Domjur 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 Domjur is located at . Domjur CD Block is bounded by Chanditala I and Chanditala II CD Blocks, in Hooghly district, in the north, Bally Jagachha CD Block in the east, Sankrail CD Block in the south and Panchla and Jagatballavpur CD Blocks in the west. It is located 12 km from Howrah, the district headquarters. Area and administration Domjur CD Block has an area of 58.33 km2. Domjur Police Station of Howrah City Police serves this CD Block. Domjur panchayat samity has 18 gram panchayats. The block has 38 inhabited villages. Headquarters of this block is at Domjur. 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 Domjur block/panchayat samiti are: Bankra I, Bankra II, Bankra III, Begari, Dakshin Jhapardaha, Domjur, Kolora I, Kolora II, Mahiyari I, Mahiyari II, Makardah I, Makardah II, Narna, Parbatipur, Rudrapur, Salap I, Salap II and Uttar Jhapardaha. 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 Domjur CD Block had a total population of 377,588, of which 74,510 were rural and 303,078 were uban. There were 192,199 (51%) males and 185,389 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 41,978. Scheduled Castes numbered 65,202 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 1,587. As per 2001 census, Domjur block had a total population of 311,133, out of which 158,451 were males and 152,682 were females. Domjur block registered a population growth of 22.10 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 70,844 formed over one-fifth the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 4,870. Census Towns and large villages Census Towns in Domjur CD Block (2011 census figures brackets): Uttar Jhapardaha (8,425), Dafarpur (5,461), Baluhati (4,363),