Baksa | |
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Census Town | |
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| Coordinates:22°43′25″N88°14′27″E / 22.7237°N 88.2407°E /22.7237; 88.2407 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,432 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Serampore |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Chanditala |
| Website | wb |
Baksa is acensus town inChanditala II CD Block inSrirampore subdivision ofHooghly district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.[1]
Baksa is located at22°43′26″N88°14′27″E / 22.7238°N 88.2407°E /22.7238; 88.2407.
Kharsarai,Tisa,Kapashanria,Jaykrishnapur,Purba Tajpur,Begampur, Baksa,Panchghara,Chikrand,Janai,Pairagachha,Naiti,Barijhati,Garalgachha andKrishnapur, all the census towns form a series from the northern part of Chanditala II CD Block to its southern part. The only municipality in the area,Dankuni, located outside the CD Block, occupies the south-east corner of the entire cluster.[2]
Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are:Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality,Konnagar Municipality,Serampore Municipality,Baidyabati Municipality,Rishra Municipality andDankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above).[3][4] All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Villages and census towns in Baksagram panchayat are: Baksa,Duttapur,Khoragari andMadhabpur.[5]
As per2011 Census of India Baksa had a total population of 6,432 of which 3,196 (50%) were males and 3,236 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 600. The total number of literates in Baksa was 4,767 (81.74% of the population over 6 years).[4]
As per the 2011 census, Dankuni Urban Agglomeration includes:Dankuni (M),Purba Tajpur (CT),Kharsarai (CT),Begampur (CT),Chikrand (CT),Pairagachha (CT),Barijhati (CT),Garalgachha (CT),Krishnapur (CT),Baruipara (CT),Borai (CT),Nawapara (CT),Basai (CT),Gangadharpur (CT),Manirampur (CT),Janai (CT),Kapashanria (CT),Jaykrishnapur (CT),Tisa (CT), Baksa (CT),Panchghara (CT) andNaiti (CT).[6]
The nearest railway station,Janai Road railway station, is 21 kilometres (13 mi) from Howrah on theHowrah-Bardhaman chord line and is a part of theKolkata Suburban Railway system.[7]
Baksha Bindhyabasini Niharbala Vidyalaya is a coeducational higher secondary school at Baksha. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, philosophy, mathematics and education.[8]
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