Mathurapur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Diamond Harbour subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

As the sea receded southwards, in the sub-recent geological period, a large low-lying plain got exposed.

The periodical collapse of both the natural levees and man-made embankments speed up the process of filling up of the depressions containing brackish water wetlands.

Embankments raised along rivers are of critical importance for the safety of lives and protection of crops, against daily tides and tidal surges.

Technologically the embankment structures are weak and there is need of proper drainage of accumulated rain water through sluice gates.

[8] Gram panchayats of Mathurapur II CD block/panchayat samiti are: Dighirpar Bakultala, Gilarchhat, Kankandighi, Kasinagar, Kautala, Khari, Kumrapara, Nagendrapur, Nandakumarpur, Radhakantapur and Raidighi.

[9] As per the 2011 Census of India, Mathurapur II CD block had a total population of 220,839, all of which were rural.

[10] As per the 2001 Census of India, Mathurapur II CD block had a total population of 198,261, out of which 102,937 were males and 95,324 were females.

Mathurapur II CD block registered a population growth of 14.61 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.

[11][12][13] Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Mathurapur II CD block (2011 census figures in brackets): Khari (21,900), Uttar Kashinagar (12,321), Kautala (11,725), Gilarchat (25,897), Radhakantapur Abad (8,442), Baribhanga Abad (6,773), Raydighi Abad (20,467), Dighirpar Bakultala (14,080), Chaplarkhop (4,088), Kumarpara (17,682), Kankandighi (12,900), Paschim Jatardeul (5,797), Purbba Jatardeul (6,222), Baradanagar (4,715), Purbba Shridharpur (5,377), Nagendrapur (6,041), Damkal (5,936), Dakshin Jaykrishnapur (5,204), Nandakumarpur (5,570) and Mahabatpur (4,249).

[15] As per the 2001 Census of India, Mathurapur II CD block had a total literacy of 68.24 per cent for the 6+ age group.

[16] In the 2011 Census of India, Hindus numbered 181,262 and formed 82.08% of the population in Mathurapur II CD block.

[18] As per the Human Development Report for South 24 Parganas district, published in 2009, in Mathurapur II CD block the percentage of households below poverty line was 39.59%.

[21] The District Human Development Report points out that in the blocks of region situated in the close proximity of the Kolkata metropolis, overwhelming majority are involved in the non-agricultural sector for their livelihood.

It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

[23] There are 27 inhabited villages in Mathurapur II CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, South Twenty-four Parganas, 2011.

21 villages (77.78%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

[24] South 24 Parganas had played a significant role in the Tebhaga movement launched by the Communist Party of India in 1946.

[27] In 2013-14, there were 105 fertiliser depots, 11 seed stores and 44 fair price shops in Mathurapur II CD block.

[28] In Mathurapur II CD block, in 2013-14, net area under effective pisciculture was 2,910 hectares, engaging 17,649 persons in the profession, and with an approximate annual production of 97,430 quintals.

[30][31] Mathurapur II CD block has 6 ferry services and 3 originating/ terminating bus routes.