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{{Infobox settlement
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| subdivision_name2 = [[South 24 Parganas]]
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Basanti (community development block)|Basanti]]
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=Wb.gov.in|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=Nclm.nic.in|publisher=[[Ministry of Minority Affairs]]|access-date=5 July 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archive-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
| demographics1_title2 = Additional official
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 743312
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = +91 3218
| registration_plate = [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-19 to [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-22, [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-95 to [[List of Regional Transport Office districts in India#WB.E2.80.94West Bengal|WB]]-99
| blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Jaynagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar (SC)]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency
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| website = {{URL|www.s24pgs.gov.in}}
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'''Jharkhali''' is a village and a [[gram panchayat]] within the jurisdiction of the [[Basanti, South 24 Parganas|Basanti]] police station in the [[Basanti (community development block)|Basanti]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in the [[Canning subdivision]] of the [[South 24 Parganas]] district in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
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===Area overview===
Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.63% lives in the rural areas. There are 8 [[census town]]s in Canning I CD block and only 2 in the rest of the subdivision. The entire district is situated in the [[Ganges Delta]] with numerous islands in the southern part of the region. The area (shown in the map alongside) borders on the [[Sundarbans National Park]] and a major portion of it is a part of the [[Sundarbans settlements]]. It is a flat low-lying area in the South Bidyadhari plains. The [[Matla River]] is prominent and there are many streams and water channels locally known as ''khals''. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas with a special coastal force.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South Twety-four Parganas|work= Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 19, Physiography| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 5 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas | work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 | publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 | access-date = 5 December 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

===Location===
Jharkhali is located at {{coord|21.0263|N|88.6868|E|display=inline}}.

Jharkhali Coastal police station is marked in Google maps. The place is shown as Lot No. 126. In the map of the Basanti CD block on page 773 in the ''District Census Handbook'' for the South 24 Parganas the place is shown as close to Herobhanga Reserve Forest.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf| title = Census of India 2011, West Bengal, District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, Series – 20, Part XII-A, Village and Town Directory |work= Page 773 - Map of Basanti CD block | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |access-date = 23 October 2019}}</ref>

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Jharkhali Coastal police station was inaugurated on 30 October 2014. It covers an area of 52 km2. It has jurisdiction over parts of the Basanti CD block. The coastal police stations were formed with the objective of effective policing of the remote areas of the Sundarbans. The police has regular river patrols.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://baruipurpolicedistrict.org/jharkhali_coastal.php |title = Jharkhali Coastal Police Station | work= Baruipur police district |publisher= West Bengal police | access-date = 23 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 South 24 Parganas | work = Table No. 2.1 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 23 October 2019}}</ref>

==Transport==
A stretch of a local road links Jharkhali to the [[State Highway 3 (West Bengal)|State Highway 3]] (locally popular as the Basanti Highway).<ref>Google maps</ref>

==Education==
Herobhanga Vidyasagar Vidyamandir is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1959. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has a library with 800 books and a play ground.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/south--twenty-four-pargan/19180211402/herobhanga-vidyasagar-vidyamandir(hs).html | title = Herobhanga Vidyasagar Vidyamandir | publisher = Schools | access-date = 12 December 2019}}</ref>

Tridibnagar Janakalyan Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2011. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.icbse.com/schools/tridibnagar-janakalyan-jr-high-z5zeed | title = Tridibnagar Janakalyan Jr High Schoo; | publisher = ICBSE | access-date = 12 December 2019}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
There is a [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]] at Herobhanga-Jharkhali (PO Jharkhali Bazar) (with 6 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/PHC.pdf | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics – Primary Health Centres | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 29 November 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{South 24 Parganas District}}

[[Category:Villages in South 24 Parganas district]]

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>Chandan Guha at 23:11, 30 March 2021