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Memari II (community development block)

Memari II
মেমারী II
Community development block
সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Memari II is located in West Bengal
Memari II
Memari II
Location in West Bengal
Coordinates: 23°15′55″N 88°08′59″E / 23.26528°N 88.14972°E / 23.26528; 88.14972
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Purba Bardhaman
Parliamentary constituency Bardhaman Purba, Bardhaman-Durgapur
Assembly constituency Memari, Manteswar
Area
 • Total 72.14 sq mi (186.84 km2)
Elevation 79 ft (24 m)
Population (2011)
 • Total 150,252
 • Density 2,100/sq mi (800/km2)
Time zone IST (UTC+5.30)
PIN 713168 (Paharhati)
713421 (Barapalasan)
713422 (Satgachia)
Telephone/STD code 0342
Vehicle registration WB-37,WB-38,WB-41,WB-42,WB-44
Literacy Rate 74.59 per cent
Website http://bardhaman.gov.in/

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

Satgachia, a constituent panchayat of Memari II block, is located at 23°15′55″N 88°08′59″E / 23.2653°N 88.1496°E / 23.2653; 88.1496.

Memari II CD Block is part of the Bardhaman Plain, the central plain area of the district. The area is surrounded by the Bhagirathi on the east, the Ajay on the north-west and the Damodar on the west and south. Old river channels and small creeks found in the region dry up in the dry season, but the Bardhaman Plains are sometimes subject to heavy floods during the rainy season. The region has recent alluvial soils.

Memari II CD Block is bounded by Manteswar CD Block on the north, Kalna I CD Block on the east, Memari I CD Block on the south and Burdwan I and Burdwan II CD Blocks on the west.

It is located 30 km from Bardhaman, the district headquarters.

Memari II CD Block has an area of 186.84 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 9 gram panchayats, 115 gram sansads (village councils), 89 mouzas and 88 inhabited villages. Memari police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Paharhati.


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