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Sandeshkhali I

Sandeshkhali I
সন্দেশখালি I সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Community development block
Sandeshkhali I is located in West Bengal
Sandeshkhali I
Sandeshkhali I
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°22′N 88°54′E / 22.36°N 88.90°E / 22.36; 88.90Coordinates: 22°22′N 88°54′E / 22.36°N 88.90°E / 22.36; 88.90
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Government
 • Type Community development block
Area
 • Total 181.20 km2 (69.96 sq mi)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 164,465
 • Density 910/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates 100,978 (71.08%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 743439 (Hatgachha)
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 Sandeshkhali
Website north24parganas.nic.in

The Hungry Tide
In the beginning…there was nothing but forests here. There were no people, no embankments, no fields. Just kada and bada, mud and mangrove. At high tide most of the land vanished under water. And everywhere you looked there were predators – tigers, crocodiles, sharks, leopards…This was a time when people were so desperate for the land that they were willing to sell themselves for a bigha or two.

Sandeshkhali 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. Sandeshkhali police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Najata Hatkhali. It is located 54 km from Barasat, the district headquarters.

Sandeshkhali is located at 22°22′N 88°54′E / 22.36°N 88.90°E / 22.36; 88.90.

Sandeshkhali I CD Block is bounded by Minakhan and Hasnabad CD Blocks in the north, Hingalganj CD Block in the east, Sandeshkhali II CD Block in the south and Bhangar II and Bhangar I CD Blocks in South 24 Parganas district in the west.


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