Banskandi is a Block level area in

Cachar district Cachar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. After independence the undivided Cachar district was split into four districts in Assam: Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills), Cachar district alongside ...

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, almost 13 km from Silchar.

Geography

Banskandi is located at an elevation of 23 meters above sea level.
Map and weather of Banskandi

Location

National Highway 53, now,

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passes through Banskandi.

Languages and peoples

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

and Meitei ( Manipuri) are the official languages of this place. The village is composed mainly of and

Bengalis Bengalis (singular Bengali bn, বাঙ্গালী/বাঙালি ), also rendered as Bangalee or the Bengali people, are an Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the ...

and Meiteis, and the

Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second m ...

is the most common language in the region.

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

speakers are very few.

Schools and institutes

Schools and institutes in the village include: # Darul Uloom Banskandi (Islamic seminary) # Banskandi Nena Meah Higher Secondary School # MD English School #Pioneer English school # Banskandi Junior College # Barak Valley Secondary School #N.I.M public school #Moulana Ahmed Ali Degree college

References

External links

Satellite map of BanskandiWikimapia
Silchar Villages in Cachar district {{Assam-geo-stub