Hanskhali

Hanskhali is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Ranaghat subdivision of Nadia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.GeographyHanskhali is located at.Hanskhali CD Block is bounded by Krishnaganj CD Block in the north, Chaugachha Upazila of Jessore District in Bangladesh in the east, Ranaghat I and Ranaghat II CD Blocks in the south and Krishnanagar I and Santipur CD Blocks in the west.Nadia district is mostly alluvial plains lying to the east of Hooghly River, locally known as Bhagirathi. The alluvial plains are cut across by such distributaries as Jalangi, Churni and Ichhamati. With these rivers getting silted up, floods are a recurring feature.Hanskhali CD Block has an area of 246.29 km2. It has 1 panchayat samity, 13 gram panchayats, 231 gram sansads (village councils), 81 mouzas and 76 inhabited villages. Hanskhali police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Bagula.