Ketugram II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Gangatikuri, a gram panchayat in Ketugram II CD Block, is located at 23°42′41″N 88°05′55″E / 23.7115°N 88.0985°E / 23.7115; 88.0985.
[5] As per the 2011 Census of India Ketugram II CD Block had a total population of 118,567, all of which were rural.
[6] Other villages in Ketugram II CD Block included (2011 census figures in brackets): Uddharanpur (3,437), Sitahati (1,262), Nabagram (1,683), Billeswar (3,625) and Jhamatpur (1,543).
[6] As per the 2001 census, Ketugram II block had a total literacy of 61.06 per cent for the 6+ age group.
[10] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data
In the 2011 census, Hindus numbered 94,555 and formed 79.75% of the population in Ketugram II CD Block.
[3] In Ketugram II CD Block, cultivators or agricultural labourers formed a large portion of the workforce, comparatively less workers were engaged in the secondary and tertiary sectors.
49 villages (89.09%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).
[3] Persons engaged in agriculturein Ketugram II CD Block Although the Bargadari Act of 1950 recognised the rights of bargadars to a higher share of crops from the land that they tilled, it was not implemented fully.
Large tracts, beyond the prescribed limit of land ceiling, remained with the rich landlords.
In 2013–14, persons engaged in agriculture in Ketugram II CD Block could be classified as follows: bargadars 5.60%, patta (document) holders 9.64%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 7.31%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 24.40% and agricultural labourers 53.06%.
[20] Ketugram II CD Block has 5 ferry services and 3 originating/ terminating bus routes.
[22] More than 6,000 schools (in erstwhile Bardhaman district) serve cooked midday meal to more than 900,000 students.
[24] Ketugram II CD Block is one of the areas of Bardhaman district which is affected by a low level of arsenic contamination of ground water.
There are also five numbers of Animal Development Aid Centres (ADACs) under BLDO, Ketugram-II situated in five different Gram Panchayets of this block such as - 1.