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	'''Khanakul I''' 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]].		'''Khanakul I''' 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==		==Overview==
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	==Rural poverty==		==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 Khanakul I CD Block was 11.10%.<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>		As per poverty estimates obtained from household survey for families living [[Below Poverty Line (India)\|below poverty line]] in 2005, rural poverty in Khanakul I CD Block was 11.10%.<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==		==Economy==

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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 712406 (Khanakul)<br/>712412 (Helan)
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| website = {{URL|hooghly.gov.in/}}
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'''Khanakul I''' 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 Khanakul I CD Block is part of the Dwarakeswar-Damodar inter-riverine plain with [[alluvium|alluvial]] soil. The [[Mundeswari River|Mundeswari]] flows through the region, carrying water from the [[Damodar River|Damodar]] and joins the [[Rupnarayan River|Rupnarayan]] at the tri-junction of the [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]] and [[Purba Medinipur district|Purba Medinipur]] districts.<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 = 15 June 2017 }}</ref> It is a flood prone area.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.hooghly.gov.in/disaster/Affected_Flood_Areas.htm |title = Identification of areas vulnerable to floods and water logging |publisher= Hooghly district administration | access-date = 15 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Bengal-floods-50-killed-lakhs-left-homeless/articleshow/48322748.cms |title = Bengal floods: 50 killed, lakhs left homeless | work= Kolkata |publisher= The Times of India, 3 August 2015 | access-date = 15 June 2017 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of hooghly district .jpg|thumb |500 px|left|Map of Hooghly district showing CD blocks and municipal areas]]
Khanakul I is located at {{coord|22.6921903|N|87.8564644|E|format=dms|}}.
[[File:Khanakul-I CD Block.svg|thumb|right|Khanakul-I CD block map sowing GP areas ]]

Khanakul I CD Block is bounded by [[Arambagh (community development block)|Arambagh]] and [[Pursurah (community development block)|Pursurah]] CD Blocks in the north, [[Udaynarayanpur (community development block)|Udaynarayanpur]] CD Block, in Howrah district, in the east, [[Khanakul II]] CD Block in the south, [[Ghatal (community development block)|Ghatal]] CD Block, in Paschim Medinipur district, in the west.

It is located 66 km from [[Chinsurah]], the district headquarters.

Khanakul I CD Block has an area of 171.92 km<sup>2</sup>. It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samity]], 13 [[gram panchayat]]s, 192 gram sansads (village councils), 94 [[mouza]]s and 93 inhabited villages. [[Khanakul#Police station|Khanakul]] 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 Khanakul.<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>

[[Ram Mohan Roy|Raja Rammohan Roy]], the great reformer, was born at [[Radhanagore]] on 14 August 1774.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.culturalindia.net/reformers/raja-ram-mohan-roy.html |title = Raja Ram Mohan Roy |publisher= Cultural India | access-date = 15 June 2017 }}</ref>

[[Gram panchayat]]s of Khanakul I block/ panchayat samiti are: Arunda, Balipur, Khanakul I, Khanakul II, Kishorpur I, Kishorpur II, Pole I, Pole II, Rammohan I, Rammohan II, Tantisal, Thakuranichak, and Ghoshpur.<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]], Khanakul I CD Block had a total population of 254,434, all of which were rural. There were 130,712 (51%) males and 123,722 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 29,925. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 73,310 (28.81%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 764 (0.30%).<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 = 26 May 2016}}</ref>

As per the 2001 census, Khanakul I block had a total population of 221,832, out of which 112,183 were males and 109,649 were females. Khanakul I block registered a population growth of 13.00 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) in Khanakul I CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Mahisgot (4,414), Pilkhana (4,176), Ghoshpur (19,014), Paschim Thakurani Chak (5,514), Purbba Thakurani Chak (7,076), Kanchra (4,068), Mainan (5,623), Pol (11,038), Patul (5,474), Radhaballabhpur (5,168), Krishnanagar (4,767), Dainan Anantanagar (4,840), Tantisal (4,759), Balipur (8,254), Purbba Radhanagar ([[Radhanagore]]) (5,582) and Arunda (5,291).<ref name=census2011/>

Other villages in Khanakul I CD Block include (2011 census figures in brackets): [[Khanakul]] (3,489), Paschim Radhanagar (2,417) and Langulpara (1,989).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
As per the 2011 census the total number of literates in Khanakul I CD Block was 174,505 (77.73% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 97,387 (84.41% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 77,118 (70.66% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 13.76%.<ref name=census2011/>

As per the 2001 census, Khanakul I block had a total literacy of 51 per cent. While male literacy was 74.52 per cent, female literacy was 40.10 per cent.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/khanakul_I.html | title = Khanakul I| 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 254,434 and formed 75.96% of the population in Khanakul I CD Block. Muslims numbered 60,813 and formed 23.90% of the population. Others numbered 352 and formed 0.14% 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 Khanakul I CD Block was 11.10%.<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 Khanakul I CD Block'''
|value1 = 19.61
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 34.83
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 9.43
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 36.14
|label4 = Other Workers}}

In Khanakul I CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 19.61%, agricultural labourers 34.83%, household industry workers 9.43% and other workers 36.14%.<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 93 inhabited villages in Khanakul I CD Block. 100% villages have power supply. 54 villages have more than one source of drinking water (tap, well, tube well, hand pump), 24 villages have only tube well/ borewell and 12 villages have only hand pump. 13 villages have post offices, 11 villages have sub post offices and 1 villages has a post and telegraph office. 63 villages have landlines, 61 villages have public call offices and 74 villages have mobile phone coverage. 16 villages have pucca roads and 31 villages have bus service (public/ private). 24 villages have agricultural credit societies, 18 villages have commercial/ co-operative banks and 1 village has bank ATM.<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
|}

===Agriculture===
Some of the primary and other ''hats'' or markets in the Khanakul I CD Block are: Balpai, Bandipur hat, Dharampur market, Ghoshpara hat, Helan hat, Mayal hat, Polhat and Radhaballavpur 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 Khanakul CD Block could be classified as follows: [[bargadar]]s 16.68%, patta (document) holders 2.75%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 3.06%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 36.94% and agricultural labourers 40.57%.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Khanakul I CD Block had 89 fertiliser depots, 33 seed stores and 70 [[Public distribution system|fair price shops]] in 2013-14.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013-14, Khanakul I CD Block produced 3,263 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]], the main winter crop from 1,513 hectares, 17,805 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 6,389 hectares, 6,025 tonnes of Aus paddy (summer crop) from 2,544 hectares, 24 tonnes wheat from 10 hectares, 55,380 tonnes of jute from 2,600 hectares and 187,352 tonnes of potatoes from 11,426 hectares. It also produced oilseeds.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013-14, the total area irrigated in Khanakul I CD Block was 12,283 hectares, out of which 2,500 hectares were irrigated by canal water, 1,500 hectares by tank water, 2,210 hectares by river lift irrigation, 1,290 hectares by deep tube wells and 4,783 hectares by shallow tube wells.<ref name=handbook2014/>

===Banking===
In 2013-14, Khanakul I CD Block had offices of 10 commercial banks and 1 [[Regional Rural Bank|gramin bank]].<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Transport==
Khanakul I CD Block has 14 ferry services and 7 originating/ terminating bus routes. The nearest railway station is 20 km from CD Block headquarters.<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Education==
In 2013-14, Khanakul I CD Block had 175 primary schools with 16,735 students, 17 middle schools with 2,655 students, 13 high schools with 7,988 students and 14 higher secondary schools with 18,570 students. Khanakul I CD Block had 1 general colleges with 2,485 students, 1 technical/ professional institution with 91 students and 358 institutions for special and non-formal education with 11,498 students<ref name=handbook2014/>

[[Raja Rammohan Roy Mahavidyalaya]], a general degree college, was established at [[Radhanagore]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.rrrmahavidyalaya.edu.in/ | title = Raja Rammohan Roy Mahavidyalaya | publisher = RRRM |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>

In Khanakul I CD Block, amongst the 93 inhabited villages, only 1 village had no school, 65 villages had more than 1 primary school, 47 villages had at least 1 primary school, 45 villages had at least 1 primary and 1 middle school and 28 villages had at least 1 middle and 1 secondary school.<ref name=censushandbook/>

==Healthcare==
In 2014, Khanakul I CD Block had 1 rural hospital, 3 [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]] and 4 private nursing homes with total 95 beds and 5 doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 40 family welfare subcentres. 25,279 patients were treated indoor and 251,364 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD Block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Khanakul I CD Block has Khanakul Rural Hospital (with 60 beds) at [[Khanakul]], Ghoshpur [[Primary Health Centre (India)|Primary Health Centre]] at PO Pilkhan (with 10 beds), Tantisal PHC (with 10 beds) and Harimohan Golap Sundari PHC at PO Raghunathpur (with 4 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>

Khanakul I CD Block is one of the areas of Hooghly district where ground water is affected by high level of [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater|arsenic contamination]]. The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. In Hooghly district, 16 blocks have arsenic levels above WHO guidelines and 11 blocks above Indian standard value. The maximum concentration in Khanakul I CD Block is 390 mg/litre.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study )| publisher = SOES| work = Hugli| access-date = 13 June 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524133243/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| archive-date = 24 May 2017| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==External links==
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| video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQutKUcR38 Wooden bridge across the Mundeswari]
| video2=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTlD09ntzhA Floods in Khanakul I CD Block]
}}

==References==
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{{Municipalities of West Bengal}}
{{Hooghly topics}}

[[Category:Community development blocks in Arambag subdivision]]

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