Hanshkhali

Hanskhali
Village
Market-bound
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Nadia
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,066 (according to census data)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	741505 (Hanskhali)
Telephone/STD code	03472
Lok Sabha constituency	Ranaghat
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Ranaghat Uttar Purba
Website	nadia.gov.in

Hanskhali is a village in the Hanskhali CD block in the Ranaghat subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Situated on the bank of the Churni River, Hanshkhali is known for an Administrative Registry Office and Police Station.

Geography

Location

Hanskhali is located at .

Area overview

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature. The Ranaghat subdivision has the Bhagirathi on the west, with Purba Bardhaman and Hooghly districts lying across the river. Topographically, Ranaghat subdivision is spread across the Krishnanagar-Santipur Plain, which occupies the central part of the district, and the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district. The Churni separates the two plains. A portion of the east forms the boundary with Bangladesh. The lower portion of the east is covered by a portion of the North 24 Parganas district. The subdivision has achieved reasonably high urbanisation. 41.68% of the population lives in urban areas and 58.32% lives in rural areas.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Hanskhali had a total population of 19,466, of which 10,045 (52%) were males and 9,421 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 4,515. The total number of literate persons in Hanskhali was 17,912 (85.96% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Hanskhali police station has jurisdiction over Hanskhali CD block. The total area covered by the police station is 229 km² and the population covered is 210,916 (2001 census). 25 km of Bangladesh-India border is part of the PS area.

Transport

State Highway 3, running from Krishnanagar (in Nadia district) to Gosaba (in South 24 Parganas district) passes through Hanskhali.

Education

High schools

• Hanskhali Laura High School (HS)
• Hanskhali Samabay Vidyapith (HS)

College

• Srikrishna College, established at Bagula in 1952. Affiliated to the University of Kalyani.