Shasan is a village and a gram panchayat in the Barasat II CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision of the North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Shasan is located at .
The area covered in the map alongside is largely a part of the north Bidyadhari Plain. located in the lower Ganges Delta. The country is flat. It is a little raised above flood level and the highest ground borders the river channels. 54.67% of the people of the densely populated area lives in the urban areas and 45.33% lives in the rural areas.
<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>
Shashan police station serves a total population of 139,328. It has jurisdiction over Barasat II CD block.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Sasan had a total population of 5,818, of which 2,957 (51%) were males and 2,861 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0âÂÂ6 years was 776. The total number of literate persons in Sasan was 3,948 (78.30% of the population over 6 years).
Local roads connect Shasan to State Highway 2 (locally known as Taki Road).
Sondalia, a station on the Barasat-Hasnabad line, which is part the Kolkata Suburban Railway railway system, is located nearby.
Mitpukuria primary health centre at Shasan functions with 10 beds.