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Sagardighi is located at 24.28°N 88.10°E

The surface of land to the west of the Bhagirathi, the area in which Sagardighi lies, is high and undulating. The soil is hard clay and the climate is somewhat dry. This area is an extension of the Rarh region. Sagardighi is in a zone affected by floods but the impact is less severe than in the adjoining Kandi subdivision.

Rural area under Sagardighi block consists of 11 gram panchayats, viz. Balia, Bokhara–I, Kabilpur, Patkeldanga, Bannyeswar, Bokhara–II, Monigram, Sagardighi, Barala, Gobordhandanga and Moregram. There is no urban area under this block. Sagardighi police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is in Sagardighi.

Chandpara and Kherur are villages under Monigram gram panchayat. Chandpara has a population of 2, 244.

Sagardighi (community development block) (Bengali: সাগরদীঘি সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক) is an administrative division in Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sagardighi police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Sagardighi. The last Zamindar of Sagardighi was Bimal Singh Kothari.

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