Bally Jagachha is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Howrah Sadar subdivision of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Ghoshpara is located at . Bally Jagachha CD Block is bounded by Chanditala II and Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Blocks, in Hooghly district, in the north, Kolkata, across the Hooghly River in the east and part of the south, Sankrail CD Block in part of the south and Domjur CD Block in the west. It is located 8 km from Howrah, the district headquarters. Area and administration Bally Jagachha CD Block has an area of 72.05 km2. Nischinda Police Station and Liluah Police Station of Howrah City Police serve this CD Block. Bally Jagachha panchayat samity has 8 gram panchayats. The block has 3 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Ghoshpara. 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 Bally Jagachha block/panchayat samiti are: Bally, Chakpara Anandanagar, Chamrail, Durgapur Abhaynagar I, Durgapur Abhaynagar II, Jagadishpur, Nischinda and Sanpuipara Basukati. 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 Bally Jagachha CD Block had a total population of 209,504, of which 9,300 were rural and 200,204 were uban. There were 107,926 (52%) males and 101,578 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 19,915. Scheduled Castes numbered 30,615 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 1,823. As per 2001 census, Bally Jagachha block had a total population of 164,520, out of which 86,409 were males and 78,111 were females. Bally Jagacha block registered a population growth of 28.63 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 31,141 formed around one-fifth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 3,629. Census Towns and large village Census Towns in Bally Jagachha CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Jagadishpur (16,259), Jaypur Bil