Pingla (community development block)

Pingla 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.GeographyPingla CD Block is a flood prone area affected by water-logging leading to loss of crops. In this block 100% of the cultivated area has highly productive alluvial soil.Pingla is located at.Pingla CD Block is bounded by Debra CD Block in the north, Panskura and Moyna CD Blocks, in Purba Medinipur district, in the east, Sabang CD Block in the south and Kharagpur II CD Block in the west.It is located 36 km from Midnapore, the district headquarters.Pingla CD Block has an area of 224.48 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 10 gram panchayats, 142 gram sansads (village councils), 182 mouzas and 175 inhabited villages. Pingla police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Pingla.