The area attracts large number of tourists – Gangasagar and Fraserganj-Bakkhali are worth mentioning.

Patharpratima is not identified as a separate place in 2011 census but it is marked in Google maps.

The map of CD block Patharpratima on page 889 in District Census Handbook for South 24 Parganas shows Pathapratima police station in Dakshin Shibganj mouza (village no.

[10] Patharpratima Anandalal Adarsha Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1961.

[11] Madhabnagar Rural Hospital at Madababnagar, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Patharpratima CD block.