Hasnabad

Hasnabad
Village
Hasnabad
Location in West Bengal, India
Hasnabad
Hasnabad (India)
Coordinates: 22°34′39″N 88°55′03″E / 22.577542°N 88.917362°E / 22.577542; 88.917362Coordinates: 22°34′39″N 88°55′03″E / 22.577542°N 88.917362°E / 22.577542; 88.917362
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Population (2011)
 • Total 3,412
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 743426 (Hasnabad)
Telephone/STD code 03217
Lok Sabha constituency Basirhat
Vidhan Sabha constituency Hingalganj
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Hasnabad is a village and a gram panchayat in Hasnabad CD Block in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.

Police station

Hasnabad police station covers an area of 295 km2 and serves a population of 218,520. It has jurisdiction over Taki municipality and Hasnabad CD Block. There is a town out-post at Rajbari. It has a riverine border of 28 km, out of which 27 km is unfenced.[1]

Guarding a Riverine Border

Hasnabad is right on the border with Bangladesh. The meandering Ichhamati forms the riverine border. Guarding such a border is laced with many challenges: Bangladeshi infiltrators, armed cattle smugglers, human traffickers….The Border Security Force is now (2015) using floating border outposts, which coordinate with their pickets set across the river bank. Each floating outpost is manned by 34 specially trained BSF peronnel and are provided with the latest electronic surveillance gadgets and speed boats. More such floating outposts are being added to provide BSF with a strategic edge in guarding a porous border in one of the most thickly populated regions of the world.[2][3][4]

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Hasnabad CD Block are located at Hasnabasd village.[5]

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Hasnabad had a total population of 3,412, of which 1.863 (55%) were males and 1,549 (45%) were females. Population below 6 years was 320. The total number of literates in Hasnabad was 2,642 (85.45% of the population over 6 years).[6]

Transport

Hasnabad railway station is the terminus of the Barasat-Hasnabad line, which is part the Kolkata Suburban Railway railway system.[7]

SH 2 passes through Hasnabad.[8][9]

Education

Taki Government College at Taki is located nearby.[10]

Healthcare

Hasnabad Matri Sadan with 6 beds is located at Hasnabad.[11]

External video
Hasnabad Fish Market

References

  1. ↑ "North 24 Parganas Dist. Police". Know Your Police Station. District Police. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Dey, Anurag. "Floating outposts give BSF strategic edge". Yahoo News, 23 February 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Sandhu, Kamaljit Kaur. "Keeping hope afloat: BSF awaits upgraded floating border outposts to guard Sunderbans against smugglers". India Today, 18 September 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Singh, Vijaita. "Chasing cattle keeps BISF busy on the India-Bangladesh border". The Indian Express, 3 June 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of North Twenty Four Parganas with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "33311 Barasat-Hasnabad local". Time Table. India Railinfo. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Hasnabad CD Block, Page 671. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
  10. ↑ Google maps
  11. ↑ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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