Srikhanda is a village in Srikhanda

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