Thakurpukur Maheshtala is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Alipore Sadar 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.

Maheshtala, Rabindranagar and Kalitala Ashuti police stations serve this CD Block.

[7] Gram panchayats of Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block/panchayat samiti are: Asuti-I, Asuti-II, Chatta and Rasapunja.

[8][6] According to the 2011 Census of India, Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block had a total population of 176,203, of which 90,180 were rural and 86,023 were urban.

[9] According to the 2001 Census of India, Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block had a total population of 136,866, out of which 70,420 were males and 66,446 were females.

The Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block registered a population growth of 35.09 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade.

[14] According to the 2001 Census of India, the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD Block had a total literacy of 74.80 per cent.

[15] In the 2011 Census of India, Hindus numbered 118,615 and formed 67.32% of the population in Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block.

[20] 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.

[22] There are 33 inhabited villages in the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block, as per the District Census Handbook, South Twenty-four Parganas, 2011.

33 villages (100%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones).

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

[26] In 2013–14, there were 8 fertiliser depots, 7 seed stores and 24 fair price shops in Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block|[27] In 2013–14, Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block produced 1,018 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 624 hectares, 1,179 tonnes of Boro paddy (spring crop) from 376 hectares.

[27] In the Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block, in 2013–14, net area under effective pisciculture was 185 hectares, engaging 1,550 persons in the profession, and with an approximate annual production of 16,080 quintals.

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

Maheshtala municipal area (outside the CD block) had 2 general degree colleges with 1,855 students.