Bagnan I

Bagnan I is a community development block (CD Block) that forms an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Kalyanpur, a constituent panchayat of Bagnan I block, is located at 22°30′11″N 87°54′43″E / 22.502963°N 87.911825°E / 22.502963; 87.911825.

Bagnan I CD Block is bounded by Amta II and Amta I CD Blocks in the north, Uluberia II and Uluberia I CD Blocks in the east, Bagnan II CD Block in the south and Kolaghat CD Block, in Purba Medinipur district, across the Rupnarayan, in the west.

It is located 44 km from Howrah, the district headquarters.

Bagnan I CD Block has an area of 83.01  km². Bagnan police station serves this CD Block. Bagnan I panchayat samity has 10 gram panchayats. The block has 49 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Bagnan.

Howrah district is located on the west bank of the Hooghly. The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it. The district consists of a flat alluvial plain.

Gram panchayats of Bagnan I block/panchayat samiti are: Bagnan I, Bagnan II, Bainan, Baksihat, Bangalpur, Haturia I, Haturia II, Kalyanpur, Khalore and Sabsit.

Rural population is 49.63% of the total population of Howrah district as per 2001 census. Scheduled castes account for 15.41% of the population, scheduled tribes 0.44% and Muslims 24.4% of the population. As the economy is prevalently industrial, majority of the population depends on industries for a living. Only 30% of the population is engaged in cultivation.