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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chinsurah Mogra
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| settlement_type = Community development block
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.97925|N|88.374769|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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| government_type = [[Representative democracy]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 81.86
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| elevation_m = 16
| population_total = 247,055
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 712148 (Magra) 712123 (Bandel Junction)
| area_code = 03213
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-15, [[List of RTO districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-16, [[List of RTO districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-18
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 83.01%
| website = {{URL|hooghly.gov.in/}}
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Hooghly (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hooghly]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Chunchura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chunchura]], [[Balagarh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Balagarh]], [[Saptagram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Saptagram]]
}}
'''Chinsurah Mogra''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in [[Chinsurah subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
The Chinsurah Mogra CD Block is part of the Hooghly Flats, one of the three natural regions in the district of the flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] plains that forms part of the [[Ganges Delta|Gangetic Delta]]. The region is a narrow strip of land along the 80 km long stretch of the [[Hooghly River]], that forms the eastern boundary of the district. The region has been physiographically influenced by the course of the river. The Hooghly is a tidal river and has a high west bank. The Portuguese, the Dutch, the French, the Danes and the British dominated industry, trade and commerce in this area for more than two centuries, and as a result this belt is highly industrialised.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Physiography, Page 17-24|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of hooghly district .jpg|thumb|500 px|left|Map of Hooghly district showing CD blocks and municipal areas]]
Mogra is located at {{coord|22.97925|N|88.374769|E|format=dms|}}.

Chinsurah Mogra CD Block is bounded by [[Pandua (community development block)|Pandua]] and [[Balagarh (community development block)|Balagarh]] CD Blocks, in the north, [[Chakdaha (community development block)|Chakdaha]] CD Block, in Nadia district across the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] the east, [[Sreerampur Uttarpara]] CD Block in the south and [[Polba Dadpur]] CD Block in the west.

It is located around [[Chinsurah]], the district headquarters.

Chinsurah Mogra CD Block has an area of 81.86 km2. It has 1 [[Panchayat Samiti (Block)|panchayat samity]], 10 [[gram panchayat]]s, 196 {{Transliteration|hi|gram sansads}} (village councils), 56 [[mouza]]s and 52 inhabited villages. [[Chinsurah#Police station|Chinsurah]] and [[Mogra#Police station|Mogra]] police stations serve this block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly |work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 16 October 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The headquarters of this CD block is at Mogra.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Map of Hooghly with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/chinsurah_mogra.html | title = Chinsurah-Mogra | work= Local Self-government| access-date = 6 June 2017 | publisher = Hooghly Zilla Parishad}}</ref>
[[File:Chinsurah-Mogra CD Block.svg|300px|right|thumb|Map of Chinsurah Mogra CD block]]
[[Gram panchayat]]s of Chinsurah Mogra block/ panchayat samiti are: [[Bandel]], Chandrahati I, Chandrahati II, [[Debanandapur]], Digsui-Hoera, [[Kodalia|Kodalia I]], Kodalia II, [[Mogra|Mogra I]], Mogra II and [[Saptagram (modern)|Saptagram]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbprd.gov.in/HtmlPage/PANCHAYATS.aspx |title = Directory of District, Subdivision, Panchayat Samiti/ Block and Gram Panchayats in West Bengal |work = Hooghly – Revised in March 2008 | publisher= Panchayats and Rural Development Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 16 May 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
As per the [[2011 Census of India]], Chinsurah Magra CD Block had a total population of 247,055, of which 86,792 were rural and 160,263 were urban. There were 126,061 (51%) males and 120,994 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 23,643. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 72,909 (29.51%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 8,982 (3.64%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 26 May 2016}}</ref>

As per the 2001 census, Chinsurah-Mogra block had a total population of 211,036, out of which 109,751 were males and 1101,285 were females. Chinsurah-Mogra block registered a population growth of 26.54 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Hooghly district was 15.72 per cent.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url= http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_12.htm|title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 |access-date=2011-01-20 |work=Census of India 2001 – Hooghly district |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928211036/http://web.cmc.net.in/wbcensus/DataTables/02/Table4_12.htm|archive-date=September 28, 2011 }}</ref> Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_1.htm |title=Provisional Population Totals, West Bengal. Table 4 |access-date=2011-01-20 |work=Census of India 2001 |publisher=Census Commission of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041813/http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/02/Table4_1.htm |archive-date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref>

[[Census Town]]s in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): [[Kola, Hooghly|Kola]] (7,271), [[Hansghara]] (7,665), [[Raghunathpur (PS-Magra)|Raghunathpur]] (14,919), [[Madhusudanpur]] (6,685), [[Amodghata]] (7,910), [[Alikhoja]] (4,613), [[Shankhanagar]] (8,601), [[Chak Bansberia]] (10,357), [[Manushpur]] (8,148), [[Keota, Hooghly|Keota]] (18,875), [[Kodalia]] (8,994), [[Naldanga, Hooghly|Naldanga]] (13,140), [[Kulihanda]] (15,969), [[Dharmapur, West Bengal|Dharmapur]] (8,556) and [[Simla, West Bengal|Simla]] (15,988).<ref name=census2011/>

[[Out growth]] in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block (2011 census figure in brackets): Bara Khejuria (Ward No. 31) (2,672).<ref name=census2011/>

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Digsui (4,183), Gajaghanta (4,680), Dingalhat (4,574) and Kanagar (4,131).<ref name=census2011/>

Other villages in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block include (2011 census figures in brackets): Talandu (1,366), [[Saptagram (modern)|Saptagram]] (1,758), [[Debanandapur]] (3,499) and Hoera (2,390).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
As per the 2011 census the total number of literates in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block was 185,446 (83.01% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 100,676 (88.22% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 84,770 (77.57% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 10.65%.<ref name=census2011/>

As per the 2001 census, Chinsurah-Mogra block had a total literacy of 56.72 per cent. While male literacy was 75.24 per cent, female literacy was 57.09 per cent.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghlyzp.org/html/chinsurah_mogra.html | title = Chinsurah-Mogra | work= Local Self-government| access-date = 2011-08-04 | publisher = Hooghly Zilla Parishad}}</ref>

See also – [[List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate]]

{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Hooghly district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===

{{bar box
|title=Religion in Chinsurah-Mogra CD block (2011)<ref name="religion"/>
|titlebar=#FCD116
|left1=
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism in West Bengal|Hinduism]]|darkorange|87.80}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam in West Bengal|Islam]]|green|10.39}}
{{bar percent|Other (tribal religion)|maroon|0.79}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|1.02}}
}}

As per the 2011 census, majority of the population of the district belong to the Hindu community with a population share of 82.9% followed by Muslims at 15.8%. The percentage of the Hindu population of the district has followed a decreasing trend from 87.1% in 1961 to 82.9% in the latest census 2011. On the other hand, the percentage of Muslim population has increased from 12.7% in 1961 to 15.8% in 2011 census.<ref name=census2>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Religion, Mother-tongue Pages 50-51|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref>

In the 2011 census Hindus numbered 214,571 and formed 87.80% of the population in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block. Muslims numbered 25,400 and formed 10.39% of the population. Others numbered 4,412 and formed 1.81% of the population.<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11396/download/14509/DDW19C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages of Chinsurah-Mogra CD block (2011)<ref name="languages"/>
|label1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]] |value1 = 72.65 |color1 = orchid
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 19.56 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 3.64 |color3 = green
|label4 = [[Santali language|Santali]] |value4 = 2.36 |color4 = darkturquoise
|label5 = Others |value5 = 1.79 |color5 = grey
}}

At the time of the 2011 census, 72.65% of the population spoke [[Bengali language|Bengali]], 19.56% [[Hindi]], 3.64% [[Urdu]] and 2.36% [[Santali language|Santali]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: West Bengal |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10226/download/13338/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1900.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

==Administration==
===Zilla Parishad===
Chinsurah–Mogra CD Block has 3 [[District council (India)|Zilla Parishad]] seats. The latest elections were held in [[2023 West Bengal local elections|July 2023]] where the [[Trinamool Congress]] won all 3 seats.

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! Zilla Parishad
! ZP No.
! Councillor
! colspan="2" | Party
! Remarks
|-
| rowspan=3| Chinsurah–Mogra || 13 || Nirmalya Chakraborty || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|
|-
| 14 || Mausumi Ghosh
|
|-
| 15 || Papiya Dhak
|
|}

===Panchayat Samiti===
Chinsurah–Mogra [[Panchayat samiti|Panchayat Samiti]] has 30 divisions. The latest elections were held in [[2023 West Bengal local elections|July 2023]] where the [[Trinamool Congress]] by scored a landslide victory by winning all 30 divisions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.wbsec.org/|title=2023 WB Local Election Results|work=SEC West Bengal|accessdate=2 January 2026}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="75%" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=8|Chairperson: Shukla Chatterjee
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=8|Deputy Chairperson: Bikash Chandra Roy
|-
! Gram Panchayat
! No.
! Councillor
! colspan="2" | Party
! Remarks
|-
| rowspan=3| Debanandapur || 1 || Tanushree Chattopadhyay || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=30}}
|
|-
| 2 || Purnima Das
|
|-
| 3 || Sarwari Khatoon
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Bandel || 4 || Shabana Begum
|
|-
| 5 || Rumpa Sen
|
|-
| 6 || Sheikh Jahiruddin
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Kodalia-II || 7 || Aparna Biswas
|
|-
| 8 || Tilottoma Majumdar
|
|-
| 9 || Tapas Chakraborty
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Kodalia-I || 10 || Asha Sarkar
|
|-
| 11 || Shukla Chatterjee
|
|-
| 12 || Sanjib Kar
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Chandrahati-I || 13 || Putul Ghosh
|
|-
| 14 || Alok Chandra Das
|
|-
| 15 || Jyotsna Pal
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Chandrahati-II || 16 || Tapas Parui
|
|-
| 17 || Rupali Das
|
|-
| 18 || Mamataj Begum
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Digsui-Hoerah || 19 || Nimai Majhi
|
|-
| 20 || Rita Kisku
|
|-
| 21 || Rabindranath Ghosh
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Mogra-I || 22 || Mukul Rajak Das
|
|-
| 23 || Purnima Sardar
|
|-
| 24 || Bela Bhattacharya
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Mogra-II || 25 || Bikash Chandra Roy
|
|-
| 26 || Prabir Biswas
|
|-
| 27 || Sujoy Biswas
|
|-
| rowspan=3| Saptagram || 28 || Manasi Poddar
|
|-
| 29 || Gulshan Bibi
|
|-
| 30 || Mahtab Alam
|
|}

===Gram Panchayats===
Chinsurah–Mogra [[Panchayat samiti|Panchayat Samiti]] has 10 villages or [[Gram panchayat|gram panchayats]]. The latest elections were held in [[2023 West Bengal local elections|July 2023]] where the [[Trinamool Congress]] won all the 10 villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.wbsec.org/|title=2023 WB Local Election Results|work=SEC West Bengal|accessdate=2 January 2026}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan=4 align="Centre" |No.
! rowspan=4 align="Centre" |Gram Panchayat
! rowspan=4 align="Centre" |Total Seats
|{{party color cell|Trinamool Congress}}
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|colspan="3" {{party color cell|Sanjukta Morcha}}
|{{party color cell|Independent}}
!rowspan=4 colspan=2|Majority
|-
!rowspan=3|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
!rowspan=3|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
!colspan="3"|[[Secular Democratic Alliance|SDA]]
!rowspan=3|Others
|-
|{{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|{{party color cell|All India Forward Bloc}}
|-
![[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
![[Indian National Congress|INC]]
![[All India Forward Bloc|AIFB]]
|-
!1
|Debanandapur
|'''17'''
|15
|0
|2
|colspan=2|0
|0
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!2
|Bandel
|'''26'''
|25
|0
|colspan=3|0
|1
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!3
|Kodalia-II
|'''25'''
|19
|4
|2
|colspan=2|0
|0
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!4
|Kodalia-I
|'''30'''
|24
|3
|1
|0
|1
|1
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!5
|Chandrahati-I
|'''17'''
|12
|2
|3
|colspan=2|0
|0
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!6
|Chandrahati-II
|'''15'''
|11
|1
|3
|colspan=2|0
|0
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!7
|Digsui-Hoerah
|'''22'''
|16
|0
|2
|0
|2
|2
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!8
|Mogra-I
|'''19'''
|18
|0
|colspan=3|0
|1
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!9
|Mogra-II
|'''19'''
|13
|6
|colspan=3|0
|0
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
!10
|Saptagram
|'''30'''
|25
|2
|2
|colspan=2|0
|1
| align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|AITC
|-
! colspan=2 align=center style="background-color:#CDCDCD; color:black"|Total
! align=center style="background-color:#CDCDCD; color:black"|220
! align=center style="background-color:#20C646; color:black"|178
! align=center style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black"|18
! align=center style="background-color:#CC0D0D; color:white"|15
! align=center style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:black"|0
! align=center style="background-color:#650B0B; color:white"|3
! align=center style="background-color:#B2B2B2; color:black"|6
| {{Party color cell|Independent}}
|}

==Rural poverty==
As per poverty estimates obtained from household survey for families living [[Below Poverty Line (India)|below poverty line]] in 2005, [[rural poverty]] in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block was 15.99%.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |title = District Human Development Report: Hooghly |work = Table 2.38: Empirical Measurement of Rural Poverty in Bardhaman 2005, page 89 |publisher = Development and Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2011 |access-date = 14 June 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170807182323/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/DHDR_Hooghly.pdf |archive-date = 7 August 2017 |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block'''
|value1 = 3.73
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 12.70
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 3.79
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 79.78
|label4 = Other workers}}

In Chinsurah Mogra CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators formed 3.73%, agricultural labourers 12.70%, household industry workers 3.79% and other workers 79.78%.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Hooghly | work = Tables 2.7, 17.2, 16.1, 18.1, 18.2, 20.1, 21.2, 4.4, 3.1, 3.3 – arranged as per use | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 16 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 52 inhabited villages in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block. 100% villages have power supply. 44 villages have more than one source of drinking water (tap, well, tube well, hand pump), six villages have only a tube well/borewell and two villages have only a hand pump. One village has a post office and six villages have sub-post offices. 47 villages have landlines, 38 villages have public call offices and 51 villages have mobile phone coverage. 45 villages have pucca roads and 21 villages have bus service (public/ private). Two villages have agricultural credit societies, five villages have commercial/ co-operative banks and one village has an ATM.<ref name=censushandbook>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Appendices to Village Directory, 2009, Pages 775-779|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}</ref>

===Agriculture===
In 2013–14, the small percentage of persons engaged in agriculture in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block could be classified as follows: [[bargadar]]s 8.92%, patta (document) holders 12.11%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 1.97%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 18.47% and agricultural labourers 58.53%.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Chinsurah Mogra CD Block had 28 fertiliser depots, 10 seed stores and 44 [[Public distribution system|fair price shops]] in 2013-14.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013–14, Chinsurah Mogra CD Block produced 6,781 tonnes of [[Rice#Ecotypes and cultivars|Aman paddy]], the main winter crop from 2,572 hectares, 3,791 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 1,519 hectares, 5 tonnes of wheat from 2 hectares, 560 tonnes of jute from 28 hectares and 106,280 tonnes of potatoes from 3,831 hectares. It also produced pulses and oilseeds.<ref name=handbook2014/>

In 2013–14, the total area irrigated in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block was 3,104 hectares, out of which 20 hectares were irrigated by canal water, 150 hectares by tank water, 740 hectares by river lift irrigation, 1,350 hectares by deep tube wells, 644 hectares by shallow tube wells and 200 hectares by other means.<ref name=handbook2014/>
{| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; font-size: 85%; background:#ffffcc; color:black; width:20em; max-width: 25%;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
! style="background-color:#cccccc;" | Important handicrafts of Hooghly District
|-
| style="text-align: left;" |
*'''Zari work on sari''' - Pandua, Pursurah, Jangipara, Tarakeswar and other blocks - 3,000 families involved
*'''Chikon embroidery''' – Babnan, Pandua, Singur - 2,500 families involved
*'''Silk and cotton printing''' – Serampore (Chanditala) - 300 families involved
*'''Brass and bell metal''' – Manikpat, Goghat, Arambagh - 150 families involved
*'''Conch shell''' – Pandua, Khanakul, Makla, Chandannagar
*'''Jute diversified products''' – Baidyabati, Mogra
*'''Terracotta''' – Chinsurah, Chandannagar, Baidyabati, Mogra
<ref>District [[Human Development Report]] 2010: Hooghly P. 67</ref>
|}

===Banking===
In 2013–14, Chinsurah Mogra CD Block had offices of 16 commercial banks.<ref name=handbook2014/>

==Transport==
Chinsurah Mogra CD Block has two ferry services and five originating/terminating bus routes.<ref name=handbook2014/>

The [[Howrah-Bardhaman main line]] passes through this CD block and there are stations at Chuchura, [[Hooghly railway station|Hooghly]], [[Bandel Junction railway station|Bandel]], [[Adisaptagram railway station|Adisaptagram]], [[Mogra railway station|Mogra]] and [[Talandu railway station|Talandu]]. The stations are mostly located in the cities/municipal towns and are outside the CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/howrah-barddhaman-jn-local-37815/14449/581/2 |title = 37815 Howrah Bardhaman Jn Local |work = Time Table | publisher= indiarailinfo | access-date = 13 June 2017}}</ref>

It is part of [[Kolkata Suburban Railway#Howrah Eastern Section|Kolkata Suburban Railway]] system.

[[State Highway 13 (West Bengal)]]/[[Grand Trunk Road]] passes through this CD block.<ref name=pwd>{{cite web | url = http://www.pwdwb.in/road/state_highway | title = Road - Highway | publisher = Public Works Department, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 June 2017 | archive-date = 12 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170312025816/http://pwdwb.in/road/state_highway | url-status = dead }}</ref> The Dankuni-Mogra sector is also known as Delhi Road.

==Education==
In 2013–14, Chinsurah Mogra CD Block had 79 primary schools with 9,635 students, one middle schools with 53 students, seven high schools with 3,158 students and 15 higher secondary schools with 17,020 students. Balagarh CD Block had one general college with 3,906 students, 5 technical/ professional institutions with 3,296 students and 320 institutions for special and non-formal education with 4,342 students.<ref name=handbook2014/>

[[Sreegopal Banerjee College]], a general degree college, was established at Bagati, [[Mogra]], in 1958.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sgbcollege.in/ | title = Sreegopal Banerjee College | publisher = SBC | access-date = 30 June 2017 | archive-date = 3 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170703103602/http://www.sgbcollege.in/ | url-status = usurped }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/SreeGopalBanerjeeCollege/Sree_Gopal_Banerjee_College.shtml | title = Sreegopal Banerjee College | publisher = College Admission |access-date = 30 June 2017}}</ref>

In Chinsurah Mogra CD Block, amongst the 52 inhabited villages, nine had no school, 13 had more than one primary school, 33 had at least one primary school, 10 had at least one primary and one middle school, and six had at least one middle and one secondary school.<ref name=censushandbook/>

==Healthcare==
In 2014, Chinsurah Mogra CD Block had one block primary health centre, two [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]] and four private nursing homes with total 119 beds and seven doctors (excluding private bodies). It had 33 family welfare subcentres. 3,653 patients were treated indoor and 221,954 patients were treated outdoor in the hospitals, health centres and subcentres of the CD block.<ref name=handbook2014/>

Chinsurah Mogra CD Block has Bandel ESI Hospital (with 250 beds) at PO Bandel, Mogra Rural Hospital (with 30 beds) at [[Mogra]], Digsui [[Primary Health Centre (India)|Primary Health Centre]] (with 10 beds) and R.N. Debdas PHC (Naldanga), at PO Bandel (with 6 beds).<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 July 2017 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Chinsurah Mogra CD Block is one of the areas of Hooghly district where ground water is affected by low level of [[Arsenic contamination of groundwater|arsenic contamination]]. The [[World Health Organization|WHO]] guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. In Hooghly district, 16 blocks have arsenic levels above WHO guidelines and 11 blocks above Indian standard value. The maximum concentration in Chinsurah Mogra CD Block is 38 mg/litre.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| title = Groundwater Arsenic contamination in West Bengal-India (20 years study )| publisher = SOES| work = Hugli| access-date = 3 June 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170524133243/http://www.soesju.org/arsenic/wb8.htm| archive-date = 24 May 2017| url-status = dead}}</ref>

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