Bakshirhat is a

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in the

Tufanganj II Tufanganj-II is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in Tufanganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Falimari, a constituent panchayat of the block, is loca ...

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in the

Tufanganj subdivision Tufanganj subdivision is a subdivision of the Cooch Behar district in the state of West Bengal, India. Subdivisions Cooch Behar district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative units Tufanganj subdivision ...

of the

Cooch Behar district Cooch Behar district () is a district of Indian state of West Bengal. Formerly part of the Kamarupa kingdom, the area became the heart of the Kamata Kingdom in the 12th century. During the British Raj, the district was known as Cooch Behar ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Bakshirhat is located at . Bakshirhat is not identified in 2011 census as a separate inhabited place but the place has a post office and a police station by that name. Census maps do not show Bakshirhat police station, but it is mentioned in Cooch Behar police records. Google maps show both Chhota Laukuthi and Bakshirhat as adjacent places. (Please see references given below)

Area overview

The map alongside shows the eastern part of the district. In Tufanganj subdivision 6.97% of the population lives in the urban areas and 93.02% lives in the rural areas. In Dinhata subdivision 5.98% of the population lives in the urban areas and 94.02% lives in the urban areas. The entire district forms the flat

alluvial Alluvium (from Latin ''alluvius'', from ''alluere'' 'to wash against') is loose clay, silt, sand, or gravel that has been deposited by running water in a stream bed, on a floodplain, in an alluvial fan or beach, or in similar settings. Al ...

flood plains of mighty rivers. 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.

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Bakshirhat.

Transport

There is a station Boxirhat Railway Station on the New Cooch Behar-Golokganj branch line. Apart from local connections, there are trains such as Siliguri-Dhubri DEMU which passes through the

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Education

Bakshirhat Mahavidyalaya Bakshirhat Mahavidyalaya, established in 2005, is general degree college in Bakshirhat, Tufanganj II Block. It is in Cooch Behar Cooch Behar (), or Koch Bihar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the h ...

was established in 2005. Affiliated with the

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, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, philosophy, history and geography, and a general course in arts.

Healthcare

Bakshirhat Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds at Bakshirhat, is the major government medical facility in the Tufanganj II CD block.

References

{{Cooch Behar District Villages in Cooch Behar district