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Baksinagar

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Settlement type Census Town
Country India
State
District
Subdivision

Baksinagar is a census town in the Habibpur CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Geography

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Location

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Area overview

The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are "hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron." It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes." The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers.[1] The total area is overwhelmingly rural.[2][3] There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.[4]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Baksinagar had a total population of 7,255, of which 3,694 (51%) were males and 3,561 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 731. The total number of literate persons in Baksinagar was 5,046 (77.35% of the population over 6 years).[5]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook, Maldah, 2011, Baksinagar covered an area of 1.13279 km2. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, hand pump. It had 677 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 2 dispensaries/ health centres, 1 maternity & child welfare centre. Among the educational facilities, it had 4 primary schools, other educational facilities at Aiho 3 km away. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank.[6]

References

  1. District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  2. District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  3. C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  4. District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal.
  5. District Census Handbook, Maldah, Series 20, Part XII B. Directorate of Census Operations West Bengal. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  6. District Census Handbook Maldah. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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