Gosaba (community development block)
Gosaba | |
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Location of Gosaba community development block in South 24 Parganas district | |
| Coordinates: 22°09′55″N 88°48′28″E / 22.1652°N 88.8079°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Division | Presidency |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Subdivision | Canning |
| Headquarters | Gosaba |
| Government | |
| • Gram Panchayats | Amtali, Bali-I, Bali-II, Bipradaspur, Chhota Mollakhali, Gosaba, Kachukhali, Kumirmari, Lahiripur, Pathankhali, Radhanagar Taranagar, Rangabelia, Satjelia, Shambhunagar |
| • Lok Sabha constituencies | Jaynagar |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Gosaba |
| Area | |
• Total | 296.73 km2 (114.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 246,598 |
| • Density | 830/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 78.98 per cent |
| • Sex ratio | 959 ♂/♀ |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali |
| • Additional official | English |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Website | s24pgs |
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Gosaba is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Canning subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.