Basanti (South 24 Parganas)
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Basanti বাসন্তী |
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| Town | |
 Basanti
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| Coordinates: 22°11′21″N 88°40′14″E / 22.1891534°N 88.6705685°ECoordinates: 22°11′21″N 88°40′14″E / 22.1891534°N 88.6705685°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | South 24 Parganas |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 6,625 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Sex ratio | 955 ♂/♀ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jaynagar (SC) |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Basanti (SC), Gosaba (SC) |
| Website | s24pgs |
| CD Block | |
Basanti is a town with a police station in Basanti CD Block in Canning subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The backward Basanti area is implementing various development programmes. The environment has been vitiated by occasional political clashes amongst the ruling Left Front partners.
Basanti is located at 22°11′21″N 88°40′14″E / 22.1891534°N 88.6705685°E. It is one of the main deltaic islands in the Sundarbans region, bounded by the Matla and Vidyadhari rivers/creeks. Sonakhali, opposite Basanti, is a popular starting point for Sundarbans steamer/launch trips. Sonakhali is 100 km from Kolkata. Basanti Road is linked to Eastern metropolitan bypass near Science City in Kolkata. Sundarbans bypass project, costing Rs 2.29 crore has been under implementation since 2002. It will reduce the distance between Kolkata and Basanti by 25 km. The 12-km bypass will connect Dhuri and Jibantala. Sundarbans, being full of creeks and rivers, needs more bridges, especially on the Matla.
As per 2011 Census of India Basanti had a total population of 6,625, of which 3,447 (52%) were males and 3,178 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 728. The total number of literates in Basanti was 4,729 (80.19 % of the population over 6 years).
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