Herobhanga

Herobhanga
village
Herobhanga

Location in West Bengal, India

Coordinates: 22°14′22″N 88°37′56″E / 22.239531°N 88.632202°E / 22.239531; 88.632202Coordinates: 22°14′22″N 88°37′56″E / 22.239531°N 88.632202°E / 22.239531; 88.632202
Country  India
State West Bengal
District South 24 Parganas
Subdivision Canning
Block Canning I (community development block)
Gram Panchayat Gopalpur
Languages
  Official Bengali, English
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 743329
Telephone code 91-
Website s24pgs.gov.in

Herobhanga is in the South 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It comes under the administration of the Gopalpur gram panchayat in the Canning-I block.[1] The village is under the jurisdiction of the Canning police station.

Herobhanga is located 13 kilometres east of the Canning Town and 4 kilometres west of Golabari. It contains one of the largest markets in Canning. The literacy rates are low.

The village was affected by the 2013 communal violence.

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