Lalgola is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Lalbag subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

[1] Lalgola CD block lies in the Jalangi-Bhagirathi Interfluve physiographic region in Murshidabad district.

The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the east.

[2][3] The Bagri or the eastern part of the district is a low lying alluvial plain with the shape of an isosceles triangle.

As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the Ganges alone in Murshidabad district.

[10] According to the 2011 Census of India, Lalgola CD block had a total population of 335,831, all of which were rural.

[23][24] Large villages under Lalgola CD block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Moya(15,131), Bayra (15,259), Paharpur (13,368), Amarkunda (5,605), Makimnagar (4,057), Ilimpur (6,204), Nasipur (8,696), Syampur (4,443), Rajarampur (10,528), Paikpara (12,138), Nadaipur (9,401), Basui (4,676), Upar Fatepur (7,142), Krishnapur (19,462), Ramchandrapur (4,358), Karttickpur (5,687), Kalmegha (8,176), Bansgara (8,671), Lalgola (31,698), Hazi Mahammadpur (4,227), Paschim Durbarpara (5,056), Krishnapur Dinurpara (7,502), Brahimottar Manick Chak (7,800), Bajupur Madhupur (9,771), Diar Fatepur (10,536) and Sites Nagar (7,123).

In the 2011 census, Muslims numbered 269,500 and formed 80.25% of the population in Lalgola CD block.

[27][28][29] Murshidabad was the only Muslim majority district in West Bengal at the time of partition of India in 1947.

[31] As per the Human Development Report 2004 for West Bengal, the rural poverty ratio in Murshidabad district was 46.12%.

Purulia, Bankura and Birbhum districts had higher rural poverty ratios.

83 villages (98.81%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

[34] Persons engaged in agriculturein Lalgola CD block From 1977 onwards major land reforms took place in West Bengal.

In 2013–14, persons engaged in agriculture in Lalgola CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 1,736 (2.66%), patta (document) holders 4,974 (7.62%), small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 4,166 (6.38%), marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 21,812 (33.43%) and agricultural labourers 32,568 (49.91%).

[33] Lalgola CD block had 170 fertiliser depots, 3 seed stores and 55 fair price shops in 2013-14.

Bell metal and Brass utensils are manufactured in large quantities at Khagra, Berhampore, Kandi and Jangipur.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development.

[38][39] Lalgola CD block has 6 ferry services and 6 originating/ terminating bus routes.

[40] State Highway 11A, running from Raghunathganj to Bhagawangola passes through this CD block.

[44] Lalgola CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination.