Arambag subdivision
Arambag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview. Arambag subdivision is a rural dominated area. All the blocks in the subdivision have cent percent population living in the rural areas. Arambagh municipality is the only urban area in the entire subdivision. A major portion of the subdivision is part of the Dwarakeswar-Damodar inter-riverine plain with alluvial soil. Only a small portion in the western fringe of the subdivision is upland. The entire area is a part of the Gangetic Delta. History. Arambagh subdivision was formed in  1819. It was earlier known as Jahanabad. On 19 April 1900 the name of Jahanabad was changed to Arambagh, which means "the garden of ease and comfort". Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay was in-charge of the subdivision in its earlier days. The ruins of a fort at Gar Mandaran provided the setting for Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel "Durgeshnandini", published in 1865. Subdivisions. The Hooghly district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units. Arambag subdivision has 4 police stations, 6 community development blocks, 6 panchayat samitis, 63 gram panchayats, 567 mouzas, 554 inhabited villages and 1 municipality. The single  municipality is at Arambag. The subdivision has its headquarters at Arambag. Gram panchayats. The subdivision contains 63 gram panchayats under 6 community development blocks: Police stations. Police stations in Arambag subdivision have the following jurisdiction: Blocks. Community development blocks in Arambag subdivision are: Economy. Industries. Arambagh Hatcheries Ltd. is a poultry and egg related industry based at Arambag. It was incorporated in 1973. Agriculture. Hooghly is an agriculturally prosperous district of West Bengal. Although the economy has been shifting away from agriculture, it is still the pre-dominant economic activity and the main source of livelihood for the rural people  of the district. One third of the district income comes from agriculture. Given below is an overview of the agricultural production (all data in tonnes) for Arambagh subdivision, other subdivisions and the Hooghly district, with data for the year 2013-14. Handloom weaving. The handloom sarees of Dhaniakhali, Begampur, Jangipara, Rajbalhat areas and dhutis of Haripal, Rajbalhat, Khanakul areas of Hooghly district are widely familiar. Education. Hooghly district had a literacy rate of 81.80% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011. Chinsurah subdivision had a literacy rate of 79.17%, Chandannagore subdivision 83.01%, Srirampore subdivision 86.13% and  Arambag subdivision 79.05. Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Hooghly district for the year 2013-14: The following institutions are located in Arambagh subdivision: Healthcare. The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the medical facilities available and patients treated in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Hooghly district. Medical facilities in Arambagh subdivision are as follows: Hospital: (Name, location, beds) Arambagh Subdivisonal Hospital, Arambagh Municipality, 250 beds. Rural Hospitals: (Name, block, location, beds) Akri Shrirampur Rural Hospital, Pursurah CD Block, Akri  Shrirampur, 30 bed. Khanakul Rural Hospital, Khanakul I CD Block, Khanakul, 60 beds. Natibpur Rural Hospital, Khanakul II CD Block, Natibpur, 30 beds. Dakshin Narayanpur Rural Hospital, Arambagh CD Block, Dakshin Narayanpur, 30 beds. Kamarpukur Rural Hospital, Goghat II CD Block, Kamarpukur, 60 beds. Goghat Block Primary Health Centre, Goghat I CD Block, Goghat, 10 beds. Primary Health Centres (CD Block-wise)(CD Block, PHC name/location, beds) Arambagh CD Block: Malaypur, PO Keshabpur, (10 beds), Selepur, PO Chuadanga (10 beds), Muthadanga, PO Mayapur (10 beds), Dihibagnan (4 beds). Goghat I CD Block: Nakunda (6 beds). Goghat II CD Block: Jitarpur , PO Bhuskunda (2 beds), Taraghat (10 beds), Badanganj (2 beds). Khanakul I CD Block: Ghoshpur, PO Pilkhan (10 beds), Tantisal (10 beds), Harimohan Golap Sundari, PO Raghunathpur (4 beds). Khanakul II CD Block: Sabalsinghpur (10 beds), Morakhana (2 beds), Ramchandrapur (6 beds) Pursurah CD Block: Fatepur, PO Parshyampur (4 beds), Dihibatpur, PO Alati (10 beds). Electoral constituencies. Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Arambag subdivision were as follows: