About Patharpratima

Patharpratima (community development block) (Bengali: ) is an administrative division in Kakdwip subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Patharpratima police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Ramganga. Patharpratima is located at 214624N 882014E / 21.773333N 88.337222E / 21.773333; 88.337222. Patharpratima community development block has an area of 469.05 km. Gram panchayats of Patharpratima block/panchayat samiti are: Achintyanagar, Banashyamnagar, Brajaballavpur, Dakshin Gangadharpur, Dakshin Roypur, Digambarpur, Durbachati, Gopalnagar, G-Plot, Herambagopalpur, Laxmi Janardanpur, Patharpratima, Ramganga, Sridharnagar and Srinarayanpur Purnachandrapur. As per 2001 census, Patharpratima block had a total population of 288,259, out of which 147,518 were males and 140,741 were females. Patharprtima block registered a population growth of 17.37 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade....