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{{About|the census town in West Bengal, India|1 its namesake community development block|Hingalganj|2 its namesake assembly constituency|Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)}}
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| settlement_type = Census Town
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas]]
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| population_total = 8,179
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 743435 (Hingalganj)
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| area_code = 03217
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Hingalganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hingalganj]]
| website = {{URL|north24parganas.nic.in/}}
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'''Hingalganj''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Hingalganj]] [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] in the [[Basirhat subdivision]] of the [[North 24 Parganas district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Etymology==
The name Hingalganj came after the name of Tillman Henkel, district judge and magistrate in Jessore district from 1781. He developed the settlement there.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.ijsr.net/archive/v4i1/SUB15105.pdf | title = Different Issues in Boarder Area of Sundarban Deltaic Rural Area with Special References to Hingalgaj Block, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India | first = Bikash| last = Mondal | publisher = International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2013 |access-date = 12 May 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Location===
Hingalganj is located at {{coord|22.470803|N|88.983346|E|display=inline}}.

The [[Ichhamati River|Ichhamati]], the second most important river in the district after the [[Hooghly River|Hooghly]] "flows south easterly meandering course over C.D. Blocks like Bagda, Bongaon and Basirhat-I and Basirhat-II and thus forms the international boundary with Bangladesh." It finally meets the [[Raimangal River|Raimangal]] further south.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1917_PART_A_DCHB_SOUTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, South Twentyfour Parganas, 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work = Pages 14-15 Drainage| publisher = Directorate of Operations, West Bengal. | access-date = 18 December 2019}}</ref>

===Area overview===
The area shown in the map is a part of the Ichhamati-Raimangal Plain, located in the lower [[Ganges Delta]]. It contains soil of mature black or brownish [[loam]] to recent [[alluvium]]. Numerous rivers, creeks and ''khals'' criss-cross the area. The tip of the [[Sundarbans National Park]] is visible in the lower part of the map (shown in green but not marked). The larger full screen map shows the full forest area.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Page 13 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 16 April 2018}}</ref>A large section of the area is a part of the [[Sundarbans settlements]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | title = District Human Development Report: South 24 Parganas | work = Chapter 9: Sundarbans and the Remote Islanders, p 290-311 | publisher = Development & Planning Department, Government of West Bengal, 2009 | access-date = 3 November 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161005044029/http://wbplan.gov.in/HumanDev/DHDR/24%20pgsSouth/s24prg_main.htm | archive-date = 5 October 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>The densely populated area is an overwhelmingly rural area. Only 12.96% of the population lives in the urban areas and 87.04% of the population lives in the rural areas.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook |work = North 24 Parganas 2013, Tables 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 2 May 2018 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |archive-date = 2019-01-21 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Map of North Twenty Four Parganas with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 2 May 2018}}</ref>

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

==Civic administration==
===Police station===
Hingalganj police station serves a population of 112,941. It has jurisdiction over Hingalganj CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://n24pgspolice.in/home/police-station.php |title = North 24 Parganas Dist. Police| work= Know Your Police Station|publisher= District Police| access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref>

===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Hingalganj CD block are located at Hingalganj.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1911_PART_A_DCHB_NORTH%20TWENTY%20FOUR%20PARGANAS.pdf |title = District Census Handbook North Twenty Four Parganas, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A |work = Map of North Twenty Four Parganas with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fifth page) | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal| access-date = 6 May 2018}}</ref>

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Hingalganj town had a total population of 8,179, of which 4,129 (50%) were males and 4,050 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 812. The total number of literate persons in Hingalganj was 5,503 (74.70% of the population over 6 years).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 11 May 2018}}</ref>
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... Hingalganj, a block headquarters some 100 km from Calcutta. A ribbon-like road threads through the tree-clad villages on this island in the Sunderbans delta, empty of traffic except for an occasional motorcycle-driven cart laden with passengers, the lone local transport. At midday, the only sound you hear is the chirping of invisible crickets. Hingalganj, clearly, looks idyllic.

Suddenly, an armed Border Security Force squad emerges from a roadside bamboo grove. Further on, near what looks like a village square, another group of border guards marches by, fingers on the triggers of the guns hanging from their shoulders. In front of the local police station, a constable stands guard with an automatic rifle, an unusual sight in a rural police station in West Bengal.

But then, Hingalganj is not just another rural town in Bengal. Perched on India's border with Bangladesh, Hingalganj, in North 24 Parganas district, is now a gateway to terror, a place the security forces and intelligence agents are keeping a sharp eye on.

- [[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]], 3 September 2006<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1060903/asp/opinion/story_6691043.asp| title = Bengal, the new terror hub, Police recognise the threat to Calcutta | publisher = The Telegraph, 3 September 2006 |access-date = 12 May 2018}}</ref>
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==Transport==
This is what a two-wheeler rider wrote after a visit to the area in 2014: “[[Hasnabad]] is a border town (with Bangladesh) and also the last significant town in the area. Vigil is very high. Any one travelling to that area is advised to have at least one photo ID proof so that could be showed to the BSF. After crossing the Ichhamati River, it’s a 15 odd km ride to Hingalganj – a small sleepy place of around 5 sq km. Road is not wide but save 1 km, is a pleasure to ride.”<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/30386-my-ride-hemngar-sunderbans-where-forest-meets-rivers.html | title = My ride to Hemnagar, Sundarbans, where the forest meet the rivers| publisher = XBHP |access-date = 12 May 2018}}</ref>

The 684 m long bridge across the Katakhali at Hasnabad was opened to public in March 2019, linking Hingalganj with Hasnabad. Lebukhali, the last point up to which motorised transport can reach is now directly connected to Kolkata and other places.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.anandabazar.com/district/24-paraganas/peaple-eagerly-waiting-for-hasnabad-bridge-1.951276 | title = সেতু উদ্বোধনের দিন গুনছে মানুষ |trans-title=People counting days left for inauguration of bridge | language = bn | publisher = Ananda Bazar Patrika | date = 14 February 2019 | access-date = 12 March 2019}}</ref>

==Education==
[[Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya]] was established at Hingalganj in 2005. It is a co-educational institution affiliated with the [[West Bengal State University]] and offers honours courses in Bengali, English, Sanskrit, geography and education, and a general course in arts.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://hingalganjmahavidyalaya.in/ | title = Hingalganj Mahavidyalaya | publisher = HM |access-date = 8 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/HingalganjMahavidyalaya/HingalganjMahavidyalaya.shtml | title = Hingalganj Mahaviyalaya | publisher = College Admission |access-date = 8 May 2018}}</ref>

Hingalganj High School is a Bengali-medium co-educational school. It was established in 1948. It has arrangements for teaching from Class VI to XII.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.icbse.com/schools/hingalganj-high-school-h-s/19111502203 | title = Hingalgabj High School (HS) | publisher = ICBSE |access-date = 12 May 2018}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Hingalganj has a [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]] with 6 beds.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 11 May 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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{{North 24 Parganas District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in North 24 Parganas district]]

Hingalganj, North 24 Parganas - Revision history

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