 The Kangsabati River forms the boundary between the Purulia I and Arsha and Purulia II CD blocks.The upper Kangsabati basin has undulating land and the elevation rises from 200 to 300 m and the general slope is from west to east and south-east.The Purulia I CD block is bounded by the Chandankiyari CD block, in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand, and Purulia II and Hura CD blocks on the north, the Puncha and Manbazar I CD blocks on the east, the Barabazar CD block on the south, and the Arsha and Joypur CD blocks on the west.