Bankagachha is a village in

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 ...

community development block of

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 ...

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in the

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Geography

Bankagachha is located at . Chanditala police station serves this Village.

Gram panchayat

Villages and census towns in Naiti gram panchayat are: Adan, Bankagachha,

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 ...

, Danpatipur and

Naiti Naity (Bangla: নৈটী, also written as নৈটি) is a census town in Chanditala II Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Naity lies between Janai, Hooghly, Janai and Chanditala― two h ...

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India, Bankagachha had a population of 2,424, of which 1,286 (52%) were males and 1,156 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 206. The total number of literates in Bankagachha was 2,044 (92.16% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

The nearest railway station is Janai Road railway station on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord line which 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.

References

Villages in Hooghly district Villages in Chanditala II CD Block {{Hooghly-geo-stub