South 24 Parganas or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas is a district in the Indian State of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal state by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side is the urban fringe of Kolkata and on the other, the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans.
Divisions
Administrative Subdivisions
The district comprises five subdivisions: Alipore Sadar, Baruipur, Diamond Harbour, Canning and Kakdwip.
Alipore is the district headquarters. There are 33 police stations, 29 community development blocks, 7 municipalities and 312 gram panchayats in the district. The Sunderbans area is covered by 12 CD blocks, viz. Sagar, Namkhana, Kakdwip, Patharpratima, Kultali, Mathurapur I, Mathurapur II, Jaynagar II, Canning I, Canning II, Basanti and Gosaba. The district contains 37 islands.
Other than the municipality areas, each subdivision contains community development blocks which in turn are divided into rural areas and census towns. In total there are 118 urban units: 7 municipalities and 111 census towns.
Alipore Sadar Subdivision
Main article: Alipore Sadar subdivision
The Alipore Sadar subdivision consists of:
Urban areas which are part of Kolkata Municipal Corporation: Ballygunge, Alipore, New Alipore, Bhowanipore, Kalighat, Ajoy Nagar, Dhakuria, Gariahat, Charu Market, Tollygunge, Chetla, Naktala, Jodhpur Park, Golf Green, Regent Park, Jadavpur, Garfa, Kalikapur[disambiguation needed], Haltu, Nandi Bagan, Santoshpur, Baghajatin, Chak Garia, New Garia, Garia, Kamalgazi, Narendrapur, Ranikuthi, Bansdroni, Kudghat, Dhalai Bridge, Model Town, Netaji Nagar, Panchpota, Techno City, Tentulberia, Baishnabghata Patuli, Ekbalpur, Haridevpur, Hastings, Rajabagan, Watgunge, Garden Reach, Khidirpur, Metiabruz, Taratala, Bartala, BNR Colony, Behala, Sarsuna, Joka, Barisha, Parnasree Pally, Thakurpukur.
Three municipalities: Maheshtala, Budge Budge and Pujali.
Bishnupur I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and four census towns: Daulatpur, Bhasa, Bishnupur and Kanyanagar.
Bishnupur II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and eleven census towns: Nahazari, Nadabhanga, Kanganbaria, Bora Gagangohalia, Chanddandaha, Barkalikapur, Patharberia, Ramkrishnapur, Amtala, Kriparampur and Chak Enayetnagar.
Budge Budge I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and seven census towns: Uttar Raypur, Balarampur, Buita, Benjanhari Acharial (P), Abhirampur, Nischintapur and Birlapur.
Budge Budge II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and five census towns: Chak Kashipur, Chak Alampur, Bowali, Dakshin Raypur and Poali.
Thakurpukur Maheshtala, a community development block consisting of rural areas with six gram panchayats and nine census towns: Joka, Chata Kalikapur, Ganye Gangadharpur, Rameswarpur, Asuti, Hanspukuria, Kalua, Ramchandrapur and Samali.
Baruipur Subdivision
Main article: Baruipur subdivision
The Baruipur subdivision consists of:
Three municipalities: Rajpur Sonarpur, Baruipur and Jaynagar Majilpur.
Baruipur, a community development block consisting of rural areas with nineteen gram panchayats and twelve census towns: Petua, Garia, Panchghara, Mallikpur, Hariharpur, Champahati, Solgohalia, Naridana, Baruipur (P), Salipur (P), Khodar Bazar and Komarhat.
Bhangar I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with nine gram panchayats and three census towns: Maricha, Bhangar Raghunathpur and Gobindapur.
Bhangar II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only ten gram panchayats.
Jaynagar I, a community development block consisting of rural areas with twelve gram panchayats and six census towns: Raynagar, Kalikapur Barasat, Baharu, Uttarparanij, Alipur and Uttar Durgapur.
Jaynagar II, a community development block consisting of rural areas with ten gram panchayats and two census towns: Nimpith and Tulshighata.
Kultali, a community development block consisting of rural areas with only nine gram panchayats.
Sonarpur, a community development block consisting of rural areas with eleven gram panchayats and seven census towns: Radhanagar, Danga, Ramchandrapur, Bidyadharpur, Kalikapur, Chak Baria and Sahebpur.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_24_Parganas
