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Bharatpur I

Bharatpur I (CD Block)
ভরতপুর I সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Community development block
Bharatpur I (CD Block) is located in West Bengal
Bharatpur I (CD Block)
Bharatpur I (CD Block)
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 23°52′45″N 88°05′18″E / 23.879101°N 88.088287°E / 23.879101; 88.088287Coordinates: 23°52′45″N 88°05′18″E / 23.879101°N 88.088287°E / 23.879101; 88.088287
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Government
 • Type Community development block
Area
 • Total 182 km2 (70 sq mi)
Elevation 19 m (62 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 172,702
 • Density 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates 94,247 (62.93%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 742301 (Bharatpur)
Telephone/STD code 03484
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Vehicle registration WB-57, WB-58
Lok Sabha constituency Baharampur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bharatpur, Burwan
Website murshidabad.gov.in

Bharatpur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Bharatpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Bharatpur. It is located 34 km from Baharampur, the district headquarters.

Bharatpur is located at 23°52′45″N 88°05′18″E / 23.879101°N 88.088287°E / 23.879101; 88.088287

Bharatpur I CD Block is bounded by Kandi CD Block in the north, Beldanga II CD Block in the east, Bharatpur II CD Block and Ketugram I CD Block, in Bardhaman district, in the south and Burwan CD Block in the west.

Bharatpur I CD Block has an area of 182.00 km2.

The Bhagirathi divides the district into two parts namely Bagri on the east and Rahr on the west. The Padma separates the district from Malda district, and Chapai Nawabganj and Rajshahi districts of Bangladesh.

Gram panchayats in Bharatpur I block/ panchayat samiti are: Alugram, Amlai, Bharatpur, Godda, Gundiria, Jajan, Sijgram and Talgram.


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