Bagnan II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Uluberia subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Chandrabhag, a constituent panchayat of Bagnan II block, is located at . Bagnan II CD Block is bounded by Bagnan I CD Block in the north, Uluberia I CD Block in the east, Shyampur II CD Block in the south and Sahid Matangini and Kolaghat CD Blocks, in Purba Medinipur district, across the Rupnarayan, in the west. It is located 44 km from Howrah, the district headquarters. Area and administration Bagnan II CD Block has an area of 77.52 km2. Bagnan police station serves this CD Block. Bagnan II panchayat samity has 7 gram panchayats. The block has 47 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Bagnan. Topography Howrah 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. Gram panchayats Gram panchayats of Bagnan II block/panchayat samiti are: Antila, Bantul- Baidyanathpur, Chandrabhag, Halyan, Mugkalyan Benapur, Orphooli and Saratchandra. Demographics Overview Rural population is 49.63% of the total population of Howrah district as per 2001 census. Scheduled castes account for 15.41% of the population, scheduled tribes 0.44% and Muslims 24.4% of the population. As the economy is prevalently industrial, majority of the population depends on industries for a living. Only 30% of the population is engaged in cultivation. Population As per 2011 Census of India Bagnan II CD Block had a total population of 164,405, of which 119,033 were rural and 45,372 were urban. There were 84,539 (51%) males and 79,866 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 19,026. Scheduled Castes numbered 17,341 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 793. As per 2001 census, Bagnan II block had a total population of 146,110, out of which 75,330 were males and 70,780 were females. Bagnan II block registered a population growth of 14.81 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Howrah district was 12.76 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent. Scheduled castes at 16,818 formed around one-eighth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 1,910. Census Towns and large villages Census Towns in Bagnan II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Naupala (7,856), Barunda (7,534), Kulitapara (5,895), Kanaipur (4,782), Batul (4,707), Mugkalyan (7,961) and Halyan