Sundarbans | |
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Sovereign state | India |
State | West Bengal |
Divisions | presidency |
Established | 2022 |
Government | |
• Subdivisions | Canning & Kakdwip |
• CD Blocks | Canning I, Canning II, Basanti, Gosaba, Mandirbazar, Mathurapur I, Mathurapur II, Kulpi, Kakdwip, Namkhana, Patharpratima, Sagar |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Jaynagar (SC), Mathurapur (SC) |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | Gosaba (SC), Basanti (SC), Kultali (SC), Patharpratima, Kakdwip, Sagar, Kulpi, Raidighi, Mandirbazar (SC), Jaynagar (SC), Canning Paschim (SC), Canning Purba |
Languages | |
• Official | Bengali, English |
Demographics | |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 ( IST) |
Sundarbans is a proposed district in presidency division, West Bengal. [1] [2] The district will be formed by dividing the South 24 Parganas district. [3]
On 1 August 2022, Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee declared about the creation of Sundarbans district carving out from South 24 Parganas district. [1] [3]
The main hospital of Sundarbans district is Canning subdivisional hospital. It consists of 100 beds. [8] Besides, this district has three rural hospitals with 30 beds each: Matherdighi Rural Hospital, Basanti Rural Hospital, and Gosaba Rural Hospital. [9]