Narayangarh (community development block)

Narayangarh is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Kharagpur subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.GeographyNarayangarh is a monotonous rice plain with numerous waterways and tidal creeks intersecting it. The tidal creeks are lined with embankments to prevent flooding of the fields. Much of the area is water-logged in the rainy season resulting in loss of crops. In Narayangarh CD Block 90% of the cultivated area has alluvial soil and 10% has lateritic soil.Narayangarh is located at.Narayangarh CD Block is bounded by Kharagpur I and Kharagpur II CD Blocks in the north, Patashpur I CD Block, in Purba Medinipur district, in the east, Dantan I and Dantan II CD Blocks in the south and Keshiari CD Block in the west.It is located 33 km from Midnapore, the district headquarters.Narayangarh CD Block has an area of 499.48 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 16 gram panchayats, 224 gram sansads (village councils), 516 mouzas and 466 inhabited villages. Narayagarh police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Narayangarh.