Falta (community development block)
Falta | |
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Location of Falta community development block in South 24 Parganas district | |
| Coordinates: 22°18′07″N 88°07′42″E / 22.3020°N 88.1284°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Subdivision | Diamond Harbour |
| Headquarters | Harindanga |
| Government | |
| • Gram Panchayats | Banganagar-I, Banganagar-II, Belsingha-I, Belsingha-II, Chaluari, Debipur, Falta, Fatepur, Gopalpur, Harindanga-I, Harindanga-II, Mallikpur, Noyapukuria |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Diamond Harbour |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Falta |
| Area | |
• Total | 130.68 km2 (50.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 249,561 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 23,399 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 77.17 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 955 ♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Additional official | English |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | s24pgs |
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Falta is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.