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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ghoksadanga
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Cooch Behar district|Cooch Behar]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 736171
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| area_code = 03583
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Mathabhanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mathabhanga]]
| website = {{URL|coochbehar.gov.in/}}
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'''Ghoksadanga''' is a [[neighbourhood]] and a [[gram panchayat]] in the [[Mathabhanga II]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Mathabhanga subdivision]] of the [[Cooch Behar district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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| coord={{coord|26|14|0|N|89|2|0|E}}| float=left|caption='''Places in the Mathabhanga, Mekhliganj subdivisions and Sitai CD block in Dinhata subdivision of Cooch Behar district'''<br/>CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, M: Municipal town<br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
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|mark-coord5={{coord|26|25|52|N|89|16|23|E}}| label-pos5=left|label5=Ghoksadanga| numbered5=R| mark-title5= Ghoksadanga (R)|shape-color5=black| label-size5=13|label-color5=black 
|mark-coord6={{coord|26|20|10|N|89|15|13|E}}| label-pos6=top|label6=Matiar Kuthi| numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Matiar Kuthi]] (R)| shape-color6= #C42222
|mark-coord7={{coord|26|18|56|N|89|18|35|E}}| label-pos7=left|label7=Nishiganj| numbered7=R| mark-title7= [[Nishiganj]] (R)| shape-color7= #C42222
|mark-coord8={{coord|26|20|45|N|89|9|26|E}}| label-pos8=top|label8=Sikarpur| numbered8=R| mark-title8= [[Sikarpur, Cooch Behar]] (R)| shape-color8= #C42222
|mark-coord9={{coord|26|10|23|N|89|10|46|E}}| label-pos9=top|label9=Sitalkuchi| numbered9=R| mark-title9= [[Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar]] (R)| shape-color9= #C42222
|mark-coord10={{coord|26|18|11|N|88|59|0|E}}| label-pos10=left|label10=Kuchlibari| numbered10=R| mark-title10= [[Kuchlibari]] (R)| shape-color10= #C42222
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|mark-coord12={{coord|26|24|0|N|88|48|20|E}}|label12= Teesta River| label-color12 = #77A1CB| label-angle12=50| label-pos12=top| label-size12=10| mark-size12=0| mark-title12=none
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===Location===
Ghoksadanga is located at {{coord|26.431265|N|89.273212|E|display=inline}}.

According to the map of the Mathabhanga II CD block on page 241 in the ''District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, 2011 census,'' Ghoksadanga is shown as a part of Bara Simulguri village (MDDS PLCN 2011 / 308306).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census|work = page 241: Map of Mathabhanga II CD block| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal | accessdate = 26 July 2020}}</ref>

===Area overview===
The map alongside shows the western part of the district. In Mekhliganj subdivision 9.91% of the population lives in the urban areas and 90.09% lives in the rural areas. In Mathabhanga subdivision 3.67% of the population, the lowest in the district, lives in the urban areas and 96.35% lives in the rural areas.<ref name="handbook">{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar |work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 5 August 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |url-status = dead }}</ref> The entire district forms the flat [[alluvium|alluvial]] flood plains of mighty rivers.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1903_PART_A_DCHB_KOCH%20BIHAR.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Koch Bihar, Series 20, Part XIIA| work= Census of India 2011, pages 17-21 Physical feafures| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal |accessdate = 5 August 2020}}</ref>

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivisions. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Ghoksadanga police station has jurisdiction over Mathabhanga II CD block.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Cooch Behar |work = Tables 2.1 |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 26 July 2020 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://coochbeharpolice.in/index.php/admin/police_officers| title = List of Police Officers in Cooch Behar district| publisher = Cooch Behar Police| accessdate = 26 July 2020| archive-date = 26 July 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200726085605/http://coochbeharpolice.in/index.php/admin/police_officers| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[Ghoksadanga railway station]] is on the [[Barauni-Guwahati Line]] of [[Northeast Frontier Railway Zone (India)|Northeast Frontier Railway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://indiarailinfo.com/station/timeline/edits-ghoksadanga-gdx/2527| title = Ghoksadanga | publisher = IndiaRailInfo |accessdate = 26 July 2020}}</ref>

==Education==
[[Ghoksadanga Birendranath Mahavidyalaya|Ghoksadanga Birendra Mahavidyalaya]] was established in 2011. Affiliated with the [[Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University]], it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, political science, history and education, and a general course in arts.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://gkdbm.in/ | title = Ghoksadanga Birendra Mahavidyalaya| publisher = GBM |accessdate = 26 July 2020}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Ghoksadanga Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Ghoksadanga, is the major government medical facility in the Mathabhanga II CD block.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | title =Health & Family Welfare Department | work =Health Statistics – Rural Hospitals | publisher =Government of West Bengal | accessdate =29 July 2020 | archive-date =8 October 2022 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20221008143352/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/RH.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Cooch Behar District}}

[[Category:Villages in Cooch Behar district]]

Ghoksadanga - Revision history

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