title: Kansat Union
text: # Kansat Union
  
  Kansat (Bengali: কানসাট ইউনিয়ন) is a union parishad under Shibganj Upazila, Chapai Nawabganj District in the Rajshahi Division of north-western Bangladesh.
  
  ## History
  
  Kansat village was turned into a union in 1928. Now Kansat is developed in education, culture, sports etc.
  
  ## Demographic
  
  According to the 2011 Bangladesh census, Kansat Union had a population of 34,194. Kansat has an average literacy rate of 61.5%.
  
  ## Administration
  
  Kansat Union is divided in 16 wards and 20 villages.
  
  The villages are:
  
  * Kansat
  * Biswanathpur
  * Shibnagar
  * Pukuria
  * Shibnarawanpur
  * Shibnagar Jaigirgram
  * Mohonbag
  * Kolkolia
  * Gobinpur
  * Kansat Bohalabari
  * Baluchor
  * Sahanbadha
  * Shibnagar Monnapara
  * Raghobpur
  * Selimabade
  * Horipur
  * Shibnagar Kaithapar
  * Chalhoripur
  * Perkansat
  * Baghdurgapur
  
  Chairman: Md. Benaul Islam
  
  ## Education
  
  There are two college, two high school, 2 madrasha, 12 govt primary school in Kansat Union.
  
  ## Transport
  
  The major transport systems inside the union is the bike, rickshaws, bi-cycle and CNG rickshaws. And major transport system to different places is Bus. There is no railway line in this union.
  
  