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Basirhat I

Basirhat I
বসিরহাট I সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Community development block
Basirhat I is located in West Bengal
Basirhat I
Basirhat I
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°40′N 88°53′E / 22.66°N 88.89°E / 22.66; 88.89Coordinates: 22°40′N 88°53′E / 22.66°N 88.89°E / 22.66; 88.89
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Government
 • Type Community development block
Area
 • Total 112.10 km2 (43.28 sq mi)
Elevation 9 m (30 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 171,613
 • Density 1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates 108,530 (72.10%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 743292 (Itinda)
743744 (Pifa)
Telephone/STD code 03217
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Vehicle registration WB-23, WB-24, WB-25, WB-26
Lok Sabha constituency Basirhat
Vidhan Sabha constituency Basirhat Dakshin
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Basirhat I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Basirhat police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Basirhat. It is located 48 km from Barasat, the district headquarters.

Basirhat is located at 22°40′N 88°53′E / 22.66°N 88.89°E / 22.66; 88.89.

Basirhat I CD Block is bounded by Baduria CD Block in the north, Satkhira Sadar Upazila and Debhata Upazila in Satkhira District of Bangladesh in the east, Hasnabad, Minakhan and Haroa CD Blocks in the south and Basirhat II CD Block in the west. While Basirhat municipality is in the north-west, Taki municipality is in the south-east.


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