961 to 15.8% in 2011 census.<ref name="census2">{{cite web \|title=District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA \|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf \|access-date=1 June 2017 \|work=Religion, Mother-tongue Pages 50-51 \|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011}}</ref>

			In 2011 census Hindus numbered 134,063 and formed 83.48% of the population in Goghat II CD Block. Muslims numbered 24,860 and formed 15.48% of the population. Others numbered 1,662 and formed 1.04% 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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			\|caption = Languages of Goghat II CD block (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
			\|label1 = [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] \|value1 = 96.97 \|color1 = orchid
			\|label2 = [[Santali language\|Santali]] \|value2 = 2.83 \|color2 = mediumturquoise
			\|label3 = Others \|value3 = 0.20 \|color3 = grey
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	In 2011 census ~~Hindus numbered 134~~,~~063 and formed 83~~.48% of the population ~~in Goghat II CD Block. Muslims numbered 24,860~~ and ~~formed 15~~.48% ~~of the population. Others numbered 1,662 and formed 1.04% of the population~~.<ref name=~~censusreligion2011~~>{{~~cite~~ web\| url = ~~http~~://~~www.~~censusindia.gov.in/~~2011census~~/c-01.~~html~~ \|~~title~~ = ~~C1 Population by Religious Community \| work= West Bengal~~ \|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India ~~\| access-date = 3 May 2016~~}}</ref>		At the time of the 2011 census, 96.97% of the population spoke [[Bengali language\|Bengali]] and 2.83% [[Santali language\|Santali]] 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==		==Rural poverty==
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	In Goghat II CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 29.00%, agricultural labourers 41.51%, household industry workers 4.11% and other workers 25.38%.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web \| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \| title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly \| work = Tables 2.7, 17.2, 16.1, 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 = 15 October 2018 }}</ref>		In Goghat II CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 29.00%, agricultural labourers 41.51%, household industry workers 4.11% and other workers 25.38%.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web \| url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \| title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly \| work = Tables 2.7, 17.2, 16.1, 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 = 15 October 2018 \| 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>

	===Infrastructure===		===Infrastructure===
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	==Culture==		==Culture==
	'''[[Ramakrishna\|Sri Ramakrishna]]''' was born on 17 February 1836, in the village of [[Kamarpukur]], in this CD block.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://belurmath.org/kids_section/birth-of-sri-ramakrishna/ \|title=~~Archived copy~~ \|access-date=19 February 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013919/http://belurmath.org/kids_section/birth-of-sri-ramakrishna/ \|archive-date=20 February 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>		'''[[Ramakrishna\|Sri Ramakrishna]]''' was born on 17 February 1836, in the village of [[Kamarpukur]], in this CD block.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://belurmath.org/kids_section/birth-of-sri-ramakrishna/ \|title=(07) Birth of Sri Ramakrishna » Kid's Section \|access-date=19 February 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013919/http://belurmath.org/kids_section/birth-of-sri-ramakrishna/ \|archive-date=20 February 2017 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>

	The Goghat II CD block has several heritage temples.		The Goghat II CD block has several heritage temples.
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	In 2014, Goghat II CD Block had 1 block primary health centre, 3 [[Primary Health Centre (India)\|primary health centre]] and 2 private nursing homes with total 55 beds and 9 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 27 family welfare subcentres. 4,508 patients were treated indoor and 272,732 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>		In 2014, Goghat II CD Block had 1 block primary health centre, 3 [[Primary Health Centre (India)\|primary health centre]] and 2 private nursing homes with total 55 beds and 9 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 27 family welfare subcentres. 4,508 patients were treated indoor and 272,732 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

	Goghat II CD Block has Kamarpukur Rural Hospital (with 60 beds) at [[Kamarpukur]], Jitarpur [[Primary Health Centre (India)\|Primary Health Centre]] at PO Bhuskunda (with 2 beds), Taraghat PHC (~~with10~~ beds) and Badanganj PHC (with 2 beds).<ref name=medical>{{cite web \| url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ \| title = Health & Family Welfare Department \| work= Health Statistics \| publisher = Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 15 July 2017}}</ref>		Goghat II CD Block has Kamarpukur Rural Hospital (with 60 beds) at [[Kamarpukur]], Jitarpur [[Primary Health Centre (India)\|Primary Health Centre]] at PO Bhuskunda (with 2 beds), Taraghat PHC (with 10 beds) and Badanganj PHC (with 2 beds).<ref name=medical>{{cite web \| url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ \| title = Health & Family Welfare Department \| work = Health Statistics \| publisher = Government of West Bengal \| access-date = 15 July 2017 \| archive-date = 28 October 2021 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 \| url-status = dead }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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'''Goghat II''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in [[Arambag subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
The Goghat II CD Block is part of the western uplands, which is an extension of the rocky and undulating physiography found in adjoining Bankura district.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17-24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of hooghly district .jpg|thumb|500 px|left|Map of Hooghly district showing CD blocks and municipal areas]]
[[File:Goghat-II CD block map.svg|thumb|right|Goghat-II CD block map sowing GP areas]]
Kamarpukur is located at {{coord|22.9051990|N|87.6489720|E|format=dms|}}.

