Burwan (community development block)

Burwan is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Burwan is located at 23°56′27″N 87°56′06″E / 23.940889°N 87.934952°E / 23.940889; 87.934952

Burwan CD block is bounded by Khargram CD block in the north, Kandi and Bharatpur I CD blocks in the east, Mayureshwar II CD block, in Birbhum district, in the south and west.

Burwan CD block lies in the Mayurakshi Dwaraka plain in the south-eastern corner of Rarh region in Murshidabad district. The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the east. The Rarh region is undulating and contains mostly clay and lateritic clay based soil.

The Rarh region or the western part of the district is drained by the right bank tributaries of the Bhagirathi, flowing down from the hilly / plateau region of Santhal Pargana division in neighbouring Jharkhand. The Farakka Barrage regulates the flow of water into the Bhagirathi through the feeder canal. Thereafter, it is fed with the discharge from the Mayurakshi system. About 1,800 km² of area in the neighbourhood of Kandi town is flooded by the combined discharge of the Mayurakshi, Dwarka, Brahmani, Gambhira, Kopai and Bakreshwar – the main contributor being the Mayurakshi. Certain other areas in the western sector also get flooded.

Burwan CD block has an area of 299.66 km². It has 1 panchayat samity, 13 gram panchayats, 185 gram sansads (village councils), 155 mouzas and 138 inhabited villages. Burwan police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Gram Salkia.

Gram panchayats in Burwan block/ panchayat samiti are: Biprasekhar, Burwan I, Burwan II, Kalyanpur I, Kalyanpur II, Kharjuna, Kuli, Kurunnurun, Panchthupi, Sabaldaha, Sabalpur, Sahora and Sundarpur.

According to the 2011 Census of India Burwan CD block had a total population of 257,466, all of which were rural. There were 132,439 (51%) males and 125,027 (49%) females. The population in the age range 0-6 years numbered 32,063. Scheduled Castes numbered 63,098 (24.51%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 2,955 (1.15%).