Jharkhali is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Basanti police station in the Basanti CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta with numerous islands in the southern part of the region.

In the map of the Basanti CD block on page 773 in the District Census Handbook for the South 24 Parganas the place is shown as close to Herobhanga Reserve Forest.

[10] Tridibnagar Janakalyan Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2011.

[11] There is a primary health centre at Herobhanga-Jharkhali (PO Jharkhali Bazar) (with 6 beds).