Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi.

[2] The Tehatta subdivision, presented in the map alongside, is topographically part of the Nadia Plain North.

[3] The central part of Tehatta is around 7.8 km away from the Bangladesh Border.The subdivision is overwhelmingly rural.

[9] Tehatta is an intermediate panchayat (local self-government) under Nadia Zilla Parishad.

Tehatta is well connected with Krishnanagar and Karimpur via the Krishnanagar- Karimpur bus route (State highway 11) and connected with NH 34 via the Tehatta- Palashipara - Palashi /Tehatta Ghat-Barnia- Debagram route and 3 km from Natipota.

In the 2009-2010 Indian rail budget, a new railway route was declared from Krishnanagar, Nadia to Berhampur, Murshidabad via Tehatta.

[citation needed] Other Nearby High Schools: Tehatta Government College was established in 2014 under the University of Kalyani.

Jagaddhatri Puja is celebrated with much pomp and grandeur during the waxing phase of the moon in the Bengali month of Kartik.

A sub-divisional hospital is located at the centre of the town along with some private medical facilities and a couple of nursing homes.