Panchla (community development block)

Panchla is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal.GeographyLocationPanchla is located at.Panchla CD Block is bounded by Jagatballavpur CD Block in the north and west, Domjur and Sankrail CD Blocks in the east, and Uluberia I and Uluberia II CD Blocks in the south. It is located 10 km from Howrah, the district headquarters.Area and administrationPanchla CD Block has an area of 53.42 km2.Panchla police station serves this CD Block. Panchla panchayat samity has 11 gram panchayats. The block has 26 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Bikihakola.TopographyHowrah district is located on the west bank of the Hooghly. The Rupnarayan flows on the west and south of the district and the Damodar intersects it. The district consists of a flat alluvial plain.