International Research Journal of Education and Technology

Sundarbans, the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest of India lies in the north-eastern shores. The area of Indian Sundarbans is about 9630 sq. km, of which 5,363 square kilometers is reclaimed area and the 4,267 square kilometers are protected mangrove forests. It comprises of 19 Community Development blocks of which 6 in North 24-Parganas and 13 in South 24-Parganas districts. Sandeshkhali I, Sandeshkhali II, Hingalgunj, Hasnabad, Haroa, Minakhan belong to North 24 Paraganas  Sagar, Namkhana, Kakdwip, Patharpratima, Kultali, Mathurapur I, Mathurapur II, Jaynagar I, Jaynagar II, Canning I, Canning II, Basanti and Gosaba belong to the South 24-Parganas. Out of 102 islands, 48 islands of the Indian Sundarbans are fostered while the remaining 54 are inhabited with varied population densities. The Sundarbans ecosystem is one of the most biologically protective and taxonomically diverse ecosystems of the Indian Sub-continent. This is the fact that reckless and random economic development affected the ecological balance which implies that the human activity at random with complete disregard to ecosystem hampers the ecological balance.