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South 24 Parganas district

*Dokkhin Chobbish Pôrgônā Jelā* (Bengali)
South 24 Parganas district Dokkhin Chobbish Pôrgônā Jelā (Bengali)
District of West Bengal
	Clockwise from top: Gangasagar Kapilmuni Temple, Bawali Rajbari, Nimpith Ramkrishna Mission Ashram, Royal Bengal Tiger in the Sundarbans, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Pailan, Jatar Deul
	Location of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal
	Coordinates: 22°10′53″N 88°32′16″E / 22.1815262°N 88.53780484°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
Division	Presidency
Headquarters	Alipore
Government
• Subdivisions	Alipore Sadar, Baruipur, Canning, Diamond Harbour, Kakdwip
• CD Blocks	Thakurpukur Maheshtala, Budge Budge I, Budge Budge II, Bishnupur I, Bishnupur II, Bhangar I, Bhangar II, Sonarpur, Baruipur, Jaynagar I, Jaynagar II, Kultali, Canning I, Canning II, Basanti, Gosaba, Falta, Magrahat I, Magrahat II, Diamond Harbour I, Diamond Harbour II, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur I, Mathurapur II, Kulpi, Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima, Sagar
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Jaynagar, Mathurapur, Diamond Harbour, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar, Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar, Jaynagar, Baruipur Purba, Canning Paschim, Canning Purba, Baruipur Paschim, Magrahat Purba, Magrahat Paschim, Diamond Harbour, Falta, Satgachia, Bishnupur, Sonarpur Dakshin, Bhangar, Kasba, Jadavpur, Sonarpur Uttar, Tollyganj, Behala Purba, Behala Paschim, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Metiaburuz
Area
• Total	9,960 km2 (3,850 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	8,161,961
• Density	820/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
• Urban	2,087,773
Demographics
• Literacy	77.51 per cent
• Sex ratio	956 ♂/♀
Languages
• Official	Bengali
• Additional official	English
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	www.s24pgs.gov.in

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South 24 Parganas (abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore, with its Zilla Parishad in Baruipur. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans.^[3]

History[edit | edit source]

Originally, the capital of Raja Bikramaditya and Maharaja Pratapaditya was at Dhumghat. Later it was transferred to Ishwaripur (Originated from the name Jeshoreshwaripur). Maharaja Pratapaditya declared the independence of South Bengal from the Mughal Empire.

Pratapaditya's father Shrihari (Shridhar), a Kayastha, was an influential officer in the service of Daud Khan Karrani. Upon the fall of Daud, he fled with the government treasure in his custody. He then, in 1574, set up a kingdom for himself in the marshy land to the extreme south of Khulna district and took the title of Maharaja. Pratapaditya inherited the kingship in 1574. The Baharistan and travel diary of Abdul Latif, and the contemporary European writers, testify to Pratapaditya's personal ability, political pre-eminence, material resources and martial strength, particularly in war-boats. His territories covered the greater part of what is now included in the greater Jessore, Khulna and Barisal districts. He established his capital at Dhumghat, a strategic position at the confluence of the Jamuna and Ichhamati rivers.

Among the Bengal zamindars, Pratapaditya was the first to send his envoy to Islam Khan Chisti with a large gift to win the favour of the Mughals, and then, in 1609, tendered personal submission to the Subahdar. He promised military assistance and personal service in the Mughal campaign against Musa Khan, a pledge he did not keep. To punish Pratapaditya for his disloyalty and to subjugate his territory, a large expedition was launched under the command of Ghiyas Khan, which soon reached Salka, near the confluence of the Jamuna and Ichhamati, in 1611. Pratapaditya equipped a strong army and fleet and placed them under expert officers. His eldest son Udayaditya constructed an almost impregnable fort at Salka with natural barriers on three sides. In battle, the Jessore fleet gained an initial advantage but the imperial army cut off the Jessore fleet, made a breach in its ranks and broke its unity and discipline. In the melee that followed, the admiral, Khwaja Kamal, was killed. Udayaditya lost heart and hastily fled to his father, narrowly escaping capture.

Pratapaditya prepared himself to fight a second time from a new base near the confluence of the Kagarghat canal and the Jamuna river. He constructed a fort and gathered all his available forces there. The imperialists began the battle on January, 1612 with an attack on the Jessore fleet, compelling it to seek shelter beneath the fort. But their advance was checked by the heavy cannonade of the Jessore artillery. However, a sudden attack by the imperialists completely defeated the Jessore fleet and they fell upon the fort with elephants in front, compelling Pratapaditya to evacuate the fort and retreat.

This second defeat sealed the fate of Pratapaditya. At Kagarghat he tendered submission to Ghiyas Khan, who personally escorted Pratapaditya to Islam Khan at Dhaka. The Jessore king was put in chains and his kingdom was annexed. Pratapaditya was kept confined at Dhaka. No authentic information is available regarding his last days, however, he probably died as a prisoner at Benares, on his way to Delhi.^[4]

Administration[edit | edit source]

The district comprises five subdivisions: Alipore Sadar, Baruipur, Canning, Diamond Harbour and Kakdwip.^[5]

Alipore is the district headquarters. There are 33 police stations, 29 community development blocks, 7 municipalities and 312 gram panchayats in the district.^[5]^[6]

Other than the municipality areas, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 118 urban units: 7 municipalities and 111 census towns.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Alipore Sadar Subdivision[edit | edit source]

The Alipore Sadar subdivision consists of:^[5]

Three municipalities: Maheshtala, Budge Budge and Pujali.
Thakurpukur Maheshtala, a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and nine census towns: Joka, Chata Kalikapur, Ganye Gangadharpur, Rameswarpur, Asuti, Hanspukuria, Kalua, Ramchandrapur and Samali.
Budge Budge I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and seven census towns: Uttar Raypur, Balarampur, Buita, Benjanhari Acharial (P), Abhirampur, Nischintapur and Birlapur.
Budge Budge II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and five census towns: Chak Kashipur, Chak Alampur, Bowali, Dakshin Raypur and Poali.
Bishnupur I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and four census towns: Daulatpur, Bhasa, Bishnupur and Kanyanagar.
Bishnupur II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and eleven census towns: Nahazari, Nadabhanga, Kanganbaria, Bora Gagangohalia, Chanddandaha, Barkalikapur, Patharberia, Ramkrishnapur, Amtala, Kriparampur and Chak Enayetnagar.

Baruipur Subdivision[edit | edit source]

The Baruipur subdivision consists of:^[5]

Three municipalities: Rajpur Sonarpur, Baruipur and Jaynagar Majilpur.
Bhangar I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with nine gram panchayats and three census towns: Maricha, Bhangar Raghunathpur and Gobindapur.
Bhangar II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only ten gram panchayats.
Sonarpur, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and seven census towns: Radhanagar, Danga, Ramchandrapur, Bidyadharpur, Kalikapur, Chak Baria and Sahebpur.
Baruipur, a community development block consisting of rural areas with nineteen gram panchayats and twelve census towns: Petua, Garia, Panchghara, Mallikpur, Hariharpur, Champahati, Solgohalia, Naridana, Baruipur (P), Salipur (P), Khodar Bazar and Komarhat.
Jaynagar I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with twelve gram panchayats and six census towns: Raynagar, Kalikapur Barasat, Baharu, Uttarparanij, Alipur and Uttar Durgapur.
Jaynagar II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and two census towns: Nimpith and Tulshighata.
Kultali, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only nine gram panchayats.

Canning Subdivision[edit | edit source]

The Canning subdivision consists of:^[5]

Canning I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and eight census towns: Kalaria, Gaur Daha, Banshra, Rajapur, Taldi, Bayarsing, Matla and Dighirpar.
Canning II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with nine gram panchayats and one census town: Makhal Tala.
Basanti, a community development block consisting of rural areas with thirteen gram panchayats and one census town: Basanti.
Gosaba, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only fourteen gram panchayats.

Diamond Harbour Subdivision[edit | edit source]

The Diamond Harbour subdivision consists of:^[5]

One municipality: Diamond Harbour
Falta, a community development block consisting of rural areas with thirteen gram panchayats and four census towns: Hasimnagar, Baneshwarpur, Chandpala Anantapathpur and Fatepur.
Magrahat I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and nine census towns: Ajodhyanagar, Sirakol, Uttar Bishnupur, Ghola Noapara, Usthi, Barijpur, Uttar Kusum, Kalikapota and Bamna.
Magrahat II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with fourteen gram panchayats and eight census towns: Dhamua, Shyampur, Nainan, Uttar Kalas, Dihi Kalas, Swangrampur, Bilandapur and Magrahat.
Diamond Harbour I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eight gram panchayats and four census towns: Masat, Sangrampur, Mohanpur and Durganagar.
Diamond Harbour II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eight gram panchayats and one census town: Patdaha.
Mandirbazar, a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and three census towns: Chandpur, Bangsidharpur and Purba Bishnupur.
Mathurapur I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and four census towns: Purba Ranaghat, Lalpur, Krishna Chandrapur and Mathurapur.
Mathurapur II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only eleven gram panchayats.
Kulpi, a community development block consisting of rural areas with fourteen gram panchayats and two census towns: Berandari Bagaria and Dhola.

Kakdwip Subdivision[edit | edit source]

The Kakdwip subdivision consists of:^[5]

Kakdwip, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only eleven gram panchayats.
Namkhana, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only seven gram panchayats.
Patharpratima, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only fifteen gram panchayats.
Sagar, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only nine gram panchayats.

Representation[edit | edit source]

Parliamentary Constituencies[edit | edit source]

The district has five parliamentary constituencies:

Jaynagar (SC) (parliamentary constituency no. 19)
Mathurapur (SC) (parliamentary constituency no. 20)
Diamond Harbour (parliamentary constituency no. 21)
Jadavpur (parliamentary constituency no. 22)
Kolkata Dakshin (parliamentary constituency no. 23)

Assembly Constituencies[edit | edit source]

1997 to 2008[edit | edit source]

Based on the 1991 census, the district was divided into thirty-two legislative assembly constituencies

Gosaba (SC) (assembly constituency no. 100)
Basanti (SC) (assembly constituency no. 101)
Kultali (SC) (assembly constituency no. 102)
Jaynagar (assembly constituency no. 103)
Baruipur (assembly constituency no. 104)
Canning Paschim (SC) (assembly constituency no. 105)
Canning Purba (assembly constituency no. 106)
Bhangar (assembly constituency no. 107)
Sonarpur (SC) (assembly constituency no. 109)
Bishnupur Purba (SC) (assembly constituency no. 110)
Bishnupur Paschim (assembly constituency no. 111)
Behala Purba (assembly constituency no. 112)
Behala Paschim (assembly constituency no. 113)
Garden Reach (assembly constituency no. 114)
Maheshtala (assembly constituency no. 115)
Budge Budge (assembly constituency no. 116)
Satgachhia (assembly constituency no. 117)
Falta (assembly constituency no. 118)
Diamond Harbour (assembly constituency no. 119)
Magrahat Paschim (assembly constituency no. 120)
Magrahat Purba (SC) (assembly constituency no. 121)
Mandirbazar (SC) (assembly constituency no. 122)
Mathurapur (assembly constituency no. 123)
Kulpi (SC) (assembly constituency no. 124)
Patharpratima (assembly constituency no. 125)
Kakdwip (assembly constituency no. 126)
Sagar (assembly constituency no. 127)
Jadavpur (assembly constituency no. 108)
Tollyganj (assembly constituency no. 150)
Alipore (assembly constituency no. 148)
Dhakuria (assembly constituency no. 151)
Kabitirtha (assembly constituency no. 147)

Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Canning Paschim, Sonarpur, Bishnupur Purba, Magrahat Purba, Mandirbazar and Kulpi constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates. Along with one assembly constituency from North 24 Parganas district, Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Jaynagar, Canning Paschim and Canning Purba assembly constituencies form the Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). Baruipur, Bishnupur Purba, Kabitirtha, Jadavpur, Behala Paschim, Behala Purba and Magrahat Paschim constituencies form the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency. Bishnupur Paschim, Garden Reach, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Satgachhia, Falta and Diamond Harbour constituencies form the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency. Magrahat Purba, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur, Kulpi, Patharpratima, Kakdwip and Sagar constituencies form the Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC). Along with six assembly segments from North 24 Parganas district, Bhangar assembly constituency forms the Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency. Along with three assembly constituencies from Kolkata district, Alipore, Dhakuria, Tollyganj, Sonarpur form the Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency.

