Kulpi (community development block)

Kulpi is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Harinarayanpur is an archaeological site in this CD block.

Kulpi CD block is located at 22°04′53″N 88°14′42″E / 22.0815°N 88.2449°E / 22.0815; 88.2449. It has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 ft).

Kulpi CD block is bounded by Diamond Harbour I and Magrahat I CD blocks in the north, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur I and Patharpratima CD blocks in east, Kakdwip CD block in the south, Haldia and Sutahata CD blocks in Purba Medinipur district, across the Hooghly, in the west.

South 24 Parganas district is divided into two distinct physiographic zones: the marine-riverine delta in the north and the marine delta zone in the south. As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed. Both tidal inflows and the rivers have been depositing sediments in this plain. The periodical collapse of both the natural levees and man-made embankments speed up the process of filling up of the depressions containing brackish water wetlands. The marine delta in the south is formed of interlacing tidal channels. As non-saline water for irrigation is scarce, agriculture is monsoon dominated. Some parts of the wetlands are still preserved for raising fish.

Kulpi CD block has an area of 210.83 km². It has 1 panchayat samity, 14 gram panchayats, 195 gram sansads (village councils), 182 mouzas and 172 inhabited villages, as per the District Statistical Handbook, South Twenty-four Parganas. Kulpi and Dholahat police stations serve this CD Block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Kulpi.

Gram panchayats of Kulpi CD block/panchayat samiti are: Baburmahal, Belpukur, Chandipur, Dhola, Gajipur, Iswaripur, Kamarchak, Karanjali, Keoratala, Kulpi, Rajarampur, Ramkishore, Ramkrishnapur and Ramnagar Gazipur.

As per the 2011 Census of India, Kulpi CD block had a total population of 283,197, of which 266,645 were rural and 16,552 were urban. There were 144,773 (51%) males and 138,424 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 39,378. Scheduled Castes numbered 84,020 (29.67%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 315 (0.11%).