Hanskhali (community development block)
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Hanskhali (community development block)

Hanskhali is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Hanskhali is located at 23°22′04″N 88°37′59″E / 23.3677471°N 88.6331463°E / 23.3677471; 88.6331463.

Hanskhali CD Block is bounded by Krishnaganj CD Block in the north, Jibannagar Upazila in Chaudanga District and Maheshpur Upazila in Jhenaidah District in Bangladesh in the east, Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD Blocks in the south and Krishnanagar I and Santipur CD Blocks in the west.

Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as the Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.

Hanskhali CD Block has an area of 246.29 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 13 gram panchayats, 231 gram sansads (village councils), 81 mouzas and 76 inhabited villages. Hanskhali police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Bagula.

It lies 13 km from Krishnanagar, the district headquarters.

Gram panchayats of Hanskhali block/ panchayat samiti are: Bagula I, Bagula II, Badkulla I, Badkulla II, Betna Gobindapur, Dakshinpara I, Dakshinpara II, Gazna, Mamjoan, Mayurhat I, Mayurhat II, Ramnagar Barachupria I and Ramnagar Barachupria II.

As per the 2011 Census of India, Hanskhali CD Block had a total population of 293,040, of which 245,899 were rural and 11,252 were urban. There were 151,645 (52%) males and 141,395 (48%) females. The population below 6 years was 27,997. Scheduled Castes numbered 144,090 (49.17%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 8,373 (2.86%).

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