Cities and towns in the southern and eastern portions of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural centre, A: airport, B: barrage, H: historical site Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
Andal, a part of Andal (gram), Dignala, Palashban and Baska lying south of National Highway 19 (old numbering NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road form a cluster of census towns. This cluster is linked to a cluster of census towns located north of NH 19.[1]
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[2]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Baska had a total population of 6,609, of which 3,462 (52%) were males and 3,147 (47%) were females. Population in the age group 0–6 years was 662. The total number of literate persons in Baska was 5,129 (86.25% of the population over 6 years).[3]
As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Baska had a population of 4,980. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Baska has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; 61% of the literates are males and 39% are females. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Baska covered an area of 1.95km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 4km roads with open drains, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, hand pump, tube well, borewell. It had 591 domestic electric connections and 76 road lighting (points). Among the educational facilities it had was 1 primary school, the nearest middle school, secondary school, at Madanpur 2.5km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had were 2 auditorium/ community halls.[5]
↑"District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 1179-1210; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 1179; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 1188; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 1191; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 1196; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 1200; Statement VI: Industry and Banking, Page 1209. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
