Kandi (community development block)  Kandi is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Kandi subdivision of Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kandi is located at   Kandi CD Block is bounded by Khargram CD Block in the north, Beldanga II CD Block in the east, Bharatpur I CD Block in the south and Burwan CD Block in the west. Kandi CD Block lies in the Mayurakshi Dwaraka plain in the south-eastern corner of Rarh region in Murshidabad district. The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the east. The Rarh region is undulating and contains mostly clay and lateritic clay based soil. The Rarh region or the western part of the district is drained by the right bank tributaries of the Bhagirathi, flowing down from the hilly / plateau region of Santhal Pargana division in neighbouring Jharkhand. The Farakka Barrage regulates the flow of water into the Bhagirathi through the feeder canal. Thereafter, it is fed with the discharge from the Mayurakshi system. About 1,800 km2 of area in the neighbourhood of Kandi town is flooded by the combined discharge of the Mayurakshi, Dwarka, Brahmani, Gambhira, Kopai and Bakreshwar – the main contributor being the Mayurakshi. Certain other areas in the western sector also get flooded. Kandi CD Block has an area of 227.48 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 10 gram panchayats, 151 gram sansads (village councils), 93 mouzas and 84 inhabited villages. Kandi police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Kandi. Gram panchayats in Kandi block/ panchayat samiti are: Andulia, Gokarna I, Gokarna II, Hizole, Jasohari Anukha I, Jasohari Anukha II, Kumarsanda, Mahalandi I, Mahalandi II and Purandarpur. As per 2011 Census of India Kandi CD Block had a total population of 220,145, all of which were rural. There were 112,789 (51%) males and 107,356 (49%) females.