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Polba-Dadpur (community development block)

Polba Dadpur
পোলবা দাদপুর
Community development block
সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Polba Dadpur is located in West Bengal
Polba Dadpur
Polba Dadpur
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°58′N 88°18′E / 22.96°N 88.30°E / 22.96; 88.30Coordinates: 22°58′N 88°18′E / 22.96°N 88.30°E / 22.96; 88.30
Country  India
State West Bengal
District Hooghly
Government
 • Type Representative democracy
Area
 • Total 285.69 km2 (110.31 sq mi)
Elevation 15 m (49 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 263,555
 • Density 920/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 712305 (Puinan)
712154 (Polba)
Area code(s) 03213
Vehicle registration WB-15, WB-16, WB-18
Literacy 75.14%
Lok Sabha constituency Hooghly
Vidhan Sabha constituency Dhanekhali, Saptagram, Chunchura
Website hooghly.gov.in

Polba Dadpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Chinsurah subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The Polba Dadpur CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of the three natural regions in the district of the flat alluvial plains that forms part of the Gangetic Delta. The region has many depressions which receive water from the surrounding lands during the rainy season and discharge the water through small channels.

Polba is located at 22°58′N 88°18′E / 22.96°N 88.30°E / 22.96; 88.30.

Polba Dadpur CD Block is bounded by Pandua CD Block, in the north, Chinsurah Mogra and Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Blocks in the east, Singur and Haripal CD Blocks in the south and Dhaniakhali CD Block in the west.

It is located 12 km from Chinsurah, the district headquarters.

Polba Dadpur CD Block has an area of 285.69 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 12 gram panchayats, 211 gram sansads (village councils), 194 mouzas and 193 inhabited villages. Polba and Dadpur police stations serve this block.Headquarters of this CD Block is at Barun Napara.


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