Sanka is a village in Chanditala II community development block of

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in the

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n state of

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Geography

Sanka 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, Sanka and

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Demographics

As per

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 ...

, Sanka had a total population of 1,265 of which 618 (49%) were males and 647 (51%) were females. Population below 6 years was 93. The total number of literates in Sanka was 968 (82.59% 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

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway is a suburban rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in India. It is the largest suburban railway network in the country with the highest number of stations. It is also the 7th larg ...

system.

References

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