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Ketugram I (community development block)

Ketugram I
কেতুগ্রাম I
Community development block
সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Ketugram I is located in West Bengal
Ketugram I
Ketugram I
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°42′36″N 87°57′24″E / 23.71000°N 87.95667°E / 23.71000; 87.95667
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Bardhaman
Parliamentary constituency Bolpur
Assembly constituency Ketugram
Area
 • Total 74.90 sq mi (193.98 km2)
Elevation 59 ft (18 m)
Population (2011)
 • Total 165,408
 • Density 2,200/sq mi (850/km2)
Time zone IST (UTC+5.30)
PIN 713129 (Kandra)
Telephone/STD code 03453
Vehicle registration WB-37,WB-38,WB-41,WB-42,WB-44
Literacy Rate 68.00 per cent
Website http://bardhaman.gov.in/

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

Rajoor, a constituent gram panchayat of Ketugram I block, is located at 23°42′36″N 87°57′24″E / 23.7101°N 87.9566°E / 23.7101; 87.9566.

Ketugram I CD Block is part of the Kanksa Ketugram plain, which lies along the Ajay. The river forms the southern boundary of the CD Block. The soil is alluvial of recent origin.

Ketugram I CD Block is bounded by Bharatpur I CD Block, in Murshidabad district, on the north, Bharatpur II CD Block, in Murshidabad district, and Ketugram II CD Block on the east, Mangolkote CD Block on the south and Nanoor and Labpur CD Blocks, in Birbhum district, on the west.

It is located 62 km from Bardhaman, the district headquarters.

Ketugram I CD Block has an area of 193.98 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 8 gram panchayats, 117 gram sansads (village councils), 66 mouzas and 62 inhabited villages. Ketugram police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Kandra.


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