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Hasnabad (Community development block)

Hasnabad
হাসনাবাদ সমষ্টি উন্নয়ন ব্লক
Community development block
Hasnabad is located in West Bengal
Hasnabad
Hasnabad
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 22°34′N 88°55′E / 22.57°N 88.92°E / 22.57; 88.92Coordinates: 22°34′N 88°55′E / 22.57°N 88.92°E / 22.57; 88.92
Country  India
State West Bengal
District North 24 Parganas
Government
 • Type Community development block
Area
 • Total 155.44 km2 (60.02 sq mi)
Elevation 7 m (23 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 203,262
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates 127,403 (71.47%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 743426 (Hasnabad)
Telephone/STD code 03217
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Vehicle registration WB-23, WB-24, WB-25, WB-26
Lok Sabha constituency Basirhat
Vidhan Sabha constituency Basirhat Uttar, Hingalganj
Website north24parganas.nic.in

Hasnabad is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Basirhat subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Hasnabad police station serves this block. Headquarters of this block is at Hasnabad. It is located 55 km from Barasat, the district headquarters.

Hasnabad is located at 22°34′N 88°55′E / 22.57°N 88.92°E / 22.57; 88.92.

Hasnabad CD Block is bounded by Basirhat I CD Block in the north, Debhata Upazila in Satkhira District of Bangladesh in the east, Hingalganj CD Block in the south and Sandeshkhali I and Minakhan CD Blocks in the west.

Hasnabad CD Block has an area of 155.44 km2.

North 24 Parganas district is part of the Gangetic delta, lying east of the Hooghly River. The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels. The rivers in the district were formerly distributaries of the Ganges but their mouths have long been filled up and blocked. The area is described as a sort of a drowned land broken by swamps. Land in the north-east of the district is higher than that of the rest of the district. The sturdy peasants raise crops of rice, jute and sugarcane from the alluvial soil. There are clumps of palm and fruit trees in which village homesteads nestle. Industrial activity is concentrated in the narrow strip of land along the Hooghly River. The south-eastern part of the district gradually merges into the Sunderbans. Parts of the metropolitan city of Kolkata extend over southern part of the district.


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