Taki (India)


Taki is a city and a municipality under Hasnabad police station of Basirhat subdivision in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Taki is located at. It has an average elevation of 5 metres at the bank of Ichamati River.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India, Taki had a total population of 38,263, of which 19,562 were males and 18,701 were females. Population below 6 years was 3,419. The total number of literates in Taki was 28,939.
India census, Taki had a population of 37,302. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Taki has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 61%. In Taki, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Culture and education

There are a Library and a college named Taki Government College situated in Taki town. Taki Government High School, is the oldest and of this area. Other renowned schools like Taki S. L. Girls High School and Taki Bhabanath High School are there. Ramakrishna Mission also established a branch with Taki Ramakrishna Mission High School and hostel facilities in Taki.
Taki is known for its sweets called "Chhanar Malpoa". Other than local Kali Puja, Durga Puja, etc. this place became a tourist picnic spot beside the Ichamati river due to the international border between India and Bangladesh.
Taki Government College was established in 1950. Affiliated to the West Bengal State University, it offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, history, philosophy, political science, economics, geography, mathematics, chemistry, physics, botany and zoology, and a post-graduate course in Bengali.

Transport

is on the Barasat-Hasnabad line, which is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.
State Highway 2 passes through Taki.

Healthcare

Taki Rural Hospital at Taki with 50 beds functions as the main medical facility in Hasnabad CD Block. There are primary health centres at Bhurkundu, Bhebia and Bara Bankra.

Personalities

Independent India's first law minister Ashok Sen, General Shankar Roychoudhury and former minister Gautam Deb hailed from Taki.

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