Goghat II CD Block is bounded by [[Raina II]] CD Block, in Bardhaman district, in the north, [[Goghat I]] in the east, [[Chandrakona I]] and [[Garhbeta II]] CD Blocks, in Paschim Medinipur district in the south and [[Kotulpur (community development block)|Kotulpur]] CD Block, in Bankura district, in the west.

It is located 100 km from [[Chinsurah]], the district headquarters.

Goghat II CD Block has an area of 190.03 km<sup>2</sup>. It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samity]], 19 [[gram panchayat]]s, 121 gram sansads (village councils), 112 [[mouza]]s and 110 inhabited villages. [[Goghat#Police station|Goghat]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 October 2018 }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Block is at [[Kamarpukur]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Map of Hooghly district with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/goghat_II.html| title = Goghat II | work= Local Self-government| access-date = 6 June 2017 | publisher = Hooghly Zilla Parishad}}</ref>

Kamarpukur, the place where the headquarters of this block is situated, is the birthplace of [[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramkrishna]].

The ruins of an Afghan era fort at [[Gar Mandaran]], made famous by [[Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]] in his novel ''[[Durgeshnandini]]'', is located in this block.

[[Gram panchayat]]s of Goghat II block/ panchayat samiti are: Bengai, Bhadanganj-Falui I, Bhadanganj-Falui II, Hazipur, Kamarpukur, Kumarganj, Mandarin, Paschimpara and Shyambazar.<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 = Hooghly – Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 16 May 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Goghat II CD Block had a total population of 160,585, all of which were rural. There were 82,262 (51%) males and 78,323 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 17,056. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 58,052 (36.15%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 7,587 (4.72%).<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 = 3 May 2016}}</ref>

As per 2001 census, Goghat II block had a total population of 143,353, out of which 73,489 were males and 69,864 were females. Goghat II block registered a population growth of 15.95 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Hooghly district was 15.72 per cent.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url= http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_12.htm|title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 |access-date=2011-01-20 |work=Census of India 2001 – Hooghly district |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928211036/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_12.htm|archive-date=September 28, 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=2011-01-20 |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=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) nin Goghat II CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): [[Bengai]] (4,674), Shripur (4,727), [[Gar Mandaran]] (6,264), [[Shyambazar, Hooghly|Shyambazar]] (6,291), [[Fului]] (5,984) and Selampur (4,471).<ref name=census2011/>

Other villages in Goghat II CD Block include (2011 census figures in brackets): [[Kamarpukur]] (3,121), [[Badanganj]] (3,865), Hazipur (3,643), Kumarganj (1,171), [[Kayapat]] (3,351), [[Mamudpur, Arambagh|Mamudpur]] (2,109) and [[Satberia]] (1,378).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
As per the 2011 census the total number of literates in Goghat II CD Block was 110,867 (77.24% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 61,756 (84.15% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 49,111 (70.02% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 14.13%.<ref name=census2011/>

As per the 2001 census, Goghat II block had a total literacy of 51.92 per cent. While male literacy was 74.80 per cent, female literacy was 41.22 per cent.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/goghat_II.html| title = Goghat II | work= Local Self-government| access-date = 2011-08-04 | publisher = Hooghly Zilla Parishad}}</ref>

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

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

===Language and religion===
As per the 2001 census, Bengali is the mother tongue for 86.4% of the population of the district followed by Hindi at 7.9%. Santali at 2.6% and Urdu at 2.0%, are the two other major languages spoken in the district. The population who reported Bengali as a mother tongue has decreased from 88.1% in 1961 to 86.4% in 2001 census whereas the population who reported Hindi as mother tongue has increased from 5.8% in 1961 to 7.9% in 2001 census.<ref name=census2>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Religion, Mother-tongue Pages 50-51|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref>

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As per the 2011 census, majority of the population of the district belong to the Hindu community with a population share of 82.9% followed by Muslims at 15.8%. The percentage of the Hindu population of the district has followed a decreasing trend from 87.1% in 1961 to 82.9% in the latest census 2011. On the other hand, the percentage of Muslim population has increased from 12.7% in 1961 to 15.8% in 2011 census.<ref name=census2/>

