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Galsi I

Galsi I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Bud Bud, a constituent gram panchayat in Galsi I CD Block, is located at 23°24′30″N 87°32′34″E / 23.408319°N 87.54273°E / 23.408319; 87.54273. Galsi I CD Block is part of the Bardhaman Plain, the central plain area of the district. The area is surrounded by the Bhagirathi on the east, the Ajay on the north-west and the Damodar on the west and south. Old river channels and small creeks found in the region dry up in the dry season, but the Bardhaman Plains are sometimes subject to heavy floods during the rainy season. The region has recent alluvial soils.

Galsi I CD Block is bounded by Ausgram II CD Block on the north, Galsi II CD Block on the east, Sonamukhi and Patrasayer CD Blocks, in Bankura district, on the south and Kanksa CD Block on the west.

Galsi I CD Block has an area of 257.37 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 9 gram panchayats, 141 gram sansads (village councils), 87 mouzas and 85 inhabited villages. Bud Bud and Galsi police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Bud Bud.

Gram panchayats of Galsi I block/panchayat samiti are: Bud Bud, Chaktentul, Loapur Krishnarampur, Lowa Ramgopalpur, Mankar, Paraj, Potna-Pursa, Serorai and Uchchagram.

As per the 2011 Census of India Galsi I CD Block had a total population of 187,588, of which 164,467 were rural and 23,121 were urban. There were 96,755 (52%) males and 90,833 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 19,421. Scheduled Castes numbered 67,044 (35.74%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 7,652 (4.08%).

As per 2001 census, Galsi I block had a total population of 174,070, out of which 90,518 were males and 83,552 were females. Galsi I block registered a population growth of 17.76 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Bardhaman district was 14.36 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. Scheduled castes at 61,523 formed around one-third the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 7,187.

Census Towns in Galsi I CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Raipur (5,470), Sukdal (13,093) and Bud Bud (4,558).

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community development block in West Bengal, India
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