2008 to Date[edit | edit source]

In the 2008 order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, the district was divided into thirty-one assembly constituencies. Baruipur Purba, Basanti, Bishnupur, Canning Paschim, Gosaba, Kultali, Jaynagar, Magrahat Purba and Mandirbazar constituencies are reserved for Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates.^[9]^[10]

S No.	Name	Lok Sabha constituency	MLA
127	Gosaba (SC)	Jaynagar	Subrata Mondal	Trinamool Congress	Trinamool Congress
128	Basanti (SC)		Shyamal Mondal
129	Kultali (SC)		Ganesh Chandra Mondal
130	Patharpratima	Mathurapur	Samir Kumar Jana
131	Kakdwip		Manturam Pakhira
132	Sagar		Bankim Chandra Hazra
133	Kulpi		Jogaranjan Halder
134	Raidighi		Aloke Jaldata
135	Mandirbazar (SC)		Joydeb Halder
136	Jaynagar (SC)	Jaynagar	Biswanath Das
137	Baruipur Purba (SC)	Jadavpur	Bivas Sardar
138	Canning Paschim (SC)	Jaynagar	Paresh Ram Das
139	Canning Purba	Jaynagar	Saokat Molla
140	Baruipur Paschim	Jadavpur	Biman Banerjee
141	Magrahat Purba (SC)	Jaynagar	Namita Saha
142	Magrahat Paschim	Mathurapur	Giasuddin Molla
143	Diamond Harbour	Diamond Harbour	Pannalal Halder
144	Falta		Sankar Kumar Naskar
145	Satgachia		Mohan Chandra Naskar
146	Bishnupur (SC)		Dilip Mondal
147	Sonarpur Dakshin	Jadavpur	Arundhuti Maitra
148	Bhangar	Jadavpur	Naushad Siddiqui	Indian Secular Front
149	Kasba	Kolkata Dakshin	Javed Ahmed Khan	Trinamool Congress
150	Jadavpur	Jadavpur	Debabrata Majumdar
151	Sonarpur Uttar		Firdousi Begum
152	Tollyganj		Aroop Biswas
153	Behala Purba	Kolkata Dakshin	Ratna Chatterjee
154	Behala Paschim	Kolkata Dakshin	Partha Chatterjee^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Independent
155	Maheshtala	Diamond Harbour	Dulal Chandra Das	Trinamool Congress
156	Budge Budge		Ashok Kumar Deb
157	Metiaburuz		Abdul Khaleque Molla

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Population[edit | edit source]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1901	1,051,060	—
1911	1,192,223	+13.4%
1921	1,270,191	+6.5%
1931	1,382,264	+8.8%
1941	1,714,176	+24.0%
1951	2,087,414	+21.8%
1961	2,729,269	+30.7%
1971	3,663,788	+34.2%
1981	4,388,102	+19.8%
1991	5,715,030	+30.2%
2001	6,906,689	+20.9%
2011	8,161,961	+18.2%
Source: Census of India^[11]

According to the 2011 census of India, South 24 Parganas district had a total population of 8,161,961,^[3] roughly equal to the nation of Honduras^[12] or the US state of Virginia.^[13] This made in the 6th most populous district in India out of a total of 640.^[3] The district had a population density of 819 inhabitants per square kilometre (2,120/sq mi).^[3] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 18.05%.^[3] South 24 Parganas had a sex ratio of 956 females for every 1000 males,^[3] and a literacy rate of 77.51%. 25.58% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 24,64,032 (30.19%) and 96,976 (1.19%) of the population respectively.^[3]

Language[edit | edit source]

Languages of South 24 Parganas district (2011)^[14]

Bengali (97.82%)

Hindi (1.68%)

Urdu (0.38%)

Others (0.12%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 97.82% of the population spoke Bengali, 1.68% Hindi and 0.38% Urdu as their first language.^[14]

Religion[edit | edit source]

Religion in South 24 Parganas district (2011)^[15]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			63.17%
Islam			35.57%
Christianity			0.81%
Sikhism			0.03%
Buddhism			0.03%
Jainism			0.01%
Others or not stated			0.37%

Religion in present-day South 24 Parganas district^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Religion	Population (1941)^[16]^:75	Percentage (1941)	Population (2011)^[15]	Percentage (2011)
Hinduism	1,198,847	70.14%	5,155,545	63.17%
Islam	485,791	28.43%	2,903,075	35.57%
Christianity	13,448	0.79%	66,498	0.81%
Tribal religion^{[lower-alpha 3]}	10,078	0.59%	6,065	0.07%
Others^{[lower-alpha 4]}	1,132	0.05%	39,052	0.38%
Total Population	1,709,296	100%	8,161,961	100%

Population by religion in CD blocks
CD Block	Hindu	Muslim	Other
Thakurpukur Maheshtala	67.32%	26.64%	6.04%
Budge Budge I	54.41%	45.39%	0.20%
Budge Budge II	67.55%	32.23%	0.22%
Bishnupur I	63.54%	31.08%	5.38%
Bishnupur II	62.92%	36.59%	0.48%
Sonarpur	82.49%	14.91%	2.59%
Bhangar I	32.38%	67.38%	0.24%
Bhangar II	29.26%	70.49%	0.25%
Canning I	63.97%	35.49%	0.53%
Canning II	31.08%	67.08%	1.84%
Baruipur	62.87%	34.96%	2.17%
Magrahat II	49.60%	50.01%	0.39%
Magrahat I	40.44%	57.78%	1.78%
Falta	64.86%	35.00%	0.13%
Diamond Harbour I	47.72%	52.16%	0.12%
Diamond Harbour II	59.77%	39.68%	0.55%
Kulpi	61.25%	38.50%	0.53%
Mandirbazar	62.03%	37.65%	0.32%
Mathurapur I	59.44%	40.41%	0.15%
Jaynagar I	53.65%	45.86%	0.49%
Jaynagar II	48.03%	51.23%	0.74%
Kultali	69.81%	29.86%	0.34%
Basanti	53.48%	43.87%	2.64%
Gosaba	88.06%	8.63%	3.31%
Mathurapur II	82.08%	15.37%	2.55%
Kakdwip	82.37%	17.09%	0.54%
Sagar	87.88%	11.73%	0.38%
Namkhana	85.97%	13.88%	0.15%
Patharpratima	88.91%	10.72%	0.37%
Area not under any Sub-district	73.91%	24.97%	1.12%

Hindus are the majority community in most of the district. Scheduled Castes make up nearly half the Hindu population and the majority of rural Hindus. The most populous Scheduled Castes are Poundras and Namashudras. The proportion of Hindus is maximum in the coastal south of the district, especially in the Sunderbans bordering Bangladesh.^[15]

Muslims have a greater concentration in the north and west of the district, especially in the rural areas surrounding Kolkata. Christians are also present in small numbers, and have their highest concentration in Thakurpukur Maheshtala where they are 8.84% of the rural population.^[15]

Flora and fauna[edit | edit source]

In 1984, South 24 Parganas district became home to Sundarbans National Park, which has an area of 1,330 km² (513.5 sq mi).^[17] It shares the park with North 24 Parganas district and is also home to four wildlife sanctuaries: Haliday Island, Lothian Island, Narendrapur, and Sajnekhali.^[17]^[18]

Sundarbans, formerly Sunderbunds, is a vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp forming the lower part of the Ganges Delta and extending about 260 kilometres (160 mi) along the Bay of Bengal from the Hooghly River Estuary in the north to the Meghna River Estuary in Bangladesh in the east. The whole tract reaches inland for 100 to 130 kilometres (60– to 80 miles).

A network of estuaries, tidal rivers, and creeks intersected by numerous channels, it encloses flat, marshy islands covered with dense forests. The name Sundarbans is perhaps derived from the word meaning "forest of sundari," a reference to the large mangrove tree that provides valuable fuel. Along the coast the forest passes into a mangrove swamp; the southern region, with numerous wild animals and crocodile-infested estuaries, is virtually uninhabited. It is one of the last preserves of the Royal Bengal tiger and the site of a tiger preservation project. The cultivated northern area yields rice, sugarcane, timber, and betel nuts.

The region is also famous for some commonly domesticated livestock breeds which includes the Garole breed of sheep and China hens or Muscovy ducks, the Garole sheep is considered as the progenitor of the Booroola merino sheep and is noted for its prolific character. However, the wool of the sheep which can be a valuable natural asset does not find any use among the natives. Bakkhali beach resort, located on one of the islands jutting out into the Bay of Bengal, is gaining in popularity, with improvements in transport links with Kolkata. The area has been declared as world heritage site by the UNESCO. Boat tours are provided at many places in the region.

Economy[edit | edit source]

Agriculture, Industry and Pisciculture are all at their peak in the district. On the west side of the district is the Falta Special Economic Zone (SEZ), which houses various types of industry.

In 2006, the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named South 24 Parganas one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).

Education[edit | edit source]

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%^[19]

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:^[19]

Subdivision	Primary School		Middle School		High School		Higher Secondary School		General College, Univ		Technical / Professional Instt		Non-formal Education
Subdivision	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student	Institution	Student
Alipore Sadar	531	53,719	34	4,455	50	16,471	91	66,813	5	8,122	6	3,094	1,379	53,429
Baruipur	883	132,649	65	8,954	50	26,443	128	129,195	8	27,657	7	6,735	3,116	138,507
Canning	532	81,697	59	9,181	29	10,515	55	57,921	4	5,490	1	n/a	2,105	96,622
Diamond Harbour	1,212	116,407	61	6,680	98	38,470	145	113,147	7	20,061	5	1,774	3,140	137,378
Kakdwip	598	53,058	45	5,654	48	20,383	82	56,192	3	5,420	1	100	1,844	78,897
South 24 Parganas district*	3,756	437,530	264	34,924	275	118,282	501	423,268	27	66,750	20	11,703	11,584	504,833

.* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Healthcare[edit | edit source]

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.^[20]

Subdivision	Health & Family Welfare Dept., WB				Other State Govt Deptts	Local bodies	Central Govt Deptts / PSUs	NGO / Private Nursing Homes	Total	Total Number of Beds	Total Number of Doctors	Indoor Patients	Outdoor Patients
Subdivision	Hospitals	Rural Hospitals	Block Primary Health Centres	Primary Health Centres	Other State Govt Deptts	Local bodies	Central Govt Deptts / PSUs	NGO / Private Nursing Homes	Total	Total Number of Beds	Total Number of Doctors	Indoor Patients	Outdoor Patients
Alipore Sadar	-	3	3	7	1	3	-	48	65	1,159	199	33,498	633,233
Baruipur	1	6	1	18	-	2	-	66	94	1,045	201	48,114	1,266,244
Canning	1	3	1	6	-	-	-	15	26	351	49	22,467	666,377
Diamond Harbour	1	6	3	17	-	-	-	68	95	1077	169	65,051	1,325,535
Kakdwip	1	3	1	11	-	-	-	20	36	458	73	28,707	405,501
South 24 Parganas district	4	21	9	59	1	5	-	217	316	4,090	691	197,837	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.

