Khejuri II is a Community Development Block that forms an administrative division in Contai subdivision of Purba Medinipur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Khijri (or Khejuri) today is a small village about 125 kilometres south of Calcutta on the right bank of the Hooghly River.
Long embankments have been built to keep the saline water away and the land recovered with great effort.
In the early days of the East India Company, the port and the town flourished at Khejuri.
[8] It also killed 60,000 people in the region and destroyed more than 160 vessels as it brought with it a wave of water some 25 to 30 feet above the high-water mark.
[11][12][13] For a long time Khejuri was used by CPI(M) activists as a launching pad for attacks on Nandigram.
Once the central forces, who had come for the elections, left, Khejuri was back again in to violence-torn life.
The vast expanse of land is formed of alluvium and is composed of younger and coastal alluvial.
The major rivers are Haldi, Rupnarayan, Rasulpur, Bagui and Keleghai, flowing in north to south or south-east direction.
[24] As per 2011 Census of India Khejuri II CD Block had a total population of 139,463, all of which were rural.
[27] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Khejuri II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Dekhali (9,619), Serkhan Chak (7,347), Pankhai (4,269) and Khajuri (7,471).
[25] Other villages in Khejuri II CD Block (2011 census figures in brackets): Kasaria (1,685), Janka (2,804), Baratala (3,682), Halud Bari (2,849), Nijkashba (2,435).
[citation needed] As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Khejuri II CD Block was 103,149 (85.37% of the population over 6 years) out of which 56,101 (54%) were males and 47,048 (46%) were females.
[29] See also – List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate Primary Census Abstract Data
In 2011 census Hindus numbered 128,714 and formed 92.29% of the population in Khejuri II CD Block.
77 villages (79.38%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).
[36] In 2013-14, there were 42 fertiliser depots, 7 seed stores and 19 fair price shops in the CD Block.
[34] According to the District Human Development Report of Purba Medinipur: The agricultural sector is the lifeline of a predominantly rural economy.
[34] 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 Khejuri II CD Block could be classified as follows: bargadars 14.56%, patta (document) holders 10.85%, small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 2.09%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 43.18% and agricultural labourers 29.32%.
[34] Betelvine is a major source of livelihood in Purba Medinipur district, particularly in Tamluk and Contai subdivisions.
[36] The nett area available for effective pisciculture in Khejuri II CD Block in 2013-14 was 705.38 hectares.
The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.
[38][39] Khejuri II CD Block has 3 ferry services, 24 originating/ terminating bus routes.
Khejuri II CD Block had 273 institutions for special and non-formal education with 12,855 students.
[41][42] In 2014, Khejuri II CD Block had 1 block primary health centre, 1 primary health centre and 1 private nursing home with total 48 beds and 4 doctors (excluding private bodies).