Sonarpur (community development block)
Sonarpur | |
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Location of Sonarpur community development block in South 24 Parganas district | |
| Coordinates: 22°26′18″N 88°25′55″E / 22.4382026°N 88.4320450°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Subdivision | Baruipur |
| Headquarters | Rajpur |
| Government | |
| • Gram Panchayats | Banhooghly-I, Banhooghly-II, Kalikapur-I, Kalikapur-II, Kamrabad, Kheyadaha-I, Kheyadaha-II, Langalberia, Poleghat, Pratapnagar, Sonarpur-II |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Jadavpur |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Sonarpur Dakshin, Sonarpur Uttar |
| Area | |
• Total | 120.63 km2 (46.58 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 219,863 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 44,150 |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 79.66 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 959 ♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Additional official | English |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | s24pgs |
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Sonarpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.