Sahana is a village in Chanditala II community development block of

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Geography

Sahana is located at . Chanditala police station serves this Village.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Kapasaria

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

are: Kapashanria, Okardaha, Sahana,

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Demographics

As per

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, Sahana had a total population of 1,944 of which 921 (47%) were males and 1,023 (53%) were females. Population below 6 years was 263. The total number of literates in Sahana was 1,340 (79.71% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The nearest railway station, Baruipara railway station, is from Howrah on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord line and is a part of the

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system. The main road is NH-19 (old number NH 2)/ Durgapur Exptressway. It is the main artery of the village.Google maps

References

Villages in Chanditala II CD Block {{Hooghly-geo-stub