Bhangonkhali is a village within the jurisdiction of the Basanti police station in the Basanti CD block in the

Canning subdivision Canning subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subdivisions South 24 Parganas district is divided into five administrative subdivisions: 13.97% of the total populatio ...

of the

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district in the

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Geography

Area overview

Canning subdivision has a very low level of urbanization. Only 12.37% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.63% lives in the rural areas. There are 8

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s in the Canning I CD block and only 2 in the rest of the subdivision. The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta with numerous islands in the southern part of the region. The area (shown in the map alongside) borders on the

Sundarbans National Park The Sundarbans National Park is a national park, tiger reserve and biosphere reserve in West Bengal, India. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta and adjacent to the Sundarban Reserve Forest in Bangladesh. It is located to south-w ...

and a major portion of it is a part of the

Sundarbans settlements The Sundarbans settlements refer to the areas of the Sundarbans that were cleared of forests for human habitation in the present North 24 Paganas and the South 24 Parganas districts in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview As per the ''D ...

. It is a flat low-lying area in the South Bidyadhari plains. The

Matla River Matla River forms a wide estuary in and around the Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The main stream of the Matla River is divided into two arms near Purandar. One passes through Kultali-Garanbose and ...

is prominent and there are many streams and water channels locally known as ''khals''. A comparatively recent country-wide development is the guarding of the coastal areas with a special coastal force. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Location

Bhangonkhali is located at .

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 ...

, Bhangonkhali had a total population of 15,127, of which 7,684 (51%) were males and 7,443 (49%) were females. There were 2,933 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate persons in Bhangonkhali was 6,945 (56.95% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

Bhangonkhali is on the

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(locally popular as Basanti Highway).

Education

Sukanta College Sukanta College, established in 2008, is an undergraduate college in Bhangonkhali, Basanti, West Bengal, India. This college is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. The most prolific student of this college is Rahul Das, political sci ...

, established in 2008, is affiliated to the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

. It offers honours courses in Bengali, Sanskrit, history, political science, and a general course in arts. Fulmancha Hritu Bhakat High School is a coeducational institution. Kheria Siddiquia Senior Madrash a is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1958. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. Kanthalberia MSK School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2004. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII. Choradakatia Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2010. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.

Healthcare

Basanti Rural Hospital at Basanti, with 30 beds, is the major government medical facility in the Basanti CD block.

References

{{South 24 Parganas topics Villages in South 24 Parganas district