Challenges and opportunities on freshwater prawn farming sector in West Bengal: Management practices

West Bengal has 406,000 hectares of brackish water – making it the largest area in the country for potential shrimp production. It therefore hardly comes as a surprise that the state is the second largest producer of shrimp (mainly P. Monodon and L. vannamei) in India, only beaten by Andhra Pradesh
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According to Census 2011 information the location code or village code of Radhakantapur Abad village is 335177. Radhakantapur Abad village is located in the Mathurapur Ii subdivision of South Twenty-Four Parganas district in West Bengal, India. It is situated 10.9km away from sub-district headquarters Baribhanga Abad (tehsildar office) and 67.8km away from district headquarters Alipore. As per 2009 stats, Radhakantapur is the gram panchayat of Radhakantapur Abad village. The total geographical area of the village is 1150.52 hectares. Radhakantapur Abad has a total population of 8,442 people, out of which the male population is 4,272 while the female population is 4,170. The literacy rate of Radhakantapur Abad village is 60.90% out of which 67.60% of males and 54.03% of females are literate. There are about 1,769 houses in Radhakantapur Abad village. The Pincode of Radhakantapur Abad village locality is 743354.  Over 1 lakh (100,000) farmers in Bengal, particularly in districts like East Midnapore, have switched over to shrimp cultivation. Though it has brought wealth to some, many have faced devastating losses due to outbreaks of disease. Huge tracts of once-fertile land have been dug up for shrimp cultivation across several districts in Bengal. 

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