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Kharagpur I

Kharagpur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located 14 km from Midnapore, the district headquarters.

In Kharagpur I CD block, 60% of the cultivated area has lateritic soil and 40% has alluvial soil.

Hariatara, a constituent panchayat of Kharagpur I block, is located at 22°18′32″N 87°13′40″E / 22.3088000°N 87.2278370°E / 22.3088000; 87.2278370.

Kharagpur I CD block is bounded by Midnapore Sadar CD block in the north, Kharagpur II CD block in the east, Nayagram and Keshiari CD blocks in the south and Sankrail and Jhargram CD locks in the west.

Kharagpur I CD block has an area of 313.31 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 7 gram panchayats, 112 gram sansads (village councils), 269 mouzas and 228 inhabited villages. Kharagpur (Local) police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Satkul.

Kharagpur I CD block had a forest cover of 4,000 hectares, against a total geographical area of 32,600 hectares in 2005–06.

Gram panchayats of Kharagpur I block/ panchayat samiti are: Arjuni, Barkola, Bhetia, Gopali, Hariatara, Kalaikunda and Khelar.

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kharagpur I CD block had a population of 258,040, of which 165,961 were rural and 92,079 were urban. There were 131,073 (51%) males and 126,967 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 28,677. Scheduled Castes numbered 46,431 (17.99%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 42,453 (16.45%).

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