Mankar
| Mankar | |
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| Village | |
 Mankar
 Mankar
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| Coordinates: 23°26′07″N 87°33′10″E / 23.435319°N 87.55273°ECoordinates: 23°26′07″N 87°33′10″E / 23.435319°N 87.55273°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 10,370 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 713144 (Mankar) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03452 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bardhaman-Durgapur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Galsi |
| Website | bardhaman |
Mankar is a village in Galsi I CD Block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
As per the 2011 Census of India Mankar had a total population of 10,370, of which 5,290 (51%) were males and 5,080 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,088. The total number of literates in Mankar was 6,981 (75.21% of the population over 6 years).
Mankar is a station on the Bardhaman-Asansol section, which is a part of Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line, Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line and Howrah-Delhi main line.
State Highway 14 (West Bengal) running from Dubrajpur (in Birbhum district) to Betai (in Nadia district) passes through Mankar.
Kanad Institute of Engineering and Management was established at Mankar in 2008. It is affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology.
Mankar College at Mankar was established in 1987. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University. It offers honours courses in Bengali, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, history, geography, political science, philosophy, accountancy, computer science and mathematics.
There is a rural hospital at Mankar.
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