Sirsha
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Census Town
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Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West BengalSirsha (India) Show map of India | |
Coordinates: 23°41′06″N 87°18′06″E / 23.684932°N 87.301716°E / 23.684932; 87.301716 | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Area | |
• Total | 5.41 km2 (2.09 sq mi) |
Population
(2011)
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• Total | 4,600 |
• Density | 850/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
Languages* | |
• Official | Bengali, Hindi, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN |
713381 (Nutandanga)
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Telephone/ STD code | 0341 |
Vehicle registration | WB |
Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
Website | paschimbardhaman |
Sirsha is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian stateofWest Bengal.
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Sirsha is located at 23°41′06″N 87°18′06″E / 23.684932°N 87.301716°E / 23.684932; 87.301716.
Banagram, Mandarbani, Sirsha, Nabaghanapur, Sarpi and Ichhapur form a series of census towns along the western border of Faridpur-Durgapur CD Block.[1]
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[2]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Sirsha had a total population of 4,600, of which 2,436 (53%) were males and 2,164 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 390. The total number of literate persons in Sirsha was 3,394 (80.62% of the population over 6 years).[3]
*For language details see Faridpur Durgapur#Language and religion
As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Sirsha had a population of 5,215. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Sirsha has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 55%. In Sirsha, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Sirsha covered an area of 5.41 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, uncovered well. It had 422 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, other school facilities at Kalipur 3 km away or Laudoha 2 km away. Among the important commodities it produced were paddy, wheat and mustard.[5]
Sirsha has one primary school.[6]