Baksa is a

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in Chanditala II CD Block in

Srirampore subdivision Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanised, and the one with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisio ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsura (''C ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Baksa is located at . Kharsarai,

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, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba Tajpur, Begampur, Baksa,

Panchghara Panchghara is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Panchghara is located at . Kharsarai, Tisa, Hooghly, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur ...

Chikrand Chikrand is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Chikrand is located at . Kharsarai, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba Tajpur, ...

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, Pairagachha, Naiti,

Barijhati Barijhati is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. History On the northern side of Barijhati there was a ''Neel Kuthi''. Neel (indigo) cultivation started in H ...

, Garalgachha and Krishnapur, 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 Dankuni is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is now part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is considered posh area in Hooghly. Geography Location Da ...

, located outside the CD Block, occupies the south-east corner of the entire cluster.

Urbanisation

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 Baidyabati Municipality is the civic body that governs Baidyabati and its surrounding areas (Sheoraphuli and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Baidyabati Municipality was established in 1 ...

Rishra Municipality Rishra Municipality is the civic body that governs Rishra and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Rishra municipality was established in 1944. The earliest mention of Rishra is found ...

and Dankuni 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). All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Baksa

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are: Baksa, Duttapur, Khoragari and Madhabpur.

Demographics

As per

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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).

Dankuni Urban Agglomeration

As per the 2011 census, Dankuni Urban Agglomeration includes:

(M), Purba Tajpur (CT), Kharsarai (CT), Begampur (CT),

(CT), Pairagachha (CT),

(CT), Garalgachha (CT), Krishnapur (CT), Baruipara (CT), Borai (CT), Nawapara (CT),

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(CT), Gangadharpur (CT), Manirampur (CT),

(CT), Kapashanria (CT), Jaykrishnapur (CT),

(CT), Baksa (CT),

(CT) and Naiti (CT).

Transport

The nearest railway station,

Janai Road railway station Janai Road railway station is a railway station on the Howrah–Bardhaman chord of Howrah Railway division of the Eastern Railway zone. It is located in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Posh ...

, is from Howrah on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord line and is a part of the

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system.

Education

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.

References

{{Hooghly District Census towns in Chanditala II CD Block