Baksa is a

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Chanditala II Chanditala II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview The Chanditala II CD Block is part of the Hooghly-Damodar Plain, one of ...

CD Block in

Srirampore subdivision Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanised, with the highest density of population, of all the subdivisions of Hooghl ...

Hooghly district Hooghly district () is one of the districts of the Indian state of West Bengal. It can alternatively be spelt ''Hoogli'' or ''Hugli''. The district is named after the Hooghly River. The headquarters of the district are at Hooghly-Chinsurah (' ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Baksa is located at .

Kharsarai Kharsarai is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Kharsarai is located at . Kharsarai, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba Tajpur, ...

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Kapashanria Kapashanria is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Kapashanria is located at . It is located in the Chanditall–II community devel ...

Jaykrishnapur Jaykrishnapur is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Jaykrishnapur is located at . Kharsarai, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba ...

Purba Tajpur Purba Tajpur is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Purba Tajpur is located at Kharsarai, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba Ta ...

Begampur Begampur is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Begampur is located at Kharsarai, Tisa, Kapashanria, Jaykrishnapur, Purba Tajpur, Bega ...

, Baksa, Panchghara,

Chikrand Chikrand is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision Srirampore subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview Srirampore subdivision is the most ur ...

, Janai, Pairagachha, Naiti, Barijhati,

Garalgachha Garalgachha is a census town in Chanditala II CD Block in Srirampore subdivision in Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Etymology There are three opinions about the name of Garalgachha. One of the popular opinions is 'Garal' m ...

and Krishnapur, all the census towns form a series from the northern part of Chanditala II CD Block to its southern part. The only municipality in the area,

Dankuni Dankuni is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Positioned strategically near Kolkata, it has emerged as an import ...

, located outside the CD Block, occupies the south-east corner of the entire cluster.

Urbanisation

Srirampore subdivision is the most urbanized of the subdivisions in Hooghly district. 73.13% of the population in the subdivision is urban and 26.88% is rural. The subdivision has 6 municipalities and 34 census towns. The municipalities are:

Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality Uttarpara Kotrung Municipality is the civic body that governs Uttarpara Kotrung and its surrounding areas (Bhadrakali, Hooghly, Bhadrakali and Hind Motor) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. It is the oldest munic ...

Konnagar Municipality Konnagar Municipality is the civic body that governs Konnagar and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Konnagar Municipality was established in 1944. Sib Chandra Deb contributed tirele ...

Serampore Municipality Serampore Municipality is the civic body that governs Serampore and its surrounding areas ( Mahesh, Tin Bazar, Battala and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Serampore is the first town ...

Baidyabati Municipality Baidyabati Municipality is the civic body that governs Baidyabati and its surrounding areas ( Sheoraphuli and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. History Baidyabati Municipality was established in ...

Rishra Municipality Rishra Municipality is the civic body that governs Rishra and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the Li ...

and Dankuni Municipality. Amongst the CD Blocks in the subdivision, Uttarapara Serampore (census towns shown in a separate map) had 76% urban population, Chanditala I 42%, Chanditala II 69% and Jangipara 7% (census towns shown in the map above). All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Baksa gram panchayat are: Baksa, Duttapur, Khoragari and Madhabpur.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Baksa had a total population of 6,432 of which 3,196 (50%) were males and 3,236 (50%) were females. Population below 6 years was 600. The total number of literates in Baksa was 4,767 (81.74% of the population over 6 years).

Dankuni Urban Agglomeration

As per the 2011 census, Dankuni Urban Agglomeration includes:

(M),

(CT),

(CT), Pairagachha (CT), Barijhati (CT),

(CT), Krishnapur (CT),

Baruipara Baruipara is a census town in Singur (community development block), Singur CD block in Chandannagore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Baruipara is located at in Hooghly district, West ...

(CT), Borai (CT),

Nawapara Nawapara is a census town in Sreerampur Uttarpara CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Nawapara is located at Rishra (CT), Bamunari, Nawapara, Nabagram Colony, Kanai ...

(CT),

Basai Basai Jat is a Jat village in Gurgaon Mandal, Gurgaon district, Gurgaon District, Haryana, India. Basai is 4 km distance from its district main city Gurgaon and 282 km distance from its state main city Chandigarh. It has a population of about ...

(CT),

Gangadharpur Gangadharpur is a census town in the Chanditala I CD block located in the Srirampore subdivision of the Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Gangadharpur is located at . It has an elevation of 14 m ...

(CT),

Manirampur Manirampur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Manirampur is located at: Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Hooghly, Masat, Jangalpar ...

(CT), Janai (CT),

(CT),

(CT), Baksa (CT), Panchghara (CT) and Naiti (CT).

Transport

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

Kolkata Suburban Railway The Kolkata Suburban Railway (colloquially called Kolkata local trains or simply locals) is a suburban rail, suburban and regional rail system serving the Kolkata metropolitan area and its surroundings in West Bengal, India. Its network has 45 ...

system.

Education

Baksha Bindhyabasini Niharbala Vidyalaya is a coeducational higher secondary school at Baksha. It has arrangements for teaching Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, geography, philosophy, mathematics and education.

References

{{Hooghly District Cities and towns in Hooghly district Census towns in Chanditala II CD Block