Raghunathganj II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the east.
As the Rajmahal hills slopes gently down from adjoining Jharkhand it forms the Nabagram plain at the lowest edge of its elevation in this region.
[5] See also - River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts Raghunathganj II CD block has an area of 140.91 km2.
[8] According to the 2011 Census of India, Raghunathganj II CD block had a total population of 265,336, of which 131,236 were rural and 134,100 were urban.
[20][21] Census towns in Raghunathganj II CD block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Giria (17,131), Mithipur (15,260), Jot Kamal (7,685), Osmanpur (10,512), Sahajadpur (23,280), Khodarampur (7,277), Donalia (6,081), Teghari (25,058), Krishna Sali (10,742) and Bara Jumla (11,074).
[9] Large villages in Raghunathganj II CD block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Lal Khandiar (1,223), Giria Kismat (7,153), Sekendara (21,668), Mukundapur (4,009), Jot Sundar (4,207), Putia (4,984), Kul Gachhi (11,292), Jamra (4,692), Bahara (12,862), Kasia Danga (14,025) and Dighir Pahar (4,468).
In the 2011 census Muslims numbered 217,502 and formed 81.97% of the population in Raghunathganj II CD block.
[24][25][26] Murshidabad was the only Muslim majority district in West Bengal at the time of partition of India in 1947.
[28] As per the Human Development Report 2004 for West Bengal, the rural poverty ratio in Murshidabad district was 46.12%.
25 villages (69.44%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).
In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Raghunathganj II CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 1,029 (4.17%), patta (document) holders 6,765 (27.41%), small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 1,302 (5.27%), marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 7,150 (28.97%) and agricultural labourers 8,438 (34.18%).
[30] Raghunathganj II CD block had 22 fertiliser depots, 1 seed store and 48 fair price shops in 2013-14.
[30] As of 2003, around 400,000 workers were engaged in the prime area locations of beedi making, a household industry, in Farakka, Samserganj, Suti I, Suti II, Raghunathganj I and Raghunathganj II CD blocks.
Lok Sabha TV feature Murshidabad is famous for its silk industry since the Middle Ages.
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] Raghunathganj II CD block has 5 ferry services and 2 originating/ terminating bus routes.
Raghunathganj II CD block had 407 institutions special and non-formal education with 24,104 students.
[42] Raghunathganj II CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination.