Kankra, Basirhat - II

Kankra is a village located in the Basirhat - II Subdivision of 24 Paraganas North district of West Bengal. The village falls in Basirhat-II block and comes under Kachua Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Basirhat parliament constituency and Basirhat Uttar assembly constituency.

As on November 2024, the current population of Kankra is 3.5 thousands out of which 1.8 thousands are males and rest 1.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 935 females per 1000 males. There are around 333 teenagers in Kankra. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 2.6 thousands persons can read and write. Total 61 people belonging to scheduled caste and 120 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 883 households in Kankra, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1.5 thousands. The pincode of Kankra is 743424 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Debalaya Sub Post office
• Chakla Branch Post office
• Secondranagar Branch Post office
• Chandpur Branch Post office
• Chowrashi Branch Post office

Schools

Kankra has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Chowrashi High School ( High School)
• Goraitala High School (High School)
• Subarnapur High School (High School)
• Hadipur Adarsha High School (High School)
• Berachampa Deulia Uchcha Vidyalaya

Hospitals

Kankra has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Bishnupur Sub-Center
• Kankra Sub-Center
• Kachua Sub-Center
• Sayestanagar Sub-Center

Banks

Kankra has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Central Bank of India Jibanpur Bazar
• Canara Bank Mirzanagar
• Canara Bank Kachua Swarupnagar
• State Bank of India Berachampa