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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kakdwip
| other_name = 
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Subdivision
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| subdivision_type2 = Division
| subdivision_name2 = [[Presidency division|Presidency]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[South 24 Parganas]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Kakdwip]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 = 1389.95
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 4
| population_total = 1008653
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 3210
| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 743347
| iso_code =
| registration_plate = [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-19 to [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-22, [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-95 to [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-99
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituencies
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathurapur (SC)]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituencies
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patharpratima]], [[Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kakdwip]], [[Sagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sagar]]
| website = {{URL|www.s24pgs.gov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Kakdwip subdivision''' is an administrative subdivision of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Subdivisions==
South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions:<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas|work= Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 27 October 2019 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Subdivision ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||Urban Population % (2011)||Rural Population % (2011)
|-
|[[Alipore Sadar subdivision|Alipore Sadar]]||[[Alipore]]||427.43||1,490,342||59.85||40.15
|-
|[[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]]||[[Baruipur]]||1,355.44||2,396,643||31.05||68.95
|-
|[[Canning subdivision|Canning]]||[[Canning, South 24 Parganas|Canning]]||1,103.73||1,140,562||12.37||87.63
|-
|[[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]]||[[Diamond Harbour]]||1,264.68||2,125,758||14.61||85.39
|-
| Kakdwip||[[Kakdwip]]||1,389.93||1,008,653||0||100
|-
![[South 24 Parganas]]||[[Alipore]]||9,960,00||8,161,961||25.58||74.42
|-
|}
12.36% of the total population of South 24 Parganas district live in Kakdwip subdivision.

==Administrative units==
Kakdwip subdivision has 8 police stations, 4 community development blocks, 4 panchayat samitis, 42 gram panchayats, 217 [[mouza]]s and 202 inhabited villages.<ref name=handbook2014/><ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 27 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=ctlist>{{cite web|url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |title=District Wise List of Statutory Towns( Municipal Corporation,Municipality,Notified Area and Cantonment Board) , Census Towns and Outgrowths, West Bengal, 2001 |publisher=Census of India, Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date=24 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721163402/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref name=distProfile>{{cite web | url=http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/FrameTable2_8.htm | title=List of Districts/C.D.Blocks/ Police Stations with Code No., Number of G.Ps and Number of Mouzas | publisher=Census of India, Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | access-date=24 December 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110416145627/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/01/FrameTable2_8.htm | archive-date=16 April 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

{{See also|Sundarbans settlements}}

==Police stations==
Police stations in Kakdwip subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:<ref name=handbook2014/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://sundarbanpolicedistrict.org/index|title = Sundarban police district |publisher= West Bengal police | access-date = 27 October 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Police station ||Area covered (km2) ||Border (km)||Municipal town/ city || CD Block
|-
|[[Kakdwip#Police station|Kakdwip]]|| 91 || - || - ||[[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]], [[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]]
|-
|[[Harwood Point#Police station|Harwood Point Coastal*]]||169|| - || - ||[[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]]
|-
|[[Namkhana#Police station|Namkhana]]||95.26 || - || - ||[[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]]
|-
|[[Fraserganj#Police station|Fraserganj Coastal]]|| 34.07 || - || - ||[[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]]
|-
|[[Rudranagar#Police station|Sagar]]||225.3 || - || - ||[[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]]
|-
|[[Gangasagar#Police station|Gangasagar Coastal]]||77.72|| - || - ||[[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]]
|-
|[[Patharpratima, South 24 Parganas#Police station|Patharpratima]]|| 293.96 || - || - ||[[Patharpratima]]
|-
|[[Gobardhanpur#Police station|Gobardhanpur Coastal]]||207|| - || - ||[[Patharpratima]]
|}

Note:Certain portions of Kakdwip subdivision are within the jurisdiction of [[Dhola, Diamond Harbour|Dholahat]] PS in Diamond Harbour subdivision

.*Newly added

==Blocks==
Community development blocks in Kakdwip subdivision are:<ref name=handbook2014/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1917_PART_B_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: South 24 Parganas, Series 20, Part XII B | work= Map of South 24 Parganas with CD block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 27 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2155 | title = BDO Offices under South 24 Parganas District | publisher = West Bengal Public Library Network, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 27 October 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181003083629/http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2155 | archive-date = 3 October 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! CD Block ||Headquarters|| Area km2 || Population (2011) ||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] %||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] %||[[Hindus]] %||[[Muslims]] %||Literacy Rate %||Census Towns
|-
|[[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]]||[[Ganespur]]||252.74||281,963||22.95||0.80||82.37||17.09||77.93|| -
|-
|[[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]]||[[Namkhana]]||370.61||182,830||25.85||0.41||85.97||13.88||85.72|| -
|-
|[[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]]||[[Rudranagar]]||282.11||212,037||26.53||0.40||87.88||11.73||84.21|| -
|-
|[[Patharpratima]]||[[Ramganga, South 24 Parganas|Ramganga]]||241.9||331,823||22.95||0.80||88.91||10.72||82.11|| -
|-
|}

