Baska is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in the

Andal Andal ( ta, ஆண்டாள்), also known as Kothai, Nachiyar, and Godadevi, was the only female Alvar among the twelve Hindu poet-saints of South India. She was posthumously considered an avatar of the goddess Bhudevi. As with the Alv ...

CD block of

Durgapur subdivision Durgapur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in the western part of the district extends to the w ...

Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district o ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

, a part of Andal (gram),

Dignala Dignala is a census town in the Andal CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Dignala is located at . Urbanisation According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of ...

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and Baska lying south of

National Highway 19 Route 19, or Highway 19, may refer to: For roads named "A19", see list of A19 roads. International * Asian Highway 19 * European route E19 * European route E019 Canada * Alberta Highway 19 * British Columbia Highway 19 * Manitoba Highway 19 ...

(old numbering NH 2)/

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form a cluster of census towns. This cluster is linked to a cluster of census towns located north of NH 19. Baska is located at .

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at

Durgapur Durgapur () is a planned tier-II urban agglomeration and a major industrial city in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the fourth largest urban agglomeration after Kolkata, Asansol and Siliguri in West Bengal ...

and 38 (+1 partly)

s (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Baska had a total population of 6,609, of which 3,462 (52%) were males and 3,147 (47%) were females. Population in the age group 0–6 years was 662. The total number of literate persons in Baska was 5,129 (86.25% of the population over 6 years). *For language details see Andal (community development block)#Language and religion India

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, Baska had a population of 4,980. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Baska has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; 61% of the literates are males and 39% are females. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman'', Baska covered an area of 1.95 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 4 km roads with open drains, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, hand pump, tube well, borewell. It had 591 domestic electric connections and 76 road lighting (points). Among the educational facilities it had was 1 primary school, the nearest middle school, secondary school, at Madanpur 2.5 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had were 2 auditorium/ community halls.

Economy

It is in the heart of the coal mining zone.

Education

Baska has three primary and one secondary schools.7th All-India School Education Survey 2003

References

{{Paschim Bardhaman District Cities and towns in Paschim Bardhaman district