Sarpi is a

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in the

Faridpur Durgapur Durgapur Faridpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Faridpur is an old village. The area was earlier densely f ...

CD block in the

Durgapur subdivision Durgapur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The rocky undulating topography with laterite soil found in the western part of the district extends to the wes ...

of the

Paschim Bardhaman district Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd distric ...

in the

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Geography

Location

Sarpi is located at . Banagram, Mandarbani, Sirsha,

Nabaghanapur Nabaghanapur is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. Geography ...

, Sarpi and Ichhapur form a series of census towns along the western border of Faridpur-Durgapur CD Block.

Urbanisation

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 Durgapur (), is an industrial hub and a planned urban agglomeration in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is stands on the northern bank of the Damodar river and located in Paschim Bardhaman district. Durgapur is a major centre for producin ...

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Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sarpi had a total population of 5,549, of which 2,941 (53%) were males and 2,608 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 590. The total number of literate persons in Sarpi was 3,656 (73.72% of the population over 6 years). *For language details see Faridpur Durgapur#Language and religion India

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, Sarpi had a population of 8,897. Males constitute 69% of the population and females 31%. Sarpi has an average literacy rate of 38%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 34%, and female literacy is 48%. In Sarpi, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman'', Sarpi covered an area of 5.43 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, uncovered well, hand pump. It had 469 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, other school facilities at Ichhapur, 2 km away. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the important commodities it produced were paddy, rice and fish.

Economy

It is in the heart of the coal mining zone. Some underground mines of

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have been selected for modernisation. Mass production technology has been introduced by deploying continuous miner combined with shuttle car at Jhanjra and Sarpi projects.

Tilaboni Tilaboni is a village in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Tilaboni is located at . Urbanisation According to the 2011 census, ...

colliery would also be modernized.

Education

Sarpi has one primary school.7th All-India School Education Survey 2003

External links

References

{{Paschim Bardhaman District Cities and towns in Paschim Bardhaman district