Uluberia I 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 Tapna Gram Panchayat (Purba Tapna Horkole), a constituent panchayat of Uluberia I block, is located at Uluberia I CD Block is bounded by Uluberia II, Panchla and Sankrail CD Blocks in the north, Budge Budge I and Budge Budge II CD Blocks in South 24 Parganas district, across the Hooghly in the east, Shyampur I CD Block in the south and Shyampur II, Bagnan II and Bagnan I CD Blocks in the west. It is located 28 km from Howrah, the district headquarters. Area and administration Uluberia I CD Block has an area of 114.38 km2.Uluberia police station serves this CD Block. Uluberia I panchayat samity has 9 gram panchayats. The block has 71 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Uluberia. 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 Uluberia I block/panchayat samiti are: Bahira, Chandipur, Dhulasimla, Hatgachha I, Hatgachha II, Heerapur, Kalinagar, Maheshpur, and Tapna. 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 Uluberia I CD Block had a total population of 215,392, of which 184,781 were rural and 30,611 were uban. There were 109,809 (51%) males and 195,583 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 29,413. Scheduled Castes numbered 47,471 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 157. As per 2001 census, Uluberia I block had a total population of 182,085, out of which 92,817 were males and 89,268 were females. Uluberia I block registered a population growth of 18.35 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 45,974 formed around one-fourth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 1,587. Census Towns and large villages Census Towns in Uluberia I CD Block (2011 census