Chandannagore subdivision

Chandannagore subdivision চন্দননগর মহকুমা
subdivision
Chandannagore subdivision Show map of West Bengal Chandannagore subdivision Show map of India Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°52′N 88°23′E / 22.87°N 88.38°E / 22.87; 88.38Coordinates: 22°52′N 88°23′E / 22.87°N 88.38°E / 22.87; 88.38
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Hooghly
Headquarters	Chandannagar
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code	ISO 3166-2:IN
Vehicle registration	WB
Website	wb.gov.in

Chandannagore subdivision is a subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Chandannagar municipal corporation and three municipalities (Bhadreswar, Champdani and Tarakeswar) and three community development blocs: Haripal, Singur and Tarakeswar. The three blocks contain 41 gram panchayats and one census town. The subdivision has its headquarters at Chandannagar.

Area

Apart from the Chandannagar municipal corporation and three municipalities of Bhadreswar, Champdani and Tarakeswar, the subdivision contains one census town and rural areas of 41 gram panchayats under three community development blocs: Haripal, Singur and Tarakeswar.^[1] The only census town is: Singur.^[2]

Blocks

Haripal block

Rural area under Haripal block consists of 15 gram panchayats, viz. Alipur Kashipur, Haripal Kingkarbati, Nalikul Purba, Pyantra, Bandipur, Haripal Sahadev, Narayanpur Bahirkhanda, Sripatipur Ilipur, Chandanpur, Jejur, Dwarhatta, Kaikala, Paschim Gopinathpur, Haripal Ashutosh and Nalikul Paschim.^[1] There is no urban area under this block.^[2] Haripal police station serves this block.^[3] Headquarters of this block is in Khamarchandi.^[4]

Singur block

Rural area under Singur block consists of 16 gram panchayats, viz. Anandanagar, Basubati, Gopalnagar, Singur–I, Bagdanga Chinamore, Beraberi, Kamarkundu Gopalnagar Daluigachha, Singur–II, Bainchipota, Bighati, Mirzapur Bankipur, Balarambati, Bora, Baruipara Paltagarh, Borai Pahalampur and Nasibpur.^[1] Urban area under this block consists of one census town: Singur.^[2] Singur and Bhadreswar police stations serve this block.^[3] Headquarters of this block is in Singur.^[4]

Tarakeswar block

Rural area under Tarakeswar block consists of ten gram panchayats, viz. Ashtara Dattapur, Bhanjipur, Naita Malpaharpur, Talpur, Baligori–I, Champadanga, Purba Ramnagar, Baligori–II, Kesabchak and Santoshpur.^[1] There is no urban area under this block.^[2] Tarakeswar police station serves this block.^[3] Headquarters of this block is in Tarakeswar.^[4]

Legislative segments

As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the delimitation of constituencies in West Bengal:^[5]

• The area under the Chandannagar municipal corporation and the Bhadreswar municipality will form the Chandannagar assembly constituency of West Bengal.
• The Champdani municipality will be part of the area defining the Champdani assembly constituency.
• Thirteen gram panchayats under the Singur block—Anandanagar, Bagdanga Chinamore, Baruipara Paltagarh, Beraberi, Bighati, Bainchipota, Bora, Borai Pahalampur, Gopalnagar, Mirzapur Bankipur, Nasibpur, Singur–I and Singur–II—will be part of the Singur assembly constituency.
• The other three gram panchayats under the Singur block, viz. Balarambati, Basubati and Kamarkundu Gopalnagar Daluigachha, along with the area under the Haripal block will form the area defining the Haripal assembly constituency.
• The Tarakeswar block and the municipal area under Tarakeswar will be part of the Tarakeswar assembly constituency.
• The Champdani constituency will be an assembly segment of the Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
• The constituencies of Singur and Chandannagar will be assembly segments of the Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency).
• The constituencies of Haripal and Tarakeswar will be assembly segments of the Arambag (Lok Sabha constituency), which will be reserved for Scheduled castes (SC) candidates.

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