Arambag subdivision

Arambag subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India.OverviewArambag 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.HistoryArambagh subdivision was formed in 1879. 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.SubdivisionsThe Hooghly district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:Administrative unitsArambag 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.Police stationsPolice stations in Arambag subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: