Chopra CD Block, most of the district is a part of the catchment area of the Mahanada and also a part of the larger Barind Tract. The soil is composed of different varieties of alluvium. The main rivers are: Nagar, Mahananda, Kulik, Gamari, Chhiramati (Srimati) and Tangon. The rivers have little water in the dry season but with heavy rains, during monsoon, overflow the banks. The Pitana river flows along the eastern boundary of the Goalpokhar II CD Block with Goalpokhar I CD Block. The Sudama and Bolhakuao rivers flow through the CD Block. Goalpokhar II CD Block is bounded by Goalpokhar I CD Block on the north and the east, Karandighi CD Block on the south and Kishanganj CD Block in Kishanganj district of Bihar on the west. Approximately 206 km of the India-Bangladesh border is in Uttar Dinajpur district. It covers the eastern boundary of the district. On the western side Uttar Dinajpur district has 227 km boundary with Bihar. Goalpokhar II CD Block has an area of 298.69 km2.It has 1 panchayat samity, 11 gram panchayats, 174 gram sansads (village councils), 170 mouzas and 169 inhabited villages. Chakulia police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Chakulia. Uttar Dinajpur district is one of the smaller districts in the state and stands 15th in terms of area (3,140.00 km2) in the state. According to the Human Development Report for Uttar Dinajpur district, “Goalpokhar-1, Goalpokhar-2, Karandighi and Islampur blocks in that order stood at the very bottom of the literacy scale in the state. This pooling of illiteracy within Islampur SD also led to the low ranking of Uttar Dinajpur at 494th position out of 595 Indian districts in terms of literacy rates in 2001, despite which its rank had improved considerably in relative terms from the 523rd rank it had occupied in 1991.” Gram panchayats of Goalpokhar II block/ panchayat samiti are: Belon, Bidyanandapur, Chakulia, Kanki, Nizampur I, Nizampur II, Sahapur I, Sahapur II, Sujapur I, Sujapur II and Toryal Demographics Population As per the 2011 Census of India, Goalpokhar II CD Block had a total population of 291,252, all of which were rural. There were 150,125 (52%) males and 141,127 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 55,345. Scheduled Castes numbered 64,877 (22.28%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 17,647 (6.06%). As per 2001 census, Goalpokhar II block had a total population of 226,231, out