==Gram panchayats==
The subdivision contains 42 [[gram panchayat]]s under 4 [[Community Development Block in India|community development blocks]]:<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 = South 24 Parganas - Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 28 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=blocdir>{{cite web |url=http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs(RevisedMarch-2008).doc |title=Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal, March 2008 |date=19 March 2008
|access-date=24 December 2008 |work=West Bengal |publisher=National Informatics Centre, India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225032419/http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs%28RevisedMarch-2008%29.doc
|archive-date=25 February 2009 }}</ref>

* [[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]] CD block consists of eleven gram panchayats: Bapuji, Rabindra, Sri Sri Ramkrishna, Swami Bibekananda, Madhusudanpur, Ramgopalpur, Srinagar, Netaji, Rishi Bankimchandra, Suryanagar and Pratapadityanagar.
* [[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]] CD block consists of seven gram panchayats: Budhakhali, Haripur, [[Namkhana]], Shibrampur, [[Fraserganj|Frezarganj]], Mausini and [[Narayanpur, Namkhana|Narayanpur]].
* [[Patharpratima]] CD block consists of fifteen gram panchayats: Achintyanagar, Dakshin Raipur, Gopalnagar, Ramganga, Banashyamnagar, Digambarpur, Herambagopalpur, Sridharnagar, Brajaballavpur, Durbachati, Laksmijanardanpur, Srinarayanpur Purnachandrapur, Dakshin Gangadharpur, G Plot and [[Patharpratima, South 24 Parganas|Patharpratima]].
* [[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]] CD block consists of nine gram panchayats: Dhablat, Dhaspara Sumatinagar II, Ghoramara, Ramkarchar, Dhaspara Sumatinagar I, Muriganga I, [[Rudranagar]], [[Gangasagar]] and Muriganga II.

==Education==
South 24 Parganas district had a literacy rate of 77.51% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Alipore Sadar subdivision had a literacy rate of 81.14%, Baruipur subdivision 77.45%, Canning subdivision 70.98%, Diamond Harbour subdivision 76.26% and Kakdwip subdivision 82.04%<ref name=2handbook2014>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas |work = Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 29 October 2019 }}</ref>

Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in South 24 Parganas district, with data for the year 2013-14:<ref name=2handbook2014/>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
|-
!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
!colspan="2"|Primary School
!colspan="2"|Middle School
!colspan="2"|High School
!colspan="2"|Higher Secondary School
!colspan="2"|General College, Univ
!colspan="2"|Technical / Professional Instt
!colspan="2"|Non-formal Education
|-
!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student

!width="30"|Institution

!width="30"|Student 
|-
|align=left|[[Alipore Sadar subdivision|Alipore Sadar]]
|align="center"|531
|align="center"|53,719
|align="center"|34
|align="center"|4,455
|align="center"|50
|align="center"|16,471
|align="center"|91
|align="center"|66,813
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|8,122
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|3,094
|align="center"|1,379
|align="center"|53,429
|-
|align=left|[[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]]
|align="center"|883
|align="center"|132,649
|align="center"|65
|align="center"|8,954
|align="center"|50
|align="center"|26,443
|align="center"|128
|align="center"|129,195
|align="center"|8
|align="center"|27,657
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|6,735
|align="center"|3,116
|align="center"|138,507
|-
|align=left|[[Canning subdivision|Canning]]
|align="center"|532
|align="center"|81,697
|align="center"|59
|align="center"|9,181
|align="center"|29
|align="center"|10,515
|align="center"|55
|align="center"|57,921
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|5,490
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|n/a
|align="center"|2,105
|align="center"|96,622
|-
|align=left|[[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]]
|align="center"|1,212
|align="center"|116,407
|align="center"|61
|align="center"|6,680
|align="center"|98
|align="center"|38,470
|align="center"|145
|align="center"|113,147
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|20,061
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|1,774
|align="center"|3,140
|align="center"|137,378
|-
|align=left|Kakdwip
|align="center"|598
|align="center"|53,058
|align="center"|45
|align="center"|5,654
|align="center"|48
|align="center"|20,383
|align="center"|82
|align="center"|56,192
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|5,420
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|100
|align="center"|1,844
|align="center"|78,897
|-

|align=left|[[South 24 Parganas district]]*
|align="center"|3,756
|align="center"|437,530
|align="center"|264
|align="center"|34,924
|align="center"|275
|align="center"|118,282
|align="center"|501
|align="center"|423,268
|align="center"|27
|align="center"|66,750
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|11,703
|align="center"|11,584
|align="center"|504,833
|-
|}
.* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation

