Srikhanda

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Field	Value
name	Srikhanda
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Jhulan yatra at Srikhanda Uttarbari - panoramio.jpg
image_caption	Jhulan yatra at Srikhanda Uttarabari
pushpin_map	India West Bengal # India
pushpin_map_caption	Location in West Bengal, India
coordinates
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	India
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	West Bengal
subdivision_type2	District
subdivision_name2	Purba Bardhaman
established_title
unit_pref	Metric
population_total	18,394
population_as_of	2011
population_density_km2	auto
demographics_type1	Languages
demographics1_title1	Official
demographics1_info1	Bengali, English
timezone1	IST
utc_offset1	+5:30
postal_code_type	PIN
postal_code	713150
area_code_type	Telephone/STD code
area_code	03453
blank1_name_sec1	Lok Sabha constituency
blank1_info_sec1	Bolpur
blank2_name_sec1	Vidhan Sabha constituency
blank2_info_sec1	Ketugram
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Geography

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Urbanisation

88.44% of the population of Katwa subdivision lives in the rural areas. Only 11.56% of the population lives in the urban areas. 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.

Gram panchayats

The villages under Srikhanda gram panchayat are Srikhanda, Debkundu, Nahata, Bagtona, Barnagra, Chandrakota, Kadampukur and Ganguly danga.

In the past Srikhanda Gram Panchayat was under 280 Katwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) but after Delimitation Commission it is now under 271, Ketugram Vidhansabha constituency and in 41, Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Lok Sabha constituency. The pincode no of Srikhanda is 713150 and std code is (+91) 03453.

Demographics

As per the 2011 Census of India Srikhanda had a total population of 18,394, of which 9,456 (51%) were males and 8,938 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,517. The total number of literates in Srikhanda was 10,100 (63.61% of the population over 6 years).

Transport

There is a station at Srikhanda on the Bardhaman-Katwa line.

Education

Srikhanda High School, a Bengali-medium boys only school was established in 1908. Apart from this there is a girls only high school and several other primary and pre-primary school providing quality education.

Culture

There are two Shiva temples named Lord Dugddho Kumar Shiv Temple and Shri Shri Bhoothnathjeur Mandir in this village. Prabhu Nityananda hailed from this village. This village is the land of Bengal's Vidyapati Brajabuli language poets Govindas, Chiranjeev, Sulchan.Narahari Sarkar Thakura was born in Srikhanda. The place where Prabhu Narahari used to rest is called Bilas Kunja of Narahari Sarkar or better known as Baradanga where Locana Dasa Thakura the dear disciple of Narahari Sarkar wrote his book Chaitanya Mangala. Srikhanda Thakurbari has temple of Lord Krishna situated in the middle of the village. The villagers of Srikhanda call it 'Khandabasi'.

Healthcare

Srikhanda block primary health centre at Srikhanda (with 15 beds) is the main medical facility in Katwa I CD block. Katwa Subdivisional Hospital at Katwa, with 250 beds is located outside the CD block. There are primary health centres at Chandrapur (with 10 beds), Kaithan (with 6 beds) and Sudpur (with 6 beds). In 2012, the average monthly patients attending Srikhanda BPHC were 2,876 and average monthly admissions were 39. It handled 277 annual emergency admissions.

Library

A Government authorised library named 'Srikhanda Chittaranjan Pathamandir' is located in this village. This library is enriched with over 11,000 books and several rare manuscripts.

References

"District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal.
"2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
"35017 Bardhaman-Katwa local". India Rail Info.
"Srikhanda High School". Schools World.in.
"Srikhanda". srikhanda.wordpress.
"Living in Sri Radhakund". srikhanda.wordpress.
"Srikhanda – a holy place of Baisnabs". srikhanda.blogspot.
"Health & Family Welfare Department". Government of West Bengal.
"Performancee of Block Primary Health Centres (BPHC) in West Bengal during 2012 (January to December)". Health & Family Welfare Department, Government of West Bengal.

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