In 2011 census Hindus numbered 134,063 and formed 83.48% of the population in Goghat II CD Block. Muslims numbered 24,860 and formed 15.48% of the population. Others numbered 1,662 and formed 1.04% of the population.<ref name=censusreligion2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/c-01.html |title = C1 Population by Religious Community | work= West Bengal |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 3 May 2016}}</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 Goghat II CD Block was 17.85%.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |title = District Human Development Report: Hooghly |work = Table 2.38: Empirical Measurement of Rural Poverty in Hooghly 2005, page 89 |publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011 |access-date = 14 June 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807182323/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |archive-date = 7 August 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood<br/>in Goghat II CD Block'''
|value1 = 29.00
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 41.51
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 4.11
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 25.38
|label4 = Other Workers}}

In Goghat II CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 29.00%, agricultural labourers 41.51%, household industry workers 4.11% and other workers 25.38%.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly | work = Tables 2.7, 17.2, 16.1, 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 = 15 October 2018 }}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 110 inhabited villages in Goghat II CD Block. 100% villages have power supply. 92 villages have more than one source of drinking water (tap, well, tube well, hand pump), 3 villages have only tube well/ borewell and 15 villages have only hand pump. 7 Villages have post offices, 17 villages have sub post offices and 1 villages has a post and telegraph office. 87 villages have landlines, 39 villages have public call offices and 99 villages have mobile phone coverage. 56 villages have pucca roads and 49 villages have bus service (public/ private). 19 villages have agricultural credit societies, 12 villages have commercial/ co-operative banks and 2 villages have bank ATMs.<ref name=censushandbook>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Appendices to Village Directory, 2009, Pages 775-779|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref>

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! style="background-color:#cccccc;" | Important Handicrafts of Hooghly District
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*'''Zari Work on Sari''' - Pandua, Pursurah, Jangipara, Tarakeswar and other blocks - 3,000 families involved
*'''Chikon Embroidery''' – Babnan, Pandua, Singur - 2,500 families involved
*'''Silk and Cotton Printing''' – Serampore (Chanditala) - 300 families involved
*'''Brass and Bell Metal''' – Manikpat, Goghat, Arambagh - 150 families involved
*'''Conch Shell''' – Pandua, Khanakul, Makla, Chandannagar
*'''Jute Diversified Product''' – Baidyabati, Mogra
*'''Terracota''' – Chinsurah, Chandannagar, Baidyabati, Mogra
Source:District [[Human Development Report]] 2010: Hooghly P. 67
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===Agriculture===
This is a rich agricultural area with several cold storages.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | title= List of functioning Cold Storage of West Bengal District wise as on 18.01.07 | publisher= West Bengal State Marketing Board | access-date= 28 January 2009 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090122084728/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/cold%20storage-ok/Cold%20storage11.html | archive-date= 22 January 2009 | url-status= dead }}</ref> Though rice is the prime crop of the district, the agricultural economy largely depends on potato, jute, vegetables, and orchard products. Though potato is cultivated in all the blocks of this district Dhaniakhali, Arambagh, Goghat, Pursurah, Haripal, Polba-Dadpur, Tarakeswar, Pandua and Singur contributed much of its production of this district.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://hooghly.nic.in/AGRI-INTEN.HTM | title= Intensive cropping with remarkable feature of Hooghly District | access-date= 28 January 2009 | url-status= dead | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220215/http://hooghly.nic.in/AGRI-INTEN.HTM | archive-date= 16 July 2011 }}</ref>

Some of the primary and other ''hats'' or markets in the Goghat I and Goghat II CD Blocks are: Amar hat, Baddangang hat, Bengali market, Ballihat, Goghat market, Hazipur hat, Khatul hat, Kamarpukur, Madina market, Shyambazar hat, Shyamballabhpur market, Badanganj hat and Dewagang hat.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hooghly.html | title = Primary Hats/Markets of District | publisher = West Bengal State Marketing Board | work = Hooghly | access-date = 2009-01-29 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090707074955/http://wbagrimarketingboard.gov.in/bazar/hooghly.html | archive-date = 2009-07-07 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The [[Tebhaga movement]] launched in 1946, in 24 Parganas district, aimed at securing for the share-croppers a better position within the existing land relation structure. Although the subsequent 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-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | 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 Goghat II CD Block could be classified as follows: [[bargadar]]s 10.38%, patta (document) holders 17.80%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 3.70%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 28.23% and agricultural labourers 39.90%.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Goghat II CD Block had 85 fertiliser depots, 8 seed stores and 43 [[Public distribution system|fair price shops]] in 2013-14.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013-14, Goghat II CD Block produced 95,203 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]], the main winter crop from 32,498 hectares, 13,351 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 4,271 hectares, 1,346 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 550 hectares and 40,723 tonnes of potatoes from 3,350 hectares. It also produced oilseeds and some wheat.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Goghat I and Goghat II CD Blocks was 27,605 hectares, out of which 10,300 hectares were irrigated by canal water, 4,270 hectares by tank water, 870 hectares by river lift irrigation, 840 hectares by deep tube wells and 11,325 hectares by shallow tube wells.<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Banking===
In 2013-14, Goghat II CD Block had offices of 9 commercial banks and 1 [[Regional Rural Bank|gramin bank]].<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Transport==
Goghat II CD Block has 7 originating/ terminating bus routes.<ref name=handbook2014/>
[[State Highway 7 (West Bengal)]] running from Rajgram (in Birbhum district) to Midnapore passes through this CD Block.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wbtrafficpolice.com/state-highways.php |title = List of State Highways in West Bengal | publisher= West Bengal Traffic Police | access-date = 23 August 2016}}</ref>

