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Barasat I

Barasat I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Barasat Sadar subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Barasat I block is located at 22°46′02″N 88°32′29″E / 22.7672188°N 88.5414362°E / 22.7672188; 88.5414362.

Barasat I CD Block is bounded by Habra I, Habra II and Amdanga CD Blocks in the north, Deganga CD Block in the east, Barasat II CD Block in the south and Barrackpore II CD Block in the west. The Barrackpore industrial area with such municipalities as New Barrackpore, Madhyamgram and North Dumdum is in the west, and Barasat municipality is in the south.

Barasat I CD Block is part of the North Hooghly Flat, one of the three physiographic regions in the district located in the lower Ganges Delta. It is a raised alluvium area along the Hooghly, which forms the western boundary of the district.

Barasat I CD Block has an area of 104.97 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 9 gram panchayats, 152 gram sansads (village councils), 81 mouzas and 81 inhabited villages as per the District Statistical Handbook: North 24 Parganas.Duttapukur police station has jurisdiction over Barasat I CD Block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Chhota Jagulia.

Gram panchayats of Barasat I block/panchayat samiti are: Chhota Jagulia, Ichhapur–Nilganj, Kotra, Purba Khilkapur, Dattapukur I, Kadambagachhi, Paschim Khilkapur, Dattapukur II, and Kashimpur.

As per 2011 Census of India, Barasat I CD Block had a total population of 294,628, of which 175,226 were rural and 119,402 were urban. There were 150,919 (51%) males and 143,709 (49%) females. The population below 6 years was 31,333. Scheduled Castes numbered 47,026 (15.96%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 2,546 (0.86%).

As per 2001 census, Barasat I block had a total population of 237,783, out of which 122,560 were males and 115,223 were females.

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