Namkhana

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Namkhana
Village
Namkhana is located in West Bengal
Namkhana
Namkhana
Location in West Bengal, India
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Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Population (2011)
 • Total 7,058
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 743357
Lok Sabha constituency Mathurapur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kakdwip, Sagar

Namkhana is a village in Namkhana CD Block in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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Demographics

Namkhana village has a population of 7,058 of which 3,609 are males and 3,449 are females as per population census 2011.[1]

Literacy

Namkhana village had a literacy rate of 82.50 in 2011, as compared with 76.26 in the whole of West Bengal. Male literacy was 82.50 and female literacy was 74.95.[1]

Transport

Ferry crossing across the Hatania Doania creek at Namkhana
Nayachar Map.jpg

National Highway 117 passes through Namkhana. It is located at a distance of about 80 km from Kolkata.

There is no bridge across the Hatania Doania creek at Namkhana. Four-wheelers are driven on to a ferry, which carries them across the creek.[2]

Namkhana is linked to Sealdah by the Sealdah-Namkhana Line, via Lakshmikantapur and Kakdwip.[3]

Bus Routes

WBSTC Bus

References

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External links

Bakkhali travel guide from Wikivoyage

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