Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi.

[1] The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river.

[4] At midnight on 5 February 2003 seven goons attacked two buses that were carrying marriage parties near a under construction madrasa at Beldanga village on Dhantala-Ainshmali road.

A brick wall blockade was set up on the road, and a bus which was returning to Kuchiamora in North 24-Parganas after attending a marriage at Kamgachi in Ranaghat, was first attacked.

The bus driver Samir Ghosh was killed, and the passengers were looted of their money and ornaments.

Subsequently, two main accused, local CPI(M) leaders Subol Bagchi and Saidul Islam Karigar were arrested for orchestrating the entire incident.

Another case associated with this incident was the murder of Chandan Sen, a surgeon at Ranaghat subdivisional hospital who had supposedly carried out medical tests on the rape victims.

[6][7] Dhantala and Gangnapur police stations have jurisdiction over Cooper's Camp and Ranaghat II CD block.