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Ketugram II (community development block)

Ketugram II
কেতুগ্রাম II
Community development block
সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Ketugram II is located in West Bengal
Ketugram II
Ketugram II
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°42′41″N 88°05′55″E / 23.71139°N 88.09861°E / 23.71139; 88.09861
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Bardhaman
Parliamentary constituency Bolpur
Assembly constituency Ketugram
Area
 • Total 61.79 sq mi (160.03 km2)
Elevation 85 ft (26 m)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,118,567
 • Density 18,000/sq mi (7,000/km2)
Time zone IST (UTC+5.30)
PIN 713140 (Ketugram)
713130 (Gangatikuri)
Telephone/STD code 03453
Vehicle registration WB-37,WB-38,WB-41,WB-42,WB-44
Literacy Rate 65.96 per cent
Website http://bardhaman.gov.in/

Ketugram II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Gangatikuri, a gram panchayat in Ketugram II CD Block, is located at 23°42′41″N 88°05′55″E / 23.7115°N 88.0985°E / 23.7115; 88.0985. Ketugram II CD Block is part of the Kanksa Ketugram plain and the Bhagirathi basin. The Ajay forms the southern boundary of the CD Block before joining the Bhagirathi. The soil is alluvial of recent origin.

Ketugram II CD Block is bounded by Bharatpur II CD Block, in Murshidabad district, on the north, Kaliganj CD Block, in Nadia district across the Bhagirathi, on the east, Katwa I and Mangolkote CD Blocks on the south and Ketugram I CD Block on the west.

It is located 64 km from Bardhaman, the district headquarters.

Ketugram II CD Block has an area of 160.03 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 7 gram panchayats, 90 gram sansads (village councils), 56 mouzas and 55 inhabited villages. Ketugram police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Gangatikuri.


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