Bhangar II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Baruipur subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent Geological Period, a large low-lying plain got exposed.

The periodical collapse of both the natural Levees and man-made embankments speed up the process of filling up of the depressions containing Brackish Water wetlands.

[7] Gram Panchayats of Bhangar II CD block/Panchayat Samiti are: Bamanghata, Beenta-I, Beenta-II, Bhagawanpur, Bhogali-I, Bhogali-II, Chaltaberia, Polerhat-I, Polerhat-II and Shanpukur.

[8] According to the 2011 Census of India, the Bhangar II CD block had a total population of 246,708, all of which were rural.

[9] According to the 2001 Census of India, the Bhangar II CD block had a total population of 207,418, out of which 107,221 were males and 100,197 were females.

The Bhangar II CD block registered a population growth of 24.60 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.

[10][11][12] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in the Bhangar II CD block (2011 census figures in brackets): Hat Gachha (5,882), Hadia (7,921), Dharmatala Pachuria (5,789), Swastayan Gachhi (6,966), Uriaparaur (4,893), Tona (8,914), Shyamnagar (5,078), Jaynagar (4,921), Naoabad (4,975), Pitha Pukuria (11,078), Jirangachhi (5,193), Benota (7,850), Chariswar (4,097), Bamunia (15,582), Saduli (4,230), Majherhat (7,797), Uttar Kasipur (10,782), Chandihat (5,272), Nanglapalpur (4,755), Bhogali (7,516), Nimkuria (5,604), Chalta Beria (4,167), Panapukur (5,770) and Uttar Kathalia (8,628).

[14] According to the 2001 Census of India, Bhangar II CD block had a total literacy of 65.65 per cent for the 6+ age group.

[15] In the 2011 Census of India, Muslims numbered 173,914 and formed 70.49% of the population in Bhangar II CD block.

[20] The District Human Development Report points out that in the blocks of the region situated in the close proximity of the Kolkata metropolis, overwhelming majority are involved in the non-agricultural sector for their livelihood.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[22] There are 60 inhabited villages in the Bhangar II CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, South Twenty-four Parganas, 2011.

[23] The South 24 Parganas had played a significant role in the Tebhaga movement launched by the Communist Party of India in 1946.

[26] In 2013-14, there were 133 fertiliser depots, 27 seed stores and 63 fair price shops in the Bhangar II CD block.

[27] Poor irrigation and high soil salinity results in the mono-cropping pattern of cultivation in a major portion of the South 24 Parganas district.

[28] In the Bhangar II CD block, in 2013-14, the net area under effective pisciculture was 3,401 hectares, engaging 24,808 persons in the profession, and with an approximate annual production of 130,216 quintals.

Bhangar II CD block had 3i8 institutions for special and non-formal education with 15,965 students.

[32] Certain areas of the South 24 Parganas district have been identified where ground water is affected by Arsenic Contamination.

[33] High levels of arsenic in ground water were found in twelve CD blocks of the district.

Water samples collected from tubewells in the affected places contained arsenic above the normal level (10 micrograms per litre as specified by the World Health Organization).

[35] Jirangacha Rural Hospital at Jirongachhi, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Bhangar II CD block.