Sokna, Kanksa

Sokna is a village located in the Kanksa Subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The village falls in Kanksa block and comes under Amlajora Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Bardhaman - Durgapur parliament constituency and Durgapur Purba assembly constituency.

As on February 2025, the current population of Sokna is 1.5 thousands out of which 785 are males and rest 717 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 913 females per 1000 males. There are around 149 teenagers in Sokna. It has literacy rate of 58% which means around 878 persons can read and write. Total 1 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 19 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 341 households in Sokna, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 710. The pincode of Sokna is 713148 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Panagar Bazara Sub Post office
• Bharatpur Branch Post office
• Kanksa Branch Post office
• Chotoramchandrapur Branch Post office
• Sonai Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Panagarh Bazar Hindi High School
• Ramkrishna Ashram Vidyapitha
• Kanksa Girls' High School
• Shilampur High School
• Ajodhya High School

Hospitals

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

• Ijjatganj Sub-Center
• Panagarh Sub-Center
• Birudiha Sub-Center
• Kanksa - II Sub-Center
• Kanksa-I Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bank of Baroda Panagarh Branch, Dist.Barddhaman, West Bengal
• Central Bank of India Panagarh
• Central Bank of India Debsala
• HDFC Bank Panagarh Branch
• ICICI Bank Panagarh