Bagnan II

Chandrabhag, a constituent panchayat of Bagnan II block, is located at 22°25′37″N87°59′27″E / 22.42696°N 87.990959°E / 22.42696; 87.990959.

Bagnan II CD Block is bounded by Bagnan I CD Block in the north, Uluberia I CD Block in the east, Shyampur II CD Block in the south and Sahid Matangini and Kolaghat CD Blocks, in Purba Medinipur district, across the Rupnarayan, in the west.

It is located 44 km from Howrah, the district headquarters.

Bagnan II CD Block has an area of 77.52  km².^[1] Bagnan police station serves this CD Block. Bagnan II panchayat samity has 7 gram panchayats. The block has 47 inhabited villages.^[2] Headquarters of this block is at Bagnan.

Howrah district is located on the west bank of the Hooghly. The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it. The district consists of a flat alluvial plain.^[3]

Gram panchayats of Bagnan II block/panchayat samiti are: Antila, Bantul- Baidyanathpur, Chandrabhag, Halyan, Mugkalyan Benapur, Orphooli and Saratchandra.^[4]

Rural population is 49.63% of the total population of Howrah district as per 2001 census. Scheduled castes account for 15.41% of the population, scheduled tribes 0.44% and Muslims 24.4% of the population. As the economy is prevalently industrial, majority of the population depends on industries for a living. Only 30% of the population is engaged in cultivation.^[5]

As per 2011 Census of India Bagnan II CD Block had a total population of 164,405, of which 119,033 were rural and 45,372 were urban. There were 84,539 (51%) males and 79,866 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 19,026. Scheduled Castes numbered 17,341 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 793.^[6]

As per 2001 census, Bagnan II block had a total population of 146,110, out of which 75,330 were males and 70,780 were females. Bagnan II block registered a population growth of 14.81 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Howrah district was 12.76 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. Scheduled castes at 16,818 formed around one-eighth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 1,910.^[1][7]

Census Towns in Bagnan II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Naupala (7,856), Barunda (7,534), Kulitapara (5,895), Kanaipur (4,782), Batul (4,707), Mugkalyan (7,961) and Halyan (6,637).^[6]

Large villages in Bagnan II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Mellak (5,713), Chak Kamala (5,654), Birkul (4,023), Baidyanathpur (5,989), Benapur (6,655), Chandanapara (4,342), Khajurnan (4,903), Rabibhag (8,976), Rupasgari (7,240) and Chhayani Guzrat (4,071).^[6]

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Bagnan II CD Block was 120,042 (82.57% of the population over 6 years) out of which 65,023 (54%) were males and 55,019 (46%) were females.^[6]

As per 2011 census, literacy in Howrah district was 78.66%.^[8] Literacy in West Bengal was 77.08% in 2011.^[9] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.^[9]

As per 2001 census, Bagnan II block had a total literacy of 75.20 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 82.86 per cent female literacy was 67.02 per cent. Howrah district had a total literacy of 77.01 per cent, male literacy being 83.22 per cent and female literacy being 70.11 per cent.^[2]

اللغة البنغالية هي اللغة المحلية في هذه المناطق.

في تعداد عام 2011، بلغ عدد الهندوس 119,207 نسمة، وشكلوا 72.51% من سكان منطقة باجنان الثانية. وبلغ عدد المسلمين 45,001 نسمة، وشكلوا 27.37% من السكان. أما بقية السكان فبلغ عددهم 197 نسمة، وشكلوا 0.12% من السكان. ^{[ 10 ]}

في عام 2011، بلغ عدد الهندوس 3,535,844 نسمة، وشكّلوا 72.90% من سكان مقاطعة هاورا. وبلغ عدد المسلمين 1,270,641 نسمة، وشكّلوا 26.20% من السكان. أما في ولاية البنغال الغربية، فبلغ عدد الهندوس 64,385,546 نسمة، وشكّلوا 70.53% من السكان. وبلغ عدد المسلمين 24,654,825 نسمة، وشكّلوا 27.01% من السكان. ^{[ 10 ]}

اللغة البنغالية هي اللغة السائدة، ويتحدث بها 99.33% من السكان. ^{[ 11 ]}

حتى عامي 2003-2004، كانت مساحة الأراضي المملوكة في منطقة باجنان الثانية 235 هكتارًا، وُزِّع منها 125 هكتارًا على 1878 شخصًا. وكانت باجنان الثانية تضم 2350 هكتارًا من قنوات الري. وفي منطقة باجنان الثانية، تم تزويد 48 قرية بالكهرباء حتى مارس 2004. ^{[ 2 ]}