The following institutions are located in Kakdwip subdivision:
*[[Sundarban Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Kakdwip]] in 1965.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sundarbanmahavidyalaya.in/ |title = Sundarban Mahavidyalaya |publisher=SM | access-date = 30 October 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Sagar Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Harinbari]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sagarmv.ac.in/ | title = Sagar Mahavidyalaya | publisher = SM | access-date = 30 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.collegesearch.in/colleges/sagar-mahavidyalaya/admission | title = Sagar Mahavidyala | publisher = College Search | access-date = 30 October 2019}}</ref>
*[[Sibani Mandal Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Namkhana]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://sibanimandalmahavidyalaya.in/# |title = Sibani Mandal Mahavidyalaya |publisher= SMM | access-date = 30 October 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya]] was established at [[Patharpratima, South 24 Parganas|Patharpratima]] in 2001.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.patharpratimamahavidyalaya.in/ | title = Patharpratima Mahavidyalaya | publisher = PM | access-date = 26 October 2019}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in South 24 Parganas district.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas | work = Table 3.1, 3.3 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date= 29 October 2019}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
|-
!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
!width="160" colspan="4" rowspan="1"| Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB

!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Other State Govt Deptts
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Local bodies
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Central Govt Deptts / PSUs
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|NGO / Private Nursing Homes
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total Number of Beds
!widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Total Number of Doctors
!widthspan="130" rowspan="2"|Indoor Patients
!widthspan="130" rowspan="2"|Outdoor Patients
|-
!width="40"|Hospitals 
!width="40"|Rural Hospitals 
!width="40"|Block Primary Health Centres 
!width="40"|Primary Health Centres 
|-
|align=left|[[Alipore Sadar subdivision|Alipore Sadar]]
|align="center"| -
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|7
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|48
|align="center"|65
|align="center"|1,159
|align="center"|199
|align="center"|33,498
|align="center"|633,233
|-
|align=left|[[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|18
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|66
|align="center"|94
|align="center"|1,045
|align="center"|201
|align="center"|48,114
|align="center"|1,266,244
|-
|align=left|[[Canning subdivision|Canning]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|15
|align="center"|26
|align="center"|351
|align="center"|49
|align="center"|22,467
|align="center"|666,377
|-
|align=left|[[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]]
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|17
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|68
|align="center"|95
|align="center"|1077
|align="center"|169
|align="center"|65,051
|align="center"|1,325,535
|-
|align=left|Kakdwip
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|11
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|20
|align="center"|36
|align="center"|458
|align="center"|73
|align="center"|28,707
|align="center"|405,501
|-
|align=left|[[South 24 Parganas district]]
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|21
|align="center"|9
|align="center"|59
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|217
|align="center"|316
|align="center"|4,090
|align="center"|691
|align="center"|197,837
|align="center"|4,397,890
|-
|}
Note: The district data does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The number of doctors exclude private bodies.

Medical facilities in Kakdwip subdivision are as follows:

'''Hospitals''': (Name, location, beds)<ref name=medical>{{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 = 31 October 2019 }}</ref>

*Kakdwip subdivisional hospital, [[Kakdwip]], 100 beds

'''Rural Hospitals''': (Name, CD block, location, 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 = 31 October 2019}}</ref>

*Sagar Rural Hospital, Sagar CD Block, [[Rudranagar]], 30 beds
*Dwarikanagar Rural Hospital, Namkhana CD block, Dwarikanagar, 30 beds
*Madhabnagar Rural Hospital, Patharpratima CD block, Madhababnar, 30 beds

'''Block Primary Health Centres''': (Name, CD block, location, beds)<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/BPHC.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 31 October 2019}}</ref>

*Harendranagar Block Primary Health Centre, Kakdwip CD block, Harendranagar, 10 beds

'''Primary Health Centres''': (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)<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 = 31 October 2019}}</ref>

*Kakdwip CD block: Ramchandranagar (10)
*Namkhana CD block: Narayanpur (6), Maharajganj (6), [[Fraserganj]] (10), Bagdanga Mousuni (10)
*Patharpratima CD block: Gadamathurpur (10), Brajballavpur (15), Indrapur (10)
*Sagar CD block: [[Gangasagar]] (6), Mahendraganj (6), Muriganga (6)

==Legislative Assembly Segments==
As per order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[Delimitation of constituencies]] in [[West Bengal]], the areas under the [[Patharpratima (community development block)|Patharpratima]] CD Block forms the '''[[Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]'''. The [[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]] CD Block, along with two gram panchayats under the [[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]] CD Block: Budhakhali and Narayanpur, will form the '''[[Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]'''. The other five gram panchayats under the [[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]] CD Block along with the areas covered by the [[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]] CD Block will form the '''[[Sagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]'''. All the three legislative assembly constituencies will be legislative assembly segments of the '''[[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]''', which will be reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.wbgov.com/e-gov/English/DELIMITATION.pdf | format = PDF | title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission| access-date = 14 January 2009 | work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal| publisher = Delimitation Commission | pages = 12, 24}}</ref>

==References==
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{{South 24 Parganas}}
{{South 24 Parganas topics}}
{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}

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