Jangipara (community development block)
Jangipara (community development block) is an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Jangipara police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Jangipara.
Geography
Jangipara is located at 22°44′26″N 88°03′14″E / 22.7405560°N 88.0538890°E / 22.7405560; 88.0538890.
Jangipara community development block has an area of 162.00 km2.
Gram panchayats
Gram panchayats of Jangipara block/ panchayat samiti are: Antpur, Dilakash, Furfurah, Jangipara, Kotalpur, Mundalika, Radhanagar, Rajbalhat I, Rajbalhat II and Rashidpur.
Demographics
As per 2001 census, Jangipara block had a total population of 200,936, out of which 101,338 were males and 99,598 were females. Jangipara block registered a population growth of 13.28 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, Jangipara block had a total literacy of 50.82 per cent. While male literacy was 71.82 per cent, female literacy was 48.83 per cent.
Jangipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Jangipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is an assembly constituency in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 195 Jangipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is composed of the following: Jangipara community development block and Ainya, Haripur, Masat and Shiyakhala gram panchayata of Chanditala I community development bloc.
Jangipara (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 27 Sreerampur (Lok Sabha constituency).
Members of Legislative Assembly
Election results
2011
.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
Note: New constituencies – 1, constituencies abolished – 2
2006
.# Swing calculated on BJP+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.
1977-2006
In the 2006 state assembly elections, Sudarshan Raychaudhuri of CPI(M) won the Jangipara assembly seat defeating Ehsanul Haque Kazi of Trinamool Congress. Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. Ibha Dey of CPI(M) defeated Shahbazin Khan Munshi of Trinamool Congress in 2001 and Dwipen Mukherjee of Congress in 1996. Manindranath Jana of CPI(M) defeated Gayatri Roy of Congress in 1991, Dwipen Mukherjee of Congress in 1987,Ganesh Chandra Hatui of Congress 1982 and 1977.
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