Kapashanria | |
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Census Town | |
  Kapashanria Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Kapashanria Kapashanria (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°45′21″N88°16′01″E / 22.7558°N 88.2669°E /22.7558; 88.2669 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,148 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | WB |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Hooghly |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Singur |
| Website | wb |
Kapashanria is acensus town inChanditala II CD Block inSrirampore subdivision ofHooghly district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.[1]
Kapashanria is located at22°45′21″N88°16′01″E / 22.7558°N 88.2669°E /22.7558; 88.2669 . It is located in the Chanditall–II community development block under the Srirampore subdivision of the Hooghly district. Chanditala police station serves this town.
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 Kapasariagram panchayat are: Kapashanria,Okardaha,Sahana,Sanka andTisa.[5]
As per2011 Census of India, Kapashanria had a total population of 5,148 of which 2,543 (49%) were males and 2,605 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 504. The total number of literates in Kapashanria was 3,594 (77.39% 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,Begampur railway station is 23 kilometres (14 mi) from Howrah on theHowrah-Bardhaman chord line and is a part of theKolkata Suburban Railway system.[7][8]
It is onNH 19 (old numbering NH 2)/Durgapur Expressway.[8]
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