Kanksa

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pushpin_map_captionLocation in West Bengal, India
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subdivision_nameIndia
subdivision_type1State
subdivision_name1West Bengal
subdivision_type2District
subdivision_name2Paschim Bardhaman
established_title
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area_total_km28.66
population_total23,789
population_as_of2011
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demographics_type1Languages
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demographics1_info1Bengali, English
timezone1IST
utc_offset1+5:30
postal_code_typePIN
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area_code_typeTelephone/ STD code
area_code0341
registration_plateWB
blank1_name_sec1Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1Bardhaman-Durgapur
blank2_name_sec1Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1Durgapur Purba
website
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Kanksa is a census town and a gram panchayat in the Kanksa CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

History

The name Kankasha comes from the name of Sadgope king Kanka Sen Rai.Who fought in the Battlefield against Bakhtiar's commander Saiyad Bukhari. As per Peterson's District Gazeteer of 1910, the south-western extremity of the Sadgop kingdom of Gopbhum was held by two kinglings, probably merely cadets of the house of Gopbhum, at Bharatpur and Kankeswar or Kanksa.

Kanksa is home to one of the oldest police stations in the area. In 1847, when Raniganj was constituted as a separate subdivision of Bardhaman district, it had three police stations under its jurisdiction - Raniganj, Kanksa and Neamatpur.

The Rarheswar Shiva temple in Arra, within Kanksa police station area, is an old one of the "nagara style " category. There also is a suggestion that there possibly was an ancient city at this place.

Geography

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Location

Kanksa is located at .

Urbanisation

According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in the Durgapur subdivision is located at Durgapur and the subdivision has 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayats under Kanksa Panchayat Samiti are: Bidbihar, Molandighi, Gopalpur, Bonkati, Tilakchandrapur, Kanksa and Amlajore.

Civic administration

Police station

Kanksa police station has jurisdiction over the Kanksa CD block. The area covered is 280 km2. In the police set up Kanksa PS is under the Subdivisional Police Officer of Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision.

CD block HQ

The Headquarters of Kanksa CD block is at Kanksa.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kanksa had a total population of 23,789 of which 12,406 (52%) were males and 11,383 (48%) were females. Population in the age range of 0–6 years was 2,577. The total number of literate persons in Kanksa was 17,992 (84.82% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Kanksa covered an area of 8.66 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 18 km roads, with both open and covered drains, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated source, hand pump. It had 1,892 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 12 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school. Among the social, recreational, cultural facilities it had 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. It had the branch offices of 3 nationalised banks and 1 co-operative bank.

Transport

State Highway 14 passes through Kanksa. The Dubrajpur-Ilambazar sector of State Highway 14 is part of Panagarh–Morgram Highway.

Education

Kanksa has six primary, one secondary and two higher secondary schools.

Kanksa High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1942. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 1 computer, a library with 3,000 books and a playground.

Kanksa Girls’ High School is a Bengali-medium girls-only institution established in 1963. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 2 computers, a library with 250 books and a playground.

Healthcare

Panagarh Rural Hospital, with 30 beds, at Panagarh, is the major government medical facility in the Kanksa CD block.

References

References

  1. Bengal (India), West. (1965). "West Bengal District Gazetteers: Barddhamān". State editor, West Bengal District Gazetteers.
  2. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang. bn, Vol I, pp. 21–26, Radical Impression. {{ISBN. 81-85459-36-3
  3. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, ''Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti'' (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), {{in lang. bn, Vol I, p 381, Radical Impression. {{ISBN. 81-85459-36-3
  4. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 251
  5. "Rarheswar Shiv Mandir".
  6. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 7
  7. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  8. "List of Pradhan of Gram Panchayats, District: Bardhaman". Government of West Bengal.
  9. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
  10. "Burdwan District Police". West Bengal Police.
  11. "District Census Handbook: Barddhaman". Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011.
  12. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
  13. "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A". Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal.
  14. "List of State Highways in West Bengal". West Bengal Traffic Police.
  15. Google Maps
  16. [http://bardhaman.gov.in/education/schudir.asp 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003] {{webarchive. link. (2007-09-27)
  17. "Kanksa High School". Schools.org.
  18. "Kanksa Girls' High School". Schools.org.in.
  19. "Health & Family Welfare Department". Government of West Bengal.

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