[2][3] Police stations in Ghatal subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:[4] The subdivision contains 48 gram panchayats under 5 community development blocks:[5] Community development blocks in Ghatal subdivision are:[6][7] Paschim Medinipur district had a literacy rate of 78.00% as per the provisional figures of the census of India 2011.

[8] Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a subdivision-wise comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Paschim Medinipur district, after separation of Jhargram subdivision, for the year 2013-14.

Special and non-formal education centres include sishu siksha kendras, madhyamik siksha kendras, adult high schools, centres of Rabindra mukta vidyalaya, recognised Sanskrit tols, institutions for the blind and other handicapped persons, Anganwadi centres, reformatory schools etc.

[8] The following institutions are located in Ghatal subdivision: The table below (all data in numbers) presents an overview of the subdivision-wise medical facilities available and patients treated, after the separation of Jhargram, in the hospitals, health centres and sub-centres in 2014 in Paschim Medinipur district.

[14] Medical facilities in the Ghatal subdivision are as follows: Hospitals: (Name, location, beds) [15] Rural hospitals: (Name, CD block, location, beds) [16] Block primary health centres: (Name, CD block, location, beds)[17] Primary health centres : (CD block-wise)(CD block, PHC location, beds)[18] Lok Sabha (parliamentary) and Vidhan Sabha (state assembly) constituencies in Paschim Medinipur district were as follows from 2006:[19]