== Education==
In 2013-14, Goghat II CD Block had 132 primary schools with 9,987 students, 6 middle schools with 337 students, 16 high schools with 8,321 students and 8 higher secondary schools with 8,230 students. Goghat II CD Block had 2 general colleges with 6,421 students, 1 technical/ professional institution with 37 students and 272 institutions for special and non-formal education with 9,265 students<ref name=handbook2014/>

[[Sri Ramkrishna Sarada Vidyamahapith]], a general degree college, was established at [[Kamarpukur]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.srsvidyamahapitha.org/ | title = Sri Ramkrishna Sarada Vidyamahapith | publisher = SRSMV |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>

[[Aghorekamini Prakashchandra Mahavidyalaya]], a general degree college, was established at [[Bengai]] in 1959.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://akpcmahavidyalaya.org/ | title = Aghorekamini Prakashchandra Mahavidyalaya | publisher = AKPCM |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>

In Goghat II CD Block, amongst the 110 inhabited villages, 10 villages had no school, 44 villages had more than 1 primary school, 63 villages had at least 1 primary school, 37 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 25 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<ref name=censushandbook/>

==Culture==
'''[[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna]]''' was born on 17 February 1836, in the village of [[Kamarpukur]], in this CD block.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://belurmath.org/kids_section/birth-of-sri-ramakrishna/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=19 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220013919/http://belurmath.org/kids_section/birth-of-sri-ramakrishna/ |archive-date=20 February 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Goghat II CD block has several heritage temples.
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File:The Shridhar Lal jiu temple of the Mondal family of Kyapat in Goghat PS of Hooghly district 19.jpg|'''[[Kayapat]]''': Sridhar Laljiu temple (in picture), built in 1807 and an adjacent ''[[Bengal temple architecture#Chala temple|at chala]]'' temple.
File:Damodar Temple of Barat family in Badanganj in Goghat PS of Hooghly district. (04).jpg|'''[[Badanganj]]''': Damodara temple (in picture), built in 1810, with terracotta [[façade]], and Sridhar Laljiu temple, built in 1802, with terracotta designs.
File:Radha Damodar temple of the Das family of Shyambazar in Goghat PS of Hooghly district of West Bengal 01.jpg|'''[[Shyambazar, Hooghly|Shyambazar]]''': Radha Damodar temple (in picture) with terracotta relief, ''pancha ratna'' temple of Das family, built in 1790, with terracotta work, and Bhuvaneswar Shiva temple.
File:Vishnu temple of Rai family built in 3838 AD of Mahmudpur in Goghat PS of Hooghly district (38).jpg|'''[[Mamudpur, Arambagh|Mamudpur]]''': Vishnu temple built in 1806 (in picture), with extensive terracotta relief, and other temples.
File:Atchala temple (Raghubir temple of the Rai family.) of Satberia village in Goghat PS in Hooghly district 01.jpg|'''[[Satberia]]''': Raghubir temple (in picture), where Khudiram Chattopadhyay, father of [[Ramakrishna|Sri Ramakrishna]], performed priestly duties.
File:Vishnu temple of Memanpur in Goghat PS, Hooghly district 08.jpg|'''[[Memanpur]]''': Vishnu temple built in 17th century (in picture).
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==Healthcare==
In 2014, Goghat II CD Block had 1 block primary health centre, 3 [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]] and 2 private nursing homes with total 55 beds and 9 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 27 family welfare subcentres. 4,508 patients were treated indoor and 272,732 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Goghat II CD Block has Kamarpukur Rural Hospital (with 60 beds) at [[Kamarpukur]], Jitarpur [[Primary Health Centre (India)|Primary Health Centre]] at PO Bhuskunda (with 2 beds), Taraghat PHC (with10 beds) and Badanganj PHC (with 2 beds).<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 July 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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