Chinsurah-Mogra is an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision

Chinsurah subdivision

Chinsurah subdivision , is a subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of two municipalities and five community development blocs: Balagarh, Chinsurah–Mogra, Dhaniakhali, Pandua and Polba–Dadpur. The five blocks contain 69 gram panchayats and...

 of Hooghly district

Hooghly District

Hooghly district is one of the districts of the state of West Bengal in India. It can alternatively be spelt Hoogli or Hugli. The district is named after the Hooghly River.The headquarters of the district are at Chinsura...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. Chinsurah and Mogra police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Mogra

Mogra

Mogra is a gram panchayat , police station and headquarters of Chinsurah-Mogra community development block in Hooghly district in West Bengal, India...

. Kodalia

Kodalia

Kodalia is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision.-Geography:Kodalia is located at .-Demographics:...

, Raghunathpur

Raghunathpur (PS-Magra)

Raghunathpur is a census town in Hughli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Geography:Raghunathpur is located at -Demographics:...

, Madhusudanpur

Madhusudanpur

Madhusudanpur is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Amodghata

Amodghata

Amodghata is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Shankhanagar

Shankhanagar

Shankhanagar is a census town in Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision. -Demographics:...

, Chak Bansberia

Chak Bansberia

Chak Bansberia is a census town in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision.-Demographics:...

, Kulihanda

Kulihanda

Kulihanda is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. -Geography:Kulihanda is located at -Demographics:...

, Simla

Simla, West Bengal

Simla is a census town in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police stations in Chinsurah subdivision. -Demographics:...

 and Dharmapur are urban areas in this block. It also includes urban out-growths such as Khamarpara, Bandel Thermal Power Project Town, Barakhejuria and Naldanga.

Geography

Mogra is located at 22.97925°N 88.374769°E.

Chinsura-Mogra community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 has an area of 54.87  km².

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Chinsurah-Mogra block/ panchayat samiti are: Bandel

Bandel

Bandel , founded by Portuguese settlers, is a gram panchayat in Chinsurah-Mogra block in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Chinsurah police station. A major junction station of Eastern Railway, it is 40 km from Howrah station...

, Chandrahati I, Chandrahati II, Debanandapur, Digsui-Hoera, Kodalia I, Kodalia II, Mogra I, Mogra II and Saptagram.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Chinsurah-Mogra block had a total population of 211,036, out of which 109,751 were males and 1101,285 were females. Chinsurah-Mogra block registered a population growth of 26.54 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Hooghly district was 15.72 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Literacy

As per the 2001 census, Chinsurah-Mogra block had a total literacy of 56.72 per cent. While male literacy was 75.24 per cent, female literacy was 57.09 per cent.