Hanskhali

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Hanskhali
Hanskhali
State - District(s)	West Bengal - Nadia
Coordinates	23.4° N 88.5° E
Area
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	2,60,916 -
Codes - Postal - Telephone - Vehicle	- 741 505 - +91 3472 -

Hanskhali is a town/ community development block in Nadia District in West Bengal, India.

1 Demographics
2 Politics
3 References
4 See also

[edit] Demographics

Hanskhali community development block has an area of 246.69 sq km and had a population of 2,60,916. ^[1]

[edit] Politics

Nayan Sarkar of CPI (M) won the Hanskhali (SC) assembly seat in 2006 and 2001 defeating his nearest rivals Dr. Ramendra Nath Biswas and Abir Ranjan Biswas (Both of AITC) in the respective years. In 1996, Sasanka Sekhar Biswas of INC defeated Nayan Sarkar of CPI (M). In 1991, Nayan Sarkar defeated Sasanka Sekhar Biswas. In 1987, 1982 and 1977, Sukumar Mandal of CPI (M) defeated Sasanka Sekhar Biswas, Kshownish Biswas and Ananda Mohan Biswas (all of INC) in respective years. ^[2]

Hanskhali is part of Nabadwip (Lok Sabha constituency). ^[3]

[edit] References

^ Census
^ Election Commission Assembly election results 1977 – 2006
^ General election to the Legislative Assembly, 2001 – List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies. West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.

[edit] See also

Cities and towns in Nadia District
Aistala \| Bablari Dewanganj \| Baruihuda \| Chakdaha \| Char Brahmanagar \| Char Maijdia \| Cooper's Camp \| Darappur \| Gayespur \| Gopalpur \| Hanskhali \| Haringhata \| Jagadanandapur \| Kalyani \| Karimpur \| Krishnanagar \| Kshidirpur \| Madanpur \| Mayapur \| Nabadwip \| Nasra \| Parbbatipur \| Phulia \| Ranaghat \| Santipur \| Satigachha \| Taherpur