Notable people[edit | edit source]

Music[edit | edit source]

Pritam, Indian music director
Rashid Khan (musician)
Nirmala Mishra, Playback Singer
Hemant Kumar, Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet.
Salil Chowdhury, Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet.
Kabir Suman, Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, music composer, writer, actor, politician, and former journalist.

Freedom Fighters[edit | edit source]

Kanailal Bhattacharjee, Bengali revolutionary nationalist.
Subhas Chandra Bose, nationalist.
Sarat Chandra Bose, nationalist.

Social Reformer[edit | edit source]

Sivanath Shastri, Bengali social reformer, writer, translator, scholar, editor philoshoper and historian.

Sports[edit | edit source]

Sourav Ganguly, Indian Cricketer and cricket commentator.

Advocates[edit | edit source]

Janakinath Bose, Indian Advocate.

Writer[edit | edit source]

Shakti Chattopadhyay, Indian Poet and Writer.
Ashapurna Devi, Indian Poet and Writer.
Srijato, Indian Poet and Writer.

Film Personality[edit | edit source]

Anurag Basu, Filmmaker
Kaushik Ganguly, Filmmaker
Utpal Dutt, Indian Actor.
Rajatava Dutta , Indian Actor.
Mahesh Manjrekar, Filmmaker, Indian Actor
Madhumita Sarcar, Indian Actress.
Soham Chakraborty, Indian Actor.
Ena Saha , Indian Actor.
Kaushik Sen, Indian Actor.
Riddhi Sen, Indian Actor.
Rwitobroto Mukherjee, Indian Actor.
Srijit Mukherji, Indian Actor.

Filmmaker[edit | edit source]

Premendra Mitra, Indian Filmmaker and Writer.
Satyajit Ray, Indian director, scriptwriter
Subhankar Chattopadhyay, Indian director, scriptwriter, content creator.
Sujit Mondal, Indian Filmmaker and Writer.
Goutam Ghose , Indian Filmmaker and Writer.
Srijit Mukherji, Indian Filmmaker and Writer.

Dance[edit | edit source]

Dona Ganguly, Indian Dancer

Physicians[edit | edit source]

Nilratan Sircar, Indian medical doctor, educationist, philanthropist and swadeshi entrepreneur.
Tarun Mandal, Indian medical doctor, Writer, Member of Parliament.

Religious Scholars[edit | edit source]

Shyamal Bose (bishop)
Linus Nirmal Gomes, Indian Roman Catholic prelate.

Others[edit | edit source]

Pratima Mondal, Member of Parliament.
Abhishek Banerjee (politician), Member of Parliament.
Firdousi Begum, Indian politician.
Abdur Razzak Molla, Minister for Land and Land Reforms.

Auditorium[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ Partha Chatterjee was suspended from AITC after his arrest in numerous scams.
↑ Sadar and Diamond Harbour subdivisions of 24 Parganas district excluding Tollygunge, Sonarpore, Behala and Metiabruz thanas
↑ All tribals were counted under 'Tribal' in the 1941 census irrespective of actual religion practiced.
↑ Including Jainism, Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Ad-Dharmis, or not stated

References[edit | edit source]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Fact and Figures". Wb.gov.in. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
↑ "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). Nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 "District Census Handbook: South 24 Parganas" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
↑ Muazzam Hussain Khan (Banglapedia)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 ^5.5 ^5.6 "Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal". National Informatics Centre, India. 19 March 2008. Retrieved 3 December 2008.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "District Profile". Official website of South 24 Parganas district. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
↑ "Population, Decadal Growth Rate, Density and General Sex Ratio by Residence and Sex, West Bengal/ District/ Sub District, 1991 and 2001". West Bengal. Directorate of census operations. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
↑ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh. Census of India 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
↑ "Press Note, Delimitation Commission" (PDF). Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal. Delimitation Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2008.
↑ "Electors Details as on 30-10-2010: South 24 Parganas" (PDF). South 24 Parganas District. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
↑ "A-02: Decadal variation in population 1901-2011, West Bengal, India, 2011" (PDF). www.censusindia.gov.in.
↑ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2011. Honduras 8,143,564
↑ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2011. Virginia 8,001,024
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 "Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal". www.censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India.
↑ ^15.0 ^15.1 ^15.2 ^15.3 "Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal". censusindia.gov.in. Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India. 2011.
↑ "CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI BENGAL PROVINCE" (PDF). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment. "Protected areas: West Bengal".^{[dead link]}
↑ "Protected Area Network in India" (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 1 September 2011.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 "District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twenty-four Parganas". Basic data: Table 4.4, 4.5, Clarifications: other related tables. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twenty-four Parganas". Table 3.1, 3.3. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.

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-'''South 24 Parganas''' (Pron: pɔrɡɔnɔs) (abv. '''24 PGS (S)''') or sometimes '''South Twenty Four Parganas''' or '''Dakshin 24 Parganas''' is a district in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]], headquartered in [[Alipore]]. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side is the urban fringe of [[Kolkata]] and on the other, the remote riverine villages in the [[Sundarbans]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web|title = District Census 2011 | year = 2011 | publisher = Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/census/district/17-south-twenty-four-parganas.html| access-date = 28 May 2013}}</ref>
+'''South 24 Parganas''' (abbr. '''24 PGS (S)'''), or sometimes '''South Twenty Four Parganas''' and '''Dakshin 24 Parganas''', is a district in the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]], headquartered in [[Alipore]], with its Zilla Parishad  in [[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]]. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the [[urban fringe]] of [[Kolkata]], and on the other the remote riverine villages in the [[Sundarbans]].<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: South 24 Parganas |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/1362/download/4462/DH_2011_1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH_TWENTY_FOUR_PARGANAS.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
 ==History==
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 This second defeat sealed the fate of Pratapaditya. At Kagarghat he tendered submission to Ghiyas Khan, who personally escorted Pratapaditya to Islam Khan at [[Dhaka]]. The Jessore king was put in chains and his kingdom was annexed. Pratapaditya was kept confined at Dhaka. No authentic information is available regarding his last days, however, he probably died as a prisoner at [[Varanasi|Benares]], on his way to [[Delhi]].<ref>Muazzam Hussain Khan (Banglapedia)</ref>
-==Divisions==
+==Administration==
-===Administrative Subdivisions===
+{{further|List of subdivisions of West Bengal}}
-The district comprises five subdivisions: [[Alipore Sadar subdivision|Alipore Sadar]], [[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]], [[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]], [[Canning subdivision|Canning]] and [[Kakdwip subdivision|Kakdwip]].<ref name="blocdir">{{Cite web| title = Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal| publisher = National Informatics Centre, India| date = 19 March 2008| url = http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs| access-date = 3 December 2008}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+[[File:South 24 Parganas Subdivision Map (en).svg]]
+The district comprises five subdivisions: [[Alipore Sadar subdivision|Alipore Sadar]], [[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]], [[Canning subdivision|Canning]], [[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]] and [[Kakdwip subdivision|Kakdwip]].<ref name="blocdir">{{cite web| title = Directory of District, Sub division, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal| publisher = National Informatics Centre, India| date = 19 March 2008| url = http://wbdemo5.nic.in/writereaddata/Directoryof_District_Block_GPs| access-date = 3 December 2008}}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
-[[Alipore]] is the district headquarters. There are 33 police stations, 29 community development blocks, 7 municipalities and 312 [[gram panchayat]]s in the district.<ref name="blocdir" /><ref name="adminsetup">{{Cite web
+[[Alipore]] is the district headquarters. There are 33 police stations, 29 community development blocks, 7 municipalities and 312 [[gram panchayat]]s in the district.<ref name="blocdir" /><ref name="adminsetup">{{cite web
   |url         = http://s24pgs.gov.in/main_Dist_Profile.htm
   |title       = District Profile
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   |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090207074231/http://s24pgs.gov.in/main_Dist_Profile.htm
-  |archive-date = 7 February 2009}}</ref> The [[Sunderbans]] area is covered by 12 [[CD block]]s, viz. [[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]], [[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]], [[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]], [[Patharpratima]], [[Kultali (community development block)|Kultali]], [[Mathurapur I]], [[Mathurapur II]], [[Jaynagar II]], [[Canning I]], [[Canning II]], [[Basanti (community development block)|Basanti]] and [[Gosaba (community development block)|Gosaba]].<ref name="adminsetup"/> The district contains 37 islands.<ref name="adminsetup" />
+  |archive-date = 7 February 2009}}</ref>
 Other than the municipality areas, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and [[census town]]s. In total there are 118 urban units: 7 municipalities and 111 census towns.<ref name="adminsetup" /><ref>{{cite web
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   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719041523/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_18.htm
   |archive-date=19 July 2011
-}}</ref>
+}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011 |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf |access-date=26 April 2016 |work=Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh |publisher=Census of India 2011}}</ref>
 ===Alipore Sadar Subdivision===
 {{Main|Alipore Sadar subdivision}}
 The Alipore Sadar subdivision consists of:<ref name="blocdir"/>
-* Urban areas which are part of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]: [[Ballygunge]], [[Alipore]], [[New Alipore]], [[Bhowanipore]], [[Kalighat]], [[Ajoy Nagar]], [[Dhakuria]], [[Gariahat]], [[Charu Market]], [[Tollygunge]], [[Chetla]], [[Naktala]], [[Jodhpur Park]], [[Golf Green]], [[Regent Park, Kolkata|Regent Park]], [[Jadavpur]], [[Garfa]], [[Haltu]], [[Nandi Bagan]], [[Santoshpur, Kolkata|Santoshpur]], [[Baghajatin]], [[Chak Garia]], [[New Garia]], [[Garia]], [[Ranikuthi]], [[Bansdroni]], [[Kudghat]], [[Dhalai Bridge]], [[Model Town, Kolkata|Model Town]], [[Netaji Nagar, Kolkata|Netaji Nagar]], [[Panchpota]], [[Techno City, Kolkata|Techno City]], [[Tentulberia]], [[Baishnabghata Patuli]], [[Ekbalpur]], [[Haridevpur]], [[Hastings, Kolkata|Hastings]], [[Rajabagan]], [[Watgunge]], [[Garden Reach]], [[Khidirpur]], [[Metiabruz]], [[Taratala]], [[Bartala]], [[BNR Colony]], [[Behala]], [[Sarsuna]], [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]], [[Barisha, India|Barisha]], [[Parnasree Pally]], [[Thakurpukur]].
 * Three municipalities: [[Maheshtala]], [[Budge Budge]] and [[Pujali]].
+* [[Thakurpukur Maheshtala]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and nine census towns: [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]], [[Chata Kalikapur]], [[Ganye Gangadharpur]], [[Rameswarpur, Maheshtala|Rameswarpur]], [[Asuti]], [[Hanspukuria]], [[Kalua, Maheshtala|Kalua]], [[Ramchandrapur, Maheshtala|Ramchandrapur]] and [[Samali]].
+* [[Budge Budge I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and seven census towns: [[Uttar Raypur]], [[Balarampur, Budge Budge|Balarampur]], [[Buita]], [[Benjanhari Acharial|Benjanhari Acharial (P)]], [[Abhirampur]], [[Nischintapur, Budge Budge|Nischintapur]] and [[Birlapur]].
+* [[Budge Budge II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and five census towns: [[Chak Kashipur]], [[Chak Alampur]], [[Bowali]], [[Dakshin Raypur]] and [[Poali]].
 * [[Bishnupur I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and four census towns: [[Daulatpur, Bishnupur|Daulatpur]], [[Bhasa, Bishnupur|Bhasa]], [[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas|Bishnupur]] and [[Kanyanagar]].
 * [[Bishnupur II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and eleven census towns: [[Nahazari]], [[Nadabhanga]], [[Kanganbaria]], [[Bora Gagangohalia]], [[Chanddandaha]], [[Barkalikapur]], [[Patharberia]], [[Ramkrishnapur, Bishnupur|Ramkrishnapur]], [[Amtala]], [[Kriparampur]] and [[Chak Enayetnagar]].
-* [[Budge Budge I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and seven census towns: [[Uttar Raypur]], [[Balarampur, Budge Budge|Balarampur]], [[Buita]], [[Benjanhari Acharial|Benjanhari Acharial (P)]], [[Abhirampur]], [[Nischintapur, Budge Budge|Nischintapur]] and [[Birlapur]].
-* [[Budge Budge II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and five census towns: [[Chak Kashipur]], [[Chak Alampur]], [[Bowali]], [[Dakshin Raypur]] and [[Poali]].
-* [[Thakurpukur Maheshtala]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and nine census towns: [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]], [[Chata Kalikapur]], [[Ganye Gangadharpur]], [[Rameswarpur, Maheshtala|Rameswarpur]], [[Asuti]], [[Hanspukuria]], [[Kalua, Maheshtala|Kalua]], [[Ramchandrapur, Maheshtala|Ramchandrapur]] and [[Samali]].
 ===Baruipur Subdivision===
 {{Main|Baruipur subdivision}}
 The Baruipur subdivision consists of:<ref name="blocdir" />
-* Three municipalities: [[Rajpur Sonarpur]], [[Baruipur]] and [[Jaynagar Majilpur]].<ref name="adminsetup" />
+* Three municipalities: [[Rajpur Sonarpur]], [[Baruipur]] and [[Jaynagar Majilpur]].
-* [[Baruipur (community development block)|Baruipur]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with nineteen gram panchayats and twelve census towns: [[Petua]], [[Garia, Baruipur|Garia]], [[Panchghara, Baruipur|Panchghara]], [[Mallikpur]], [[Hariharpur, Baruipur|Hariharpur]], [[Champahati]], [[Solgohalia]], [[Naridana]], [[Baruipur (CT)|Baruipur (P)]], [[Salipur, Baruipur|Salipur (P)]], [[Khodar Bazar]] and [[Komarhat]].
 * [[Bhangar I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with nine gram panchayats and three census towns: [[Maricha, Bhangar|Maricha]], [[Bhangar Raghunathpur]] and [[Gobindapur, Bhangar|Gobindapur]].
 * [[Bhangar II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only ten gram panchayats.
+* [[Sonarpur (community development block)|Sonarpur]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and seven census towns: [[Radhanagar, Sonarpur|Radhanagar]], [[Danga, Sonarpur|Danga]], [[Ramchandrapur, Sonarpur|Ramchandrapur]], [[Bidyadharpur]], [[Kalikapur, Sonarpur|Kalikapur]], [[Chak Baria]] and [[Sahebpur]].
+* [[Baruipur (community development block)|Baruipur]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with nineteen gram panchayats and twelve census towns: [[Petua]], [[Garia, Baruipur|Garia]], [[Panchghara, Baruipur|Panchghara]], [[Mallikpur]], [[Hariharpur, Baruipur|Hariharpur]], [[Champahati]], [[Solgohalia]], [[Naridana]], [[Baruipur (P)]], [[Salipur, Baruipur|Salipur (P)]], [[Khodar Bazar]] and [[Komarhat]].
 * [[Jaynagar I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with twelve gram panchayats and six census towns: [[Raynagar]], [[Kalikapur Barasat]], [[Baharu]], [[Uttarparanij]], [[Alipur, Jaynagar|Alipur]] and [[Uttar Durgapur]].
 * [[Jaynagar II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and two census towns: [[Nimpith]] and [[Tulshighata]].
 * [[Kultali (community development block)|Kultali]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only nine gram panchayats.
-* [[Sonarpur (community development block)|Sonarpur]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and seven census towns: [[Radhanagar, Sonarpur|Radhanagar]], [[Danga, Sonarpur|Danga]], [[Ramchandrapur, Sonarpur|Ramchandrapur]], [[Bidyadharpur]], [[Kalikapur, Sonarpur|Kalikapur]], [[Chak Baria]] and [[Sahebpur]].
 ===Canning Subdivision===
 {{Main|Canning subdivision}}
 The Canning subdivision consists of:<ref name="blocdir" />
+* [[Canning I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and eight census towns: [[Kalaria]], [[Gaur Daha]], [[Banshra, Canning|Banshra]], [[Rajapur, Canning|Rajapur]], [[Taldi]], [[Bayarsing]], [[Matla, Canning|Matla]] and [[Dighirpar]].
+* [[Canning II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with nine gram panchayats and one census town: [[Makhal Tala]].
 * [[Basanti (community development block)|Basanti]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with thirteen gram panchayats and one census town: [[Basanti, South 24 Parganas|Basanti]].
-* [[Canning I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and eight census towns: [[Kalaria]], [[Gaur Daha]], [[Banshra, Canning|Banshra]], [[Rajapur, Canning|Rajapur]], [[Taldi]], [[Bayarsingh]], [[Matla, Canning|Matla]] and [[Dighirpar]].
-* [[Canning II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with nine gram panchayats and one census town: [[Makhal Tala]].
 * [[Gosaba (community development block)|Gosaba]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only fourteen gram panchayats.
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 {{Main|Diamond Harbour subdivision}}
 The Diamond Harbour subdivision consists of:<ref name="blocdir" />
-* One municipality: [[Diamond Harbour]]
+* One municipality: [[Diamond Harbour, India|Diamond Harbour]]
-* [[Diamond Harbour I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eight gram panchayats and four census towns: [[Masat, Diamond Harbour|Masat]], [[Sangrampur, Diamond Harbour|Sangrampur]], [[Mohanpur, Diamond Harbour|Mohanpur]] and [[Durganagar, Diamond Harbour|Durganagar]].
-* [[Diamond Harbour II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eight gram panchayats and one census town: [[Patdaha]].
 * [[Falta (community development block)|Falta]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with thirteen gram panchayats and four census towns: [[Hasimnagar]], [[Baneshwarpur]], [[Chandpala Anantapathpur]] and [[Fatepur, Falta|Fatepur]].
-* [[Kulpi (community development block)|Kulpi]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with fourteen gram panchayats and two census towns: [[Berandari Bagaria]] and [[Dhola, Diamond Harbour|Dhola]].
 * [[Magrahat I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and nine census towns: [[Ajodhyanagar]], [[Sirakol]], [[Uttar Bishnupur]], [[Ghola Noapara]], [[Usthi]], [[Barijpur]], [[Uttar Kusum]], [[Kalikapota]] and [[Bamna, Magrahat|Bamna]].
 * [[Magrahat II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with fourteen gram panchayats and eight census towns: [[Dhamua]], [[Shyampur, Magrahat|Shyampur]], [[Nainan]], [[Uttar Kalas]], [[Dihi Kalas]], [[Swangrampur]], [[Bilandapur]] and [[Magrahat]].
-* [[Mandirbazar]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and three census towns: [[Chandpur, Mandirbazar|Chandpur]], [[Bangsidharpur]] and [[Purba Bishnupur]].
+* [[Diamond Harbour I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eight gram panchayats and four census towns: [[Masat, Diamond Harbour|Masat]], [[Sangrampur, Diamond Harbour|Sangrampur]], [[Mohanpur, Diamond Harbour|Mohanpur]] and [[Durganagar, Diamond Harbour|Durganagar]].
+* [[Diamond Harbour II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with eight gram panchayats and one census town: [[Patdaha]].
+* [[Mandirbazar (community development block)|Mandirbazar]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and three census towns: [[Chandpur, Mandirbazar|Chandpur]], [[Bangsidharpur]] and [[Purba Bishnupur]].
 * [[Mathurapur I]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and four census towns: [[Purba Ranaghat]], [[Lalpur, Mathurapur|Lalpur]], [[Krishna Chandrapur]] and [[Mathurapur, South 24 Parganas|Mathurapur]].
 * [[Mathurapur II]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only eleven gram panchayats.
+* [[Kulpi (community development block)|Kulpi]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with fourteen gram panchayats and two census towns: [[Berandari Bagaria]] and [[Dhola, Kulpi|Dhola]].
 ===Kakdwip Subdivision===
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 * [[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only eleven gram panchayats.
 * [[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only seven gram panchayats.
-* [[Patharpratima]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only fifteen gram panchayats.
+* [[Patharpratima (community development block)|Patharpratima]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only fifteen gram panchayats.
 * [[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]], a community development block consisting of rural areas with only nine gram panchayats.
+==Representation==
 ===Parliamentary Constituencies===
 The district has five parliamentary constituencies:
-#[[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar (SC)]] (parliamentary constituency no. 19)
+#[[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency|Jaynagar (SC)]] (parliamentary constituency no. 19)
-#[[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathurapur (SC)]] (parliamentary constituency no. 20)
+#[[Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency|Mathurapur (SC)]] (parliamentary constituency no. 20)
-#[[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]] (parliamentary constituency no. 21)
+#[[Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency|Diamond Harbour]] (parliamentary constituency no. 21)
-#[[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]] (parliamentary constituency no. 22)
+#[[Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jadavpur]] (parliamentary constituency no. 22)
-#[[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Dakshin]] (parliamentary constituency no. 23)
+#[[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Kolkata Dakshin]] (parliamentary constituency no. 23)
-==Representation==
+===Assembly Constituencies===
-=== 1997 to 2008 ===
+====1997 to 2008====
 Based on the 1991 census, the district was divided into thirty-two [[Assembly constituency|legislative assembly constituencies]]
-#[[Gosaba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gosaba (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 100)
+#[[Gosaba Assembly constituency|Gosaba (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 100)
-#[[Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basanti (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 101)
+#[[Basanti Assembly constituency|Basanti (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 101)
-#[[Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kultali (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 102)
+#[[Kultali Assembly constituency|Kultali (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 102)
-#[[Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar]] (assembly constituency no. 103)
+#[[Jaynagar Assembly constituency|Jaynagar]] (assembly constituency no. 103)
-#[[Baruipur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baruipur]] (assembly constituency no. 104)
+#[[Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency|Baruipur]] (assembly constituency no. 104)
-#[[Canning Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Canning Paschim (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 105)
+#[[Canning Paschim Assembly constituency|Canning Paschim (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 105)
-#[[Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Canning Purba]] (assembly constituency no. 106)
+#[[Canning Purba Assembly constituency|Canning Purba]] (assembly constituency no. 106)
-#[[Bhangar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhangar]] (assembly constituency no. 107)
+#[[Bhangar Assembly constituency|Bhangar]] (assembly constituency no. 107)
-#[[Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonarpur (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 109)
+#[[Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency|Sonarpur (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 109)
-#[[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur Purba (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 110)
+#[[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas Assembly constituency|Bishnupur Purba (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 110)
-#[[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur Paschim]] (assembly constituency no. 111)
+#[[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas Assembly constituency|Bishnupur Paschim]] (assembly constituency no. 111)
-#[[Behala Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Purba]] (assembly constituency no. 112)
+#[[Behala Purba Assembly constituency|Behala Purba]] (assembly constituency no. 112)
-#[[Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Paschim]] (assembly constituency no. 113)
+#[[Behala Paschim Assembly constituency|Behala Paschim]] (assembly constituency no. 113)
-#[[Garden Reach (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Garden Reach]] (assembly constituency no. 114)
+#[[Garden Reach Assembly constituency|Garden Reach]] (assembly constituency no. 114)
-#[[Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maheshtala]] (assembly constituency no. 115)
+#[[Maheshtala Assembly constituency|Maheshtala]] (assembly constituency no. 115)
-#[[Budge Budge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Budge Budge]] (assembly constituency no. 116)
+#[[Budge Budge Assembly constituency|Budge Budge]] (assembly constituency no. 116)
-#[[Satgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Satgachhia]] (assembly constituency no. 117)
+#[[Satgachhia Assembly constituency|Satgachhia]] (assembly constituency no. 117)
-#[[Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Falta]] (assembly constituency no. 118)
+#[[Falta Assembly constituency|Falta]] (assembly constituency no. 118)
-#[[Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]] (assembly constituency no. 119)
+#[[Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency|Diamond Harbour]] (assembly constituency no. 119)
-#[[Magrahat Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Magrahat Paschim]] (assembly constituency no. 120)
+#[[Magrahat Paschim Assembly constituency|Magrahat Paschim]] (assembly constituency no. 120)
-#[[Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Magrahat Purba (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 121)
+#[[Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency|Magrahat Purba (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 121)
-#[[Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandirbazar (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 122)
+#[[Mandirbazar Assembly constituency|Mandirbazar (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 122)
-#[[Mathurapur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mathurapur]] (assembly constituency no. 123)
+#[[Mathurapur Assembly constituency|Mathurapur]] (assembly constituency no. 123)
-#[[Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulpi (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 124)
+#[[Kulpi Assembly constituency|Kulpi (SC)]] (assembly constituency no. 124)
-#[[Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patharpratima]] (assembly constituency no. 125)
+#[[Patharpratima Assembly constituency|Patharpratima]] (assembly constituency no. 125)
-#[[Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kakdwip]] (assembly constituency no. 126)
+#[[Kakdwip Assembly constituency|Kakdwip]] (assembly constituency no. 126)
-#[[Sagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sagar]] (assembly constituency no. 127)
+#[[Sagar, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Sagar]] (assembly constituency no. 127)
-#[[Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]] (assembly constituency no. 108)
+#[[Jadavpur Assembly constituency|Jadavpur]] (assembly constituency no. 108)
-#[[Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tollyganj]] (assembly constituency no. 150)
+#[[Tollyganj Assembly constituency|Tollyganj]] (assembly constituency no. 150)
-#[[Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]] (assembly constituency no. 148)
+#[[Alipore Assembly constituency|Alipore]] (assembly constituency no. 148)
-#[[Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhakuria]] (assembly constituency no. 151)
+#[[Dhakuria Assembly constituency|Dhakuria]] (assembly constituency no. 151)
-#[[Kabitirtha (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kabitirtha]] (assembly constituency no. 147)
+#[[Kabitirtha Assembly constituency|Kabitirtha]] (assembly constituency no. 147)
-Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Canning Paschim, Sonarpur, Bishnupur Purba, Magrahat Purba, Mandirbazar and Kulpi constituencies are reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates. Along with one assembly constituency from [[North 24 Parganas district]], Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Jaynagar, Canning Paschim and Canning Purba assembly constituencies form the [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)]], which is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]]. Baruipur, Bishnupur Purba, Kabitirtha, Jadavpur, Behala Paschim, Behala Purba and Magrahat Paschim constituencies form the [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Bishnupur Paschim, Garden Reach, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Satgachhia, Falta and Diamond Harbour constituencies form the [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Magrahat Purba, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur, Kulpi, Patharpratima, Kakdwip and Sagar constituencies form the [[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)]], which is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]]. Along with six assembly segments from [[North 24 Parganas district]], Bhangar assembly constituency forms the [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)]]. Along with three assembly constituencies from [[Kolkata district]], Alipore, Dhakuria, Tollyganj, Sonarpur form the [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
+Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Canning Paschim, Sonarpur, Bishnupur Purba, Magrahat Purba, Mandirbazar and Kulpi constituencies are reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates. Along with one assembly constituency from [[North 24 Parganas district]], Gosaba, Basanti, Kultali, Jaynagar, Canning Paschim and Canning Purba assembly constituencies form the [[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency]], which is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]]. Baruipur, Bishnupur Purba, Kabitirtha, Jadavpur, Behala Paschim, Behala Purba and Magrahat Paschim constituencies form the [[Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency]]. Bishnupur Paschim, Garden Reach, Maheshtala, Budge Budge, Satgachhia, Falta and Diamond Harbour constituencies form the [[Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency]]. Magrahat Purba, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur, Kulpi, Patharpratima, Kakdwip and Sagar constituencies form the [[Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency]], which is reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]]. Along with six assembly segments from [[North 24 Parganas district]], Bhangar assembly constituency forms the [[Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency]]. Along with three assembly constituencies from [[Kolkata district]], Alipore, Dhakuria, Tollyganj, Sonarpur form the [[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency]].
+====2008 to Date====
+In the 2008 order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, the district was divided into thirty-one assembly constituencies. Baruipur Purba, Basanti, Bishnupur, Canning Paschim, Gosaba, Kultali, Jaynagar, Magrahat Purba and Mandirbazar constituencies are reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wb.gov.in/BanglarMukh/Download?AlfrescoPath=WebContent/Departments/Home/Other_Documents&FileName=DELIMITATION.pdf| title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission| access-date = 21 November 2008| work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal| publisher = Delimitation Commission| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163454/http://wb.gov.in/BanglarMukh/Download?AlfrescoPath=WebContent%2FDepartments%2FHome%2FOther_Documents&FileName=DELIMITATION.pdf| archive-date = 29 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Electors Details as on 30-10-2010: South 24 Parganas|publisher=South 24 Parganas District|url=http://www.s24pgs.gov.in/election/doc/electors%20details.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529011629/http://www.s24pgs.gov.in/election/doc/electors%20details.pdf|archive-date=29 May 2013}}</ref>
-=== 2008 to Date ===
+{| class="wikitable"
-In the 2008 order of the [[Delimitation Commission]] in respect of the [[delimitation of constituencies]] in the West Bengal, the district was divided into thirty-one assembly constituencies. Baruipur Purba, Basanti, Bishnupur, Canning Paschim, Gosaba, Kultali, Jaynagar, Magrahat Purba and Mandirbazar constituencies are reserved for [[Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes|Scheduled Castes (SC)]] candidates.<ref>{{Cite web| url = http://wb.gov.in/BanglarMukh/Download?AlfrescoPath=WebContent/Departments/Home/Other_Documents&FileName=DELIMITATION.pdf| title = Press Note, Delimitation Commission| access-date = 21 November 2008| work = Assembly Constituencies in West Bengal| publisher = Delimitation Commission| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163454/http://wb.gov.in/BanglarMukh/Download?AlfrescoPath=WebContent%2FDepartments%2FHome%2FOther_Documents&FileName=DELIMITATION.pdf| archive-date = 29 May 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Electors Details as on 30-10-2010: South 24 Parganas|publisher=South 24 Parganas District|url=http://www.s24pgs.gov.in/election/doc/electors%20details.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529011629/http://www.s24pgs.gov.in/election/doc/electors%20details.pdf|archive-date=29 May 2013}}</ref>
+!S No.
-{|class="wikitable"
+!Name
-|+ '''South 24 Parganas District &ndash; 2008 Delimitation Order'''<br/> '''by Lok Sabha Constituency (LSC)'''
+!Lok Sabha constituency
+!MLA
+! colspan="2" |2021 Winner
+! colspan="2' |2024 Lead
+|-
+| 127
+| [[Gosaba Assembly constituency|Gosaba (SC)]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency|Jaynagar]]
+| Subrata Mondal
+|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=21}}
+|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=31}}
+|-
+| 128
+| [[Basanti Assembly constituency|Basanti (SC)]]
+|[[Shyamal Mondal]]
+|-
+| 129
+| [[Kultali Assembly constituency|Kultali (SC)]]
+|[[Ganesh Chandra Mondal]]
+|-
+| 130
+| [[Patharpratima Assembly constituency|Patharpratima]]
+| rowspan="6" |[[Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency|Mathurapur]]
+|[[Samir Kumar Jana]]
+|-
+| 131
+| [[Kakdwip Assembly constituency|Kakdwip]]
+|[[Manturam Pakhira]]
+|-
+| 132
+| [[Sagar, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Sagar]]
+|[[Bankim Chandra Hazra]]
+|-
+| 133
+| [[Kulpi Assembly constituency|Kulpi]]
+|[[Jogaranjan Halder]]
+|-
+| 134
+| [[Raidighi Assembly constituency|Raidighi]]
+|[[Aloke Jaldata]]
+|-
+| 135
+| [[Mandirbazar Assembly constituency|Mandirbazar (SC)]]
+|[[Joydeb Halder]]
+|-
+| 136
+| [[Jaynagar Assembly constituency|Jaynagar (SC)]]
+|[[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency|Jaynagar]]
+|[[Biswanath Das]]
+|-
+| 137
+| [[Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency|Baruipur Purba (SC)]]
+|[[Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jadavpur]]
+|[[Bivas Sardar]]
+|-
+| 138
+| [[Canning Paschim Assembly constituency|Canning Paschim (SC)]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency|Jaynagar]]
+|[[Paresh Ram Das]]
+|-
+| 139
+| [[Canning Purba Assembly constituency|Canning Purba]]
+|[[Saokat Molla]]
+|-
+| 140
+| [[Baruipur Paschim Assembly constituency|Baruipur Paschim]]
+|[[Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jadavpur]]
+|[[Biman Banerjee]]
+|-
+| 141
+| [[Magrahat Purba Assembly constituency|Magrahat Purba (SC)]]
+|[[Jaynagar Lok Sabha constituency|Jaynagar]]
+|[[Namita Saha]]
+|-
+| 142
+| [[Magrahat Paschim Assembly constituency|Magrahat Paschim]]
+|[[Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency|Mathurapur]]
+|[[Giasuddin Molla]]
+|-
+| 143
+| [[Diamond Harbour Assembly constituency|Diamond Harbour]]
+| rowspan="4" |[[Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency|Diamond Harbour]]
+|[[Pannalal Halder]]
+|-
+| 144
+| [[Falta Assembly constituency|Falta]]
+|[[Sankar Kumar Naskar]]
+|-
+| 145
+| [[Satgachhia Assembly constituency|Satgachia]]
+|[[Mohan Chandra Naskar]]
+|-
+| 146
+| [[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas Assembly constituency|Bishnupur (SC)]]
+|[[Dilip Mondal]]
 |-
-! colspan="2" style="background: #efefef;" | [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar<br>LSC]]
+| 147
-! colspan="2" style="background: #efefef;" | [[Mathurapur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mathurapur<br>LSC]]
+| [[Sonarpur Dakshin Assembly constituency|Sonarpur Dakshin]]
-! colspan="2" style="background: #efefef;" | [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour<br>LSC]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jadavpur]]
-! colspan="2" style="background: #efefef;" | [[Jadavpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur<br>LSC]]
+|[[Arundhuti Maitra]]
-! colspan="2" style="background: #efefef;" | [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kolkata Dakshin<br>LSC]]
 |-
-! style="background: #efefef;" | Assembly<br>Constituency
+| 148
-! style="background: #efefef;" | No.
+| [[Bhangar Assembly constituency|Bhangar]]
-! style="background: #efefef;" | Assembly<br>Constituency
+|[[Naushad Siddiqui]]
-! style="background: #efefef;" | No.
+|{{Full party name with color|Indian Secular Front}}
-! style="background: #efefef;" | Assembly<br>Constituency
-! style="background: #efefef;" | No.
-! style="background: #efefef;" | Assembly<br>Constituency
-! style="background: #efefef;" | No.
-! style="background: #efefef;" | Assembly<br>Constituency
-! style="background: #efefef;" | No.
 |-
-| [[Gosaba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gosaba (SC)]] || 127 || [[Patharpratima (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Patharpratima]] || 130 || [[Diamond Harbour (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]] || 143 || [[Baruipur Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baruipur Purba (SC)]] || 137 || [[Kasba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kasba]] || 149
+| 149
+| [[Kasba, West Bengal Assembly constituency|Kasba]]
+|[[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Kolkata Dakshin]]
+|[[Javed Ahmed Khan]]
+|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=5}}
 |-
-| [[Basanti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Basanti (SC)]] || 128 || [[Kakdwip (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kakdwip]] || 131 || [[Falta (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Falta]] || 144 || [[Baruipur Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baruipur Paschim]] || 140 || [[Behala Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Purba]] || 153
+| 150
+| [[Jadavpur Assembly constituency|Jadavpur]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jadavpur]]
+|[[Debabrata Majumdar]]
 |-
-| [[Kultali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kultali (SC)]] || 129 || [[Sagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sagar]] || 132 || [[Satgachhia (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Satgachhia]] || 145 || [[Sonarpur Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonarpur Dakshin]] || 147 || [[Behala Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behala Paschim]] || 154
+| 151
+| [[Sonarpur Uttar Assembly constituency|Sonarpur Uttar]]
+|[[Firdousi Begum]]
 |-
-| [[Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar (SC)]] || 136 || [[Kulpi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kulpi]] || 133 ||[[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bishnupur (SC)]] || 146 || [[Bhangar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhangar]] || 148 || ||
+| 152
+| [[Tollyganj Assembly constituency|Tollyganj]]
+|[[Aroop Biswas]]
 |-
-| [[Canning Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Canning Paschim (SC)]] || 138 || [[Raidighi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raidighi]] || 134 || [[Maheshtala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maheshtala]] || 155 || [[Jadavpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jadavpur]] || 150 || ||
+| 153
+| [[Behala Purba Assembly constituency|Behala Purba]]
+| rowspan="2" |[[Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency|Kolkata Dakshin]]
+|[[Ratna Chatterjee]]
 |-
-| [[Canning Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Canning Purba]] || 139 || [[Mandirbazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mandirbazar (SC)]] || 135 || [[Budge Budge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Budge Budge]] || 156 || [[Sonarpur Uttar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonarpur Uttar]] || 151 || ||
+| 154
+| [[Behala Paschim]]
+|[[Partha Chatterjee (politician)|Partha Chatterjee]]{{efn|Partha Chatterjee was suspended from AITC after his arrest in numerous scams.}}
+|{{Party name with color|Independent}}
 |-
-| [[Magrahat Purba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Magrahat Purba (SC)]] || 141 || [[Magrahat Paschim (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Magrahat Paschim]] || 142 || [[Metiaburuz (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Metiaburuz]] || 157 || [[Tollyganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tollyganj]] || 152 || ||
+| 155
+| [[Maheshtala Assembly constituency|Maheshtala]]
+| rowspan="3" |[[Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency|Diamond Harbour]]
+|[[Dulal Chandra Das]]
+|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
+|-
+| 156
+| [[Budge Budge Assembly constituency|Budge Budge]]
+|[[Ashok Kumar Deb]]
+|-
+| 157
+| [[Metiaburuz Assembly constituency|Metiaburuz]]
+|[[Abdul Khaleque Molla]]
 |}
 ==Demographics==
 {{See also|List of districts of West Bengal#Demographics| List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate}}
-{{IndiaCensusPop
-| title = Population of South 24 Parganas
+===Population===
-| state =
+{{Historical populations
-| align =
+| 1901 | 1051060
-| 1901 = 1051060
+| 1911 | 1192223
-| 1911 = 1192223
+| 1921 | 1270191
-| 1921 = 1270191
+| 1931 | 1382264
-| 1931 = 1382264
+| 1941 | 1714176
-| 1941 = 1714176
+| 1951 | 2087414
-| 1951 = 2087414
+| 1961 | 2729269
-| 1961 = 2729269
+| 1971 | 3663788
-| 1971 = 3663788
+| 1981 | 4388102
-| 1981 = 4388102
+| 1991 | 5715030
-| 1991 = 5715030
+| 2001 | 6906689
-| 2001 = 6906689
+| 2011 | 8161961
-| 2011 = 8161961
+| source = [[Census of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|title= A-02: Decadal variation in population 1901-2011, West Bengal, India, 2011|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43352/download/47040/19%20A-2%20West%20Bengal.pdf|website=www.censusindia.gov.in}}</ref>
-| estimate =
-| estyear =
-| estref =
-| footnote = source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>
 }}
-{{Pie chart
-|thumb = right
+According to the [[2011 census of India]], South 24 Parganas district had a total population of 8,161,961,<ref name="districtcensus" /> roughly equal to the nation of [[Honduras]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Honduras 8,143,564 }}</ref> or the US state of [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web
-|caption = Religion in South 24 Parganas district (2011)<ref>{{cite web |title=C-1 Population By Religious Community |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-01.html|publisher=Census |access-date=11 June 2019}}</ref> <!-- Click on West Bengal-->
-|label1 = [[Hinduism]]
-|value1 = 63.17
-|color1 = DarkOrange
-|label2 = [[Islam]]
-|value2 = 35.57
-|color2 = Green
-|label3 = [[Christianity]]
-|value3 = 0.81
-|color3 = DodgerBlue
-|label4 = Other
-|value4 = 0.14
-|color4 = Black
-|label5 = [[Irreligion|Atheist]]
-|value5 = 0.30
-|color5 = Grey
-}}
-{{Pie chart
-|thumb = left
-|caption = Languages of South 24 Parganas (2011)<ref name=m>http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html</ref><ref name=censusindia>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Part-A.pdf |title=DISTRIBUTION OF THE 22 SCHEDULED LANGUAGES-INDIA/STATES/UNION TERRITORIES - 2011 CENSUS   |archive-date=29 March 2016  }}</ref>
-|label1 = Bengali |value1 = 97.82 |color1 = Blue
-|label2 = Hindi |value2 = 1.68 |color2 = Orange
-|label3 = Others |value3 = 0.50 |color3 = Grey
-}}
-According to the [[2011 census of India]], South 24 Parganas district had a total population of 8,161,961,<ref name="districtcensus" /> roughly equal to the nation of [[Honduras]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Honduras 8,143,564 }}</ref> or the US state of [[Virginia]].<ref>{{cite web
   |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
   |title=2010 Resident Population Data
@@ Line 307: / Line 385: @@
   |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
   |archive-date=19 October 2013
-}}</ref> This made in the 6th most populous district in India out of a total of 640.<ref name=districtcensus /> The district had a population density of {{convert|819|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus /> Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 18.05%.<ref name=districtcensus /> South 24 Parganas had a [[sex ratio]] of 949 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 78.57%.<ref name=districtcensus />
+}}</ref> This made in the 6th most populous district in India out of a total of 640.<ref name=districtcensus /> The district had a population density of {{convert|819|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=districtcensus /> Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 18.05%.<ref name=districtcensus /> South 24 Parganas had a [[sex ratio]] of 956 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus /> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 77.51%. 25.58% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 24,64,032 (30.19%) and 96,976 (1.19%) of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus />
-The following Municipalities and Census Towns in South 24 Parganas district were part of [[Kolkata]] Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census: [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]] (CT), [[Chata Kalikapur]] (CT), [[Ganye Gangadharpur]] (CT), [[Rameswarpur, Maheshtala|Rameswarpur]] (CT), [[Asuti]] (CT), [[Hanspukuria]] (CT), [[Kalua, Maheshtala|Kalua]] (CT), [[Ramchandrapur, Maheshtala|Ramchandrapur]] (CT), [[Samali]] (CT), [[Maheshtala]] (M), [[Uttar Raypur]] (CT), [[Balarampur, Budge Budge|Balarampur]] (CT), [[Buita]] (CT), [[Benjanhari Acharial]] (CT), [[Abhirampur]] (CT), [[Nischintapur, Budge Budge|Nischintapur]] (CT), [[Birlapur]] (CT), [[Chak Kashipur]] (CT), [[Chak Alampur]] (CT), [[Bowali]] (CT), [[Dakshin Raypur]] (CT), [[Poali]] (CT), [[Pujali]] (M), [[Budge Budge]] (M), [[Daulatpur, Bishnupur|Daulatpur]] (CT), [[Bhasa, Bishnupur|Bhasa]] (CT), [[Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas|Bishnupur]] (CT), [[Kanyanagar]] (CT), [[Nahazari]] (CT), [[Nadabhanga]] (CT), [[Kanganbaria]] (CT), [[Bora Gagangohalia]] (CT), [[Chanddandaha]] (CT), [[Barkalikapur]] (CT), [[Patharberia]] (CT), [[Ramkrishnapur, Bishnupur|Ramkrishnapur]] (CT), [[Amtala]] (CT), [[Kriparampur]] (CT), [[Chak Enayetnagar]] (CT), [[Maricha, Bhangar|Maricha]] (CT), [[Bhangar Raghunathpur]] (CT), [[Gobindapur, Bhangar|Gobindapur]] (CT), [[Radhanagar, Sonarpur|Radhanagar]] (CT), [[Danga, Sonarpur|Danga]] (CT), [[Ramchandrapur, Sonarpur|Ramchandrapur]] (CT), [[Bidyadharpur]] (CT), [[Kalikapur, Sonarpur|Kalikapur]] (CT), [[Chak Baria]] (CT), [[Sahebpur]] (CT), [[Rajpur Sonarpur]] (M), [[Petua]] (CT), [[Garia, Baruipur|Garia]] (CT), [[Panchghara, Baruipur|Panchghara]] (CT), [[Mallikpur]] (CT), [[Hariharpur, Baruipur|Hariharpur]] (CT), [[Champahati]] (CT), [[Solgohalia]] (CT), [[Naridana]] (CT), [[Salipur, Baruipur|Salipur]] (CT), [[Khodar Bazar]] (CT), [[Komarhat]] (CT),
+===Language===
-[[Baruipur]] (M), [[Raynagar]] (CT), [[Kalikapur Barasat]] (CT), [[Baharu]] (CT), [[Uttarparanij]] (CT), [[Alipur, Jaynagar|Alipur]] (CT), [[Uttar Durgapur]] (CT) and [[Jaynagar Majilpur]] (M).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/India2/Table_4_PR_UAs_1Lakh_and_Above_Appendix.pdf|title=Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011|work=Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh|publisher=Census of India 2011|access-date=26 April 2016}}</ref>
+{{Pie chart
+|thumb = left
+|caption = Languages of South 24 Parganas district (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
+|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1 = 97.82 |color1 = orchid
+|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 1.68 |color2 = orange
+|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 0.38 |color3 = green
+|label4 = Others |value4 = 0.12 |color4 = grey
+}}
+At the time of the 2011 census, 97.82% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 1.68% [[Hindi]] and 0.38% [[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>
+===Religion===
+{{bar box
+|title=Religion in South 24 Parganas district (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
+|titlebar=#FCD116
+|left1=Religion
+|right1=Percent
+|float=left
+|bars=
+{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|63.17}}
+{{bar percent|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]]|green|35.57}}
+{{bar percent|[[Christianity in West Bengal|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|0.81}}
+{{bar percent|[[Sikhism]]|darkkhaki|0.03}}
+{{bar percent|[[Buddhism]]|yellow|0.03}}
+{{bar percent|[[Jainism]]|pink|0.01}}
+{{bar percent|Others or not stated|Black|0.37}}
+}}
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|+Religion in present-day South 24 Parganas district{{Efn|Sadar and Diamond Harbour subdivisions of 24 Parganas district excluding Tollygunge, Sonarpore, Behala and Metiabruz thanas}}
+!Religion
+!Population (1941)<ref name="1941religion">{{cite web |title=CENSUS OF INDIA, 1941 VOLUME VI BENGAL PROVINCE |url=https://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/37365/GIPE-020591.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y |access-date=13 August 2022}}</ref>{{rp|75}}
+!Percentage (1941)
+!Population (2011)<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>
+!Percentage (2011)
+|-
+|[[Hinduism]] [[File:Om.svg|16x16px]]
+|1,198,847
+|70.14%
+|5,155,545
+|63.17%
+|-
+|[[Islam]] [[File:Star_and_Crescent.svg|15x15px]]
+|485,791
+|28.43%
+|2,903,075
+|35.57%
+|-
+|[[Christianity in West Bengal|Christianity]] [[File:Christian_cross.svg|21x21px]]
+|13,448
+|0.79%
+|66,498
+|0.81%
+|-
+|Tribal religion{{Efn|All tribals were counted under 'Tribal' in the 1941 census irrespective of actual religion practiced.}}
+|10,078
+|0.59%
+|6,065
+|0.07%
+|-
+|Others{{efn|Including [[Jainism]], [[Christianity]], [[Buddhism]], [[Zoroastrianism]], [[Judaism]], [[Ad-Dharmi]]s, or not stated}}
+|1,132
+|0.05%
+|39,052
+|0.38%
+|-
+|'''Total Population'''
+|'''1,709,296'''
+|'''100%'''
+|'''8,161,961'''
+|'''100%'''
+|}
+{| class="wikitable sortable"
+|+Population by religion in CD blocks
+!CD Block
+!Hindu
+!Muslim
+!Other
+|-
+|[[Thakurpukur Maheshtala]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |67.32%
+|26.64%
+|6.04%
+|-
+|[[Budge Budge I]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |54.41%
+|45.39%
+|0.20%
+|-
+|[[Budge Budge II]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |67.55%
+|32.23%
+|0.22%
+|-
+|[[Bishnupur I]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |63.54%
+|31.08%
+|5.38%
+|-
+|[[Bishnupur II]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |62.92%
+|36.59%
+|0.48%
+|-
+|[[Sonarpur (community development block)|Sonarpur]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |82.49%
+|14.91%
+|2.59%
+|-
+|[[Bhangar I]]
+|32.38%
+|style="background:green;color:white" |67.38%
+|0.24%
+|-
+|[[Bhangar II]]
+|29.26%
+|style="background:green;color:white" |70.49%
+|0.25%
+|-
+|[[Canning I]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |63.97%
+|35.49%
+|0.53%
+|-
+|[[Canning II]]
+|31.08%
+|style="background:green;color:white" |67.08%
+|1.84%
+|-
+|[[Baruipur (community development block)|Baruipur]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |62.87%
+|34.96%
+|2.17%
+|-
+|[[Magrahat II]]
+|49.60%
+|style="background:green;color:white" |50.01%
+|0.39%
+|-
+|[[Magrahat I]]
+|40.44%
+|style="background:green;color:white" |57.78%
+|1.78%
+|-
+|[[Falta (community development block)|Falta]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |64.86%
+|35.00%
+|0.13%
+|-
+|[[Diamond Harbour I]]
+|47.72%
+|style="background:green;color:white" |52.16%
+|0.12%
+|-
+|[[Diamond Harbour II]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |59.77%
+|39.68%
+|0.55%
+|-
+|[[Kulpi (community development block)|Kulpi]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |61.25%
+|38.50%
+|0.53%
+|-
+|[[Mandirbazar (community development block)|Mandirbazar]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |62.03%
+|37.65%
+|0.32%
+|-
+|[[Mathurapur I]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |59.44%
+|40.41%
+|0.15%
+|-
+|[[Jaynagar I]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |53.65%
+|45.86%
+|0.49%
+|-
+|[[Jaynagar II]]
+|48.03%
+|style="background:green;color:white" |51.23%
+|0.74%
+|-
+|[[Kultali (community development block)|Kultali]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |69.81%
+|29.86%
+|0.34%
+|-
+|[[Basanti (community development block)|Basanti]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |53.48%
+|43.87%
+|2.64%
+|-
+|[[Gosaba (community development block)|Gosaba]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |88.06%
+|8.63%
+|3.31%
+|-
+|[[Mathurapur II]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |82.08%
+|15.37%
+|2.55%
+|-
+|[[Kakdwip (community development block)|Kakdwip]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |82.37%
+|17.09%
+|0.54%
+|-
+|[[Sagar (community development block)|Sagar]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |87.88%
+|11.73%
+|0.38%
+|-
+|[[Namkhana (community development block)|Namkhana]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |85.97%
+|13.88%
+|0.15%
+|-
+|[[Patharpratima (community development block)|Patharpratima]]
+|style="background:darkorange" |88.91%
+|10.72%
+|0.37%
+|-
+|Area not under any  Sub-district
+|style="background:darkorange" |73.91%
+|24.97%
+|1.12%
+|}
+Hindus are the majority community in most of the district. Scheduled Castes make up nearly half the Hindu population and the majority of rural Hindus. The most populous Scheduled Castes are [[Poundra (caste)|Poundras]] and [[Namasudra|Namashudras]]. The proportion of Hindus is maximum in the coastal south of the district, especially in the Sunderbans bordering Bangladesh.<ref name="religion"/>
+Muslims have a greater concentration in the north and west of the district, especially in the rural areas surrounding Kolkata. Christians are also present in small numbers, and have their highest concentration in Thakurpukur Maheshtala where they are 8.84% of the rural population.<ref name="religion"/>
 ==Flora and fauna==
 [[File:Flora and Fauna of the Sunderban.jpg|thumb|250px|Flora and Fauna of the Sundarbans]]
 [[File:Bakkhali Sea Beach.jpg|thumb|250px|Bakkhali Sea Beach]]
-In 1984, South 24 Parganas district became home to [[Sundarbans National Park]], which has an area of {{convert|1330|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name="parks">{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: West Bengal|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/page_west_bengal.htm}}{{Dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref> It shares the park with [[North 24 Parganas]] district and is also home to four [[Wildlife Sanctuaries in India|wildlife sanctuaries]]: [[Haliday Island Wildlife Sanctuary|Haliday Island]], [[Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary|Lothian Island]], [[Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary|Narendrapur]], and [[Sajnakhali Wildlife Sanctuary|Sajnekhali]].<ref name="parks" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Protected Area Network in India|date=1 September 2011|publisher=Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India|url=http://www.moef.gov.in/sites/default/files/protected-area-network.pdf}}</ref>
+In 1984, South 24 Parganas district became home to [[Sundarbans National Park]], which has an area of {{convert|1330|km2|mi2|abbr=on|1}}.<ref name="parks">{{cite web|author=Indian Ministry of Forests and Environment|title=Protected areas: West Bengal|url=http://oldwww.wii.gov.in/envis/envis_pa_network/page_west_bengal.htm}}{{Dead link|date=May 2012}}</ref> It shares the park with [[North 24 Parganas]] district and is also home to four [[Wildlife Sanctuaries in India|wildlife sanctuaries]]: [[Haliday Island Wildlife Sanctuary|Haliday Island]], [[Lothian Island Wildlife Sanctuary|Lothian Island]], [[Narendrapur Wildlife Sanctuary|Narendrapur]], and [[Sajnakhali Wildlife Sanctuary|Sajnekhali]].<ref name="parks" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Protected Area Network in India|date=1 September 2011|publisher=Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India|url=http://www.moef.gov.in/sites/default/files/protected-area-network.pdf}}</ref>
 [[Sundarbans]], formerly [[Sunderbunds]], is a vast tract of forest and saltwater swamp forming the lower part of the [[Ganges Delta]] and extending about {{Convert|260|km|mi|-1}} along the [[Bay of Bengal]] from the [[Hooghly River]] Estuary in the north to the [[Meghna River]] Estuary in [[Bangladesh]] in the east. The whole tract reaches inland for 100 to 130 kilometres (60– to 80 miles).
-A network of estuaries, tidal rivers, and creeks intersected by numerous channels, it encloses flat, marshy islands covered with dense forests. The name [[Sundarban]]s is perhaps derived from the word meaning "forest of sundari," a reference to the large mangrove tree that provides valuable fuel. Along the coast the forest passes into a mangrove swamp; the southern region, with numerous wild animals and crocodile-infested estuaries, is virtually uninhabited. It is one of the last preserves of the [[Royal Bengal tiger]] and the site of a tiger preservation project. The cultivated northern area yields rice, sugarcane, timber, and betel nuts.
+A network of estuaries, tidal rivers, and creeks intersected by numerous channels, it encloses flat, marshy islands covered with dense forests. The name [[Sundarban]]s is perhaps derived from the word meaning "forest of sundari," a reference to the large mangrove tree that provides valuable fuel. Along the coast the forest passes into a [[mangrove swamp]]; the southern region, with numerous wild animals and crocodile-infested estuaries, is virtually uninhabited. It is one of the last preserves of the [[Royal Bengal tiger]] and the site of a tiger preservation project. The cultivated northern area yields rice, sugarcane, timber, and betel nuts.
 The region is also famous for some commonly domesticated livestock breeds which includes the Garole breed of sheep and China hens or [[Muscovy duck]]s, the Garole sheep is considered as the progenitor of the [[Booroola Merino|Booroola merino]] sheep and is noted for its prolific character. However, the wool of the sheep which can be a valuable natural asset does not find any use among the natives. [[Bakkhali]] beach resort, located on one of the islands jutting out into the [[Bay of Bengal]], is gaining in popularity, with improvements in transport links with [[Kolkata]].  The area has been declared as world heritage site by the UNESCO. Boat tours are provided at many places in the region.
@@ Line 329: / Line 637: @@
 ==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 Twenty-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>
+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 Twenty-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 |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>
 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/>
@@ Line 335: / Line 643: @@
 {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
 |-
-!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
+! style="width:110px;" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
 !colspan="2"|Primary<br/>School
 !colspan="2"|Middle<br/>School
@@ Line 373: / Line 681: @@
 |-
 |align=left|Alipore Sadar
-|align="center"|531
+| style="text-align:center;"|531
-|align="center"|53,719
+| style="text-align:center;"|53,719
-|align="center"|34
+| style="text-align:center;"|34
-|align="center"|4,455
+| style="text-align:center;"|4,455
-|align="center"|50
+| style="text-align:center;"|50
-|align="center"|16,471
+| style="text-align:center;"|16,471
-|align="center"|91
+| style="text-align:center;"|91
-|align="center"|66,813
+| style="text-align:center;"|66,813
-|align="center"|5
+| style="text-align:center;"|5
-|align="center"|8,122
+| style="text-align:center;"|8,122
-|align="center"|6
+| style="text-align:center;"|6
-|align="center"|3,094
+| style="text-align:center;"|3,094
-|align="center"|1,379
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,379
-|align="center"|53,429
+| style="text-align:center;"|53,429
 |-
 |align=left|[[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]]
-|align="center"|883
+| style="text-align:center;"|883
-|align="center"|132,649
+| style="text-align:center;"|132,649
-|align="center"|65
+| style="text-align:center;"|65
-|align="center"|8,954
+| style="text-align:center;"|8,954
-|align="center"|50
+| style="text-align:center;"|50
-|align="center"|26,443
+| style="text-align:center;"|26,443
-|align="center"|128
+| style="text-align:center;"|128
-|align="center"|129,195
+| style="text-align:center;"|129,195
-|align="center"|8
+| style="text-align:center;"|8
-|align="center"|27,657
+| style="text-align:center;"|27,657
-|align="center"|7
+| style="text-align:center;"|7
-|align="center"|6,735
+| style="text-align:center;"|6,735
-|align="center"|3,116
+| style="text-align:center;"|3,116
-|align="center"|138,507
+| style="text-align:center;"|138,507
 |-
 |align=left|[[Canning subdivision|Canning]]
-|align="center"|532
+| style="text-align:center;"|532
-|align="center"|81,697
+| style="text-align:center;"|81,697
-|align="center"|59
+| style="text-align:center;"|59
-|align="center"|9,181
+| style="text-align:center;"|9,181
-|align="center"|29
+| style="text-align:center;"|29
-|align="center"|10,515
+| style="text-align:center;"|10,515
-|align="center"|55
+| style="text-align:center;"|55
-|align="center"|57,921
+| style="text-align:center;"|57,921
-|align="center"|4
+| style="text-align:center;"|4
-|align="center"|5,490
+| style="text-align:center;"|5,490
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|n/a
+| style="text-align:center;"|n/a
-|align="center"|2,105
+| style="text-align:center;"|2,105
-|align="center"|96,622
+| style="text-align:center;"|96,622
 |-
 |align=left|[[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]]
-|align="center"|1,212
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,212
-|align="center"|116,407
+| style="text-align:center;"|116,407
-|align="center"|61
+| style="text-align:center;"|61
-|align="center"|6,680
+| style="text-align:center;"|6,680
-|align="center"|98
+| style="text-align:center;"|98
-|align="center"|38,470
+| style="text-align:center;"|38,470
-|align="center"|145
+| style="text-align:center;"|145
-|align="center"|113,147
+| style="text-align:center;"|113,147
-|align="center"|7
+| style="text-align:center;"|7
-|align="center"|20,061
+| style="text-align:center;"|20,061
-|align="center"|5
+| style="text-align:center;"|5
-|align="center"|1,774
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,774
-|align="center"|3,140
+| style="text-align:center;"|3,140
-|align="center"|137,378
+| style="text-align:center;"|137,378
 |-
 |align=left|[[Kakdwip subdivision|Kakdwip]]
-|align="center"|598
+| style="text-align:center;"|598
-|align="center"|53,058
+| style="text-align:center;"|53,058
-|align="center"|45
+| style="text-align:center;"|45
-|align="center"|5,654
+| style="text-align:center;"|5,654
-|align="center"|48
+| style="text-align:center;"|48
-|align="center"|20,383
+| style="text-align:center;"|20,383
-|align="center"|82
+| style="text-align:center;"|82
-|align="center"|56,192
+| style="text-align:center;"|56,192
-|align="center"|3
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
-|align="center"|5,420
+| style="text-align:center;"|5,420
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|100
+| style="text-align:center;"|100
-|align="center"|1,844
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,844
-|align="center"|78,897
+| style="text-align:center;"|78,897
 |-
 |align=left|[[South 24 Parganas district]]*
-|align="center"|3,756
+| style="text-align:center;"|3,756
-|align="center"|437,530
+| style="text-align:center;"|437,530
-|align="center"|264
+| style="text-align:center;"|264
-|align="center"|34,924
+| style="text-align:center;"|34,924
-|align="center"|275
+| style="text-align:center;"|275
-|align="center"|118,282
+| style="text-align:center;"|118,282
-|align="center"|501
+| style="text-align:center;"|501
-|align="center"|423,268
+| style="text-align:center;"|423,268
-|align="center"|27
+| style="text-align:center;"|27
-|align="center"|66,750
+| style="text-align:center;"|66,750
-|align="center"|20
+| style="text-align:center;"|20
-|align="center"|11,703
+| style="text-align:center;"|11,703
-|align="center"|11,584
+| style="text-align:center;"|11,584
-|align="center"|504,833
+| style="text-align:center;"|504,833
-|-
 |}
 <small>.* Does not include data for portions of South 24 Parganas district functioning under Kolkata Municipal Corporation</small>
 ==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 Twenty-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>
+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 Twenty-four Parganas  | work = Table 3.1, 3.3  | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal  | access-date = 29 October 2019  | 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>
 {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;font-size: 9pt"
 |-
-!width="110" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
+! style="width:110px;" rowspan="2"| Subdivision
-!width="160" colspan="4" rowspan="1"| Health & Family Welfare Deptt, WB
+! style="width:160px;" colspan="4"| Health & Family Welfare Dept., WB
 !widthspan="110" rowspan="2"|Other<br/>State<br/>Govt<br/>Deptts
@@ Line 496: / Line 803: @@
 |-
 |align=left|Alipore Sadar
-|align="center"| -
+| style="text-align:center;"| -
-|align="center"|3
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
-|align="center"|3
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
-|align="center"|7
+| style="text-align:center;"|7
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|3
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|48
+| style="text-align:center;"|48
-|align="center"|65
+| style="text-align:center;"|65
-|align="center"|1,159
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,159
-|align="center"|199
+| style="text-align:center;"|199
-|align="center"|33,498
+| style="text-align:center;"|33,498
-|align="center"|633,233
+| style="text-align:center;"|633,233
 |-
 |align=left|[[Baruipur subdivision|Baruipur]]
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|6
+| style="text-align:center;"|6
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|18
+| style="text-align:center;"|18
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|2
+| style="text-align:center;"|2
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|66
+| style="text-align:center;"|66
-|align="center"|94
+| style="text-align:center;"|94
-|align="center"|1,045
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,045
-|align="center"|201
+| style="text-align:center;"|201
-|align="center"|48,114
+| style="text-align:center;"|48,114
-|align="center"|1,266,244
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,266,244
 |-
 |align=left|[[Canning subdivision|Canning]]
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|3
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|6
+| style="text-align:center;"|6
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|15
+| style="text-align:center;"|15
-|align="center"|26
+| style="text-align:center;"|26
-|align="center"|351
+| style="text-align:center;"|351
-|align="center"|49
+| style="text-align:center;"|49
-|align="center"|22,467
+| style="text-align:center;"|22,467
-|align="center"|666,377
+| style="text-align:center;"|666,377
 |-
 |align=left|[[Diamond Harbour subdivision|Diamond Harbour]]
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|6
+| style="text-align:center;"|6
-|align="center"|3
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
-|align="center"|17
+| style="text-align:center;"|17
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|68
+| style="text-align:center;"|68
-|align="center"|95
+| style="text-align:center;"|95
-|align="center"|1077
+| style="text-align:center;"|1077
-|align="center"|169
+| style="text-align:center;"|169
-|align="center"|65,051
+| style="text-align:center;"|65,051
-|align="center"|1,325,535
+| style="text-align:center;"|1,325,535
 |-
 |align=left|[[Kakdwip subdivision|Kakdwip]]
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|3
+| style="text-align:center;"|3
-|align="center"|1
+| style="text-align:center;"|1
-|align="center"|11
+| style="text-align:center;"|11
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|-
+| style="text-align:center;"|-
-|align="center"|20
+| style="text-align:center;"|20
-|align="center"|36
+| style="text-align:center;"|36
-|align="center"|458
+| style="text-align:center;"|458
-|align="center"|73
+| style="text-align:center;"|73
-|align="center"|28,707
+| style="text-align:center;"|28,707
-|align="center"|405,501
+| style="text-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
 |-
+|align=left|'''South 24 Parganas district'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''4'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''21'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''9'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''59'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''1'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''5'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''-'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''217'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''316'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''4,090'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''691'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''197,837'''
+| style="text-align:center;"|'''4,397,890'''
 |}
 <small>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.</small>
+==Notable people==
+===Music===
+* [[Pritam]], Indian music director
+* [[Rashid Khan (musician)]]
+* [[Nirmala Mishra]], Playback Singer
+* [[Hemant Kumar]], Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet.
+* [[Salil Chowdhury]], Indian music director, songwriter, lyricist, writer and poet.
+* [[Kabir Suman]], Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, music composer, writer, actor, politician, and former journalist.
+===Freedom Fighters===
+* [[Kanailal Bhattacharjee]], Bengali revolutionary nationalist.
+* [[Subhas Chandra Bose]], nationalist.
+* [[Sarat Chandra Bose]], nationalist.
+===Social Reformer===
+* [[Sivanath Shastri]], Bengali social reformer, writer, translator, scholar, editor philoshoper and historian.
+===Sports===
+* [[Sourav Ganguly]], Indian Cricketer and cricket commentator.
+===Advocates===
+* [[Janakinath Bose]], Indian Advocate.
+===Writer===
+* [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]], Indian Poet and Writer.
+* [[Ashapurna Devi]], Indian Poet and Writer.
+* [[Srijato]], Indian Poet and Writer.
+===Film Personality===
+* [[Anurag Basu]], Filmmaker
+* [[Kaushik Ganguly]], Filmmaker
+* [[Utpal Dutt]], Indian Actor.
+* [[Rajatava Dutta]] , Indian Actor.
+* [[Mahesh Manjrekar]], Filmmaker, Indian Actor
+* [[Madhumita Sarcar]], Indian Actress.
+* [[Soham Chakraborty]], Indian Actor.
+* [[Ena Saha]] , Indian Actor.
+* [[Kaushik Sen]], Indian Actor.
+* [[Riddhi Sen]], Indian Actor.
+* [[Rwitobroto Mukherjee]], Indian Actor.
+* [[Srijit Mukherji]], Indian Actor.
+===Filmmaker===
+* [[Premendra Mitra]], Indian Filmmaker and Writer.
+* [[Satyajit Ray]], Indian director, scriptwriter
+* [[Subhankar Chattopadhyay]], Indian director, scriptwriter, content creator.
+* [[Sujit Mondal]],  Indian Filmmaker and Writer.
+* [[Goutam Ghose]] ,  Indian Filmmaker and Writer.
+* [[Srijit Mukherji]],   Indian Filmmaker and Writer.
+===Dance===
+* [[Dona Ganguly]], Indian Dancer
+===Physicians===
+* [[Nilratan Sircar]], Indian medical doctor, educationist, philanthropist and swadeshi entrepreneur.
+* [[Tarun Mandal]], Indian medical doctor, Writer, Member of Parliament.
+===Religious Scholars===
+* [[Shyamal Bose (bishop)]]
+* [[Linus Nirmal Gomes]], Indian Roman Catholic prelate.
+===Others===
+* [[Pratima Mondal]], Member of Parliament.
+* [[Abhishek Banerjee (politician)]], Member of Parliament.
+* [[Firdousi Begum]], Indian politician.
+* [[Abdur Razzak Molla]], Minister for Land and Land Reforms.
+==Auditorium==
+* [[Dhanadhanya Auditorium]]
+* [[Madhusudan Mancha]]
+* [[Nazrul Mancha]]
+* [[Rabindra Sadan]]
+==Notes==
+{{notelist}}
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+{{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
 ==External links==
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