Subdivisions Murshidabad district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: {{OSM Location map
Administrative units Domkal subdivision has 4 police stations, 1 municipality (
Domkal), 4 community development blocks, 4
panchayat samitis, 38
gram panchayats, 240
mouzas, 203 inhabited villages and 2
census towns. The census towns are:
Islampur and
Harharia Chak. The subdivision has its headquarters at
Domkal.
Police stations Police stations in Domkal subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: Murshidabad district has a 125.35 km long international border with Bangladesh of which 42.35 km is on land and the remaining is riverine. There are reports of
Bangladeshi infiltrators entering Murshidabad district. An estimate in 2000 placed the total number of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in India at 15 million, with around 0.3 million entering every year. The thumb rule for such illegal immigrants is that for each illegal person caught four get through. While many immigrants have settled in the border areas, some have moved on, even to far way places such as Mumbai and Delhi. The border is guarded by the
Border Security Force. During the UPA government,
Sriprakash Jaiswal, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, had made a statement in Parliament on 14 July 2004, that there were 12 million illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators living in India, and West Bengal topped the list with 5.7 million Bangladeshis. More recently,
Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs in the NDA government has put the figure at around 20 million. Critics point out that the Bengali politicians, particularly those from the ruling
Trinamool Congress and the
CPI (M), believe that a soft approach to the problem help them to win Muslim votes.
Blocks Community development blocks in Domkal subdivision are:
Gram Panchayats The subdivision contains 34
gram panchayats under 4
community development blocks 21 Ward comprising 23 mouzas under
Domkal Municipality: •
Domkal CD Block – Garaimari, Sarangpur, Bhagirathpur, Garibpur, Juranpur, Dhulauri, Ghoramara, Madhurkul and Raipur. •
Raninagar–I CD Block – Herampur, Islampurchak, Paharpur, Hurshi, Lochanpur and Tenkaraipur Balumati. •
Raninagar–II CD Block – Kalinagar–I, Katlamari–II, Rajapur, Kalinagar–II, Malibari–I, Raninagar–I, Katlamari–I, Malibari–II and Raninagar–II. •
Jalangi – Choapara, Ghoshpara, Khayramari, Sahebnagar, Debipur, Jalangi, Sadikhanderah, Faridpur, Katabari and
Sagarpara.
River bank erosion As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the
Ganges alone in Murshidabad district. The main channel of the Ganges has a bankline of 94 km along its right bank from downstream of Farakka Barrage to Jalangi. Severe erosion occurs all along this bank. The encroaching river wiped out 50 mouzas and engulfed about 10,000 hectares of fertile land. The following blocks have to face the brunt of erosion year after year:
Farakka,
Samserganj,
Suti I,
Suti II,
Raghunathganj II,
Lalgola,
Bhagawangola I,
Bhagawangola II,
Raninagar I,
Raninagar II and
Jalangi. As per official estimate, till 1992–94 more than 10,000 hectares of chars (flood plain sediment island) have developed in main places, which have become inaccessible from the Indian side but can be reached easily from Bangladesh. See also –
River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts ==Economy==