Sibnagar is a

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in the

Farakka Farakka is a town, with a police station and a post office, not identified in 2011 census as a separate place, in the Farakka community development block in the Jangipur subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. It ...

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in the

Jangipur subdivision Jangipur subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Bhagirathi River splits the district into two natural physiographic regions – Rarh on the west and Bagri on the ea ...

of the Murshidabad district in the state of

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Geography

Location

Sibnagar is located at . According to the map of Farakka CD block in the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', Arjunpur, Sibnagar,

Pranpara Pranpara is a census town in the Farakka CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Pranpara is located at . According to the map of Farakka CD block in the ''Di ...

Mamrejpur Mamrejpur (also spelled Memrejpur) is a census town in the Farakka CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Mamrejpur is located at . According to the map of F ...

and

Mahadeb Nagar Mahadeb Nagar is a census town and gram panchayat in the Farakka CD block in the Jangipur subdivision of the Murshidabad district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Mahadeb Nagar is located at . According to the map of ...

form a cluster of census towns.

Area overview

Jangipur subdivision is crowded with 52 census towns and as such it had to be presented in two location maps. One of the maps can be seen alongside. The subdivision is located in the Rarh region that is spread over from adjoining

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. The land is slightly higher in altitude than the surrounding plains and is gently undulating. The river

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, along with its distributaries, is prominent in both the maps. At the head of the subdivision is the 2,245 m long Farakka Barrage, one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. Murshidabad district shares with Bangladesh a porous international border which is notoriously crime prone (partly shown in this map). The subdivision has two large power plants - the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station and the 1,600 MW Sagardighi Thermal Power Station. According to a 2016 report, there are around 1,000,000 (1 million/ ten lakh) workers engaged in the beedi industry in Jangipur subdivision. 90% are home-based and 70% of the home-based workers are women. As of 2013, an estimated 2.4 million people reside along the banks of the

alone in Murshidabad district. Severe erosion occurs along the banks. Note: The two maps present some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the maps are linked in the larger full screen maps.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sibnagar had a total population of 6,812, of which 3,445 (51%) were males and 3,367 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,220. The total number of literate persons in Sibnagar was 3,126 (55.90% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Murshidabad'', 2011, Sibnagar covered an area of 1.2443 km². It had 14 km roads with open drains. The protected water-supply involved overhead tank, hand pump, tube well/ borewell. It had 405 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities, it had 1 primary school, other school facilities at Arjunpur 1 km away. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities it had 3 public libraries. It had the branch offices of 1 cooperative bank, 2 agricultural credit societies.

Healthcare

Farakka CD block is one of the areas of Murshidabad district where ground water is affected by a high level of arsenic contamination. The WHO guideline for arsenic in drinking water is 10 mg/ litre, and the Indian Standard value is 50 mg/ litre. The maximum concentration in Farakka CD block is 150 mg/litre.

References

{{Murshidabad District Cities and towns in Murshidabad district