Shankhanagar

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state_name = West Bengal
district = Hugli
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Shankhanagar is a census town in Hugli district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is under Mogra police station in Chinsurah Subdivision. [ [http://www.wbcensus.gov.in/DataTables/01/Table-3.htm District-wise list of statutory towns] ]

Demographics

As of 2001 India census [GR|India] , Shankhanagar had a population of 6894. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Shankhanagar has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 66%, and female literacy is 51%. In Shankhanagar, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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