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Saguna, Nadia
Saguna is a census town in the Kalyani community Development Block in the Kalyani subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography  
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Hooghly River
AIIMS Kalyani F 
University of Kalyani F
Palpara R
Mohanpur R
Chaugacha R
Haringhata M
Gayespur M
Chakdaha M
Kalyani M
Digha CT
Subarnapur CT
Simhat CT
Kulia CT
Saguna CT
Madanpur CT
Jangal CT
Priyanagar CT
Shimurali CT
Chanduria CT
Lalpur CT
Darappur CT
Punglia CT Cities and towns in Kalyani subdivision of Nadia district M: municipal town/ city/notified area, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre. Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly LocationSaguna is located at 22°59′33″N 88°29′28″E / 22.9924°N 88.4912°E. According to the map of Kalyani Block Consists of 7 Gram Panchayat's, viz. Saguna, Madanpur - 1, Madanpur - 2, Chanduria - 2, Simurali, Kanchrapara, Sarati Saguna Panchayat falls funder Kalyani police station under Ranaghat Police District. Saguna is a village that is shaped with road and fields. Area overviewNadia district is part of the large alluvial plain formed by the Ganges-Bhagirathi system. The Kalyani subdivision has the Bhagirathi/ Hooghly on the west. Topographically, Kalyani subdivision is a part of the Ranaghat-Chakdaha Plain, the low-lying area found in the south-eastern part of the district.[1] The smallest subdivision in the district, area-wise, has the highest level of urbanisation in the district. 76.73% of the population lives in urban areas and 23.27% lives in the rural areas.[2] 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. All the four subdivisions are presented with maps on the same scale – the size of the maps vary as per the area of the subdivision. DemographicsAccording to the 2011 Census of India, Saguna had a total population of 14,995, of which 7,717 (51%) were males and 7,274 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,266. The total number of literate persons in Saguna was 11,933 (86.92% of the population over 6 years).[3] There is also a ongoing increase in the population of this area as the newly built All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani is built at Basantapur village in the Saguna Panchayat in Kalyani built recently. InfrastructureAccording to the District Census Handbook 2011, Nadia, Saguna covered an area of 4.9858 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, tubewell/ borewell, hand pump. It had 1,389 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it has multiple medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 8 primary schools, 1 senior secondary school (Lichutala Vivekananda Adarsha Vidyalaya). It has branch offices of 1 nationalized bank and 1 cooperative bank.[4] There is also a All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalyani (AIIMS Kalyani) at Basantapur village in the Saguna Panchayat in Kalyani built recently.
TransportMadanpur railway station & Kalyani railway station located nearby, is situated on the Sealdah-Ranaghat Line of the Kolkata Suburban Railway.[5] Auto-Rickshaws are available for transport as well as Toto Rickshaws. References
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