Suti I 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.

The eastern slope of the region is characterised by the existence of numerous cliffs and bluffs.

[6] The feeder canal was constructed across the flow of the small flashy rivers such as Gumani, Trimohini and Kanloi.

[5] See also - River bank erosion along the Ganges in Malda and Murshidabad districts Suti I CD block has an area of 143.68 km2.

[10] According to the 2011 Census of India, Suti I CD block had a total population of 179,908, of which 150,803 were rural and 29,105 were urban.

[23][24] Census towns in Suti I CD block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Madna (6,312), Ramakantapur (6,347), Nayabahadurpur (9,239) and Fatellapur (7,207).

[11] Large villages in Suti I CD block were (2011 population figures in brackets): Kadoa (5,159), Bahutali (15,963), Sidhari (5,362), Hilora (7,667), Raturi (4,518), Bansabati (6,378), Gambhira (7,097), Harua (9,012), Gotha (4,486), Fatehpur (4,875), Fatullapur (4,291), Sadikpur (5,245), Ghorapakhiagangin (4,550), Ahiran (17,079), Alampur (4,206) and Ajagarpara (4,521).

[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.

40 villages (86.96%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

In 2013-14, persons engaged in agriculture in Suti I CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 872 (2.07%,) patta (document) holders 6,337 (15.02%), small farmers (possessing land between 1 and 2 hectares) 3,069 (7.28%), marginal farmers (possessing land up to 1 hectare) 11,635 (27.58%) and agricultural labourers 20,268 (48.05%).

[33] Suti I CD block had 25 fertiliser depots and 37 fair price shops in 2013-14.

[33] 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.

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

[33] Ahrion electric bill collection office and mini electronic power supply centers were established at Suti 1 block (WBSEDCL - AHIRAN CCC) [41] Murshidabad district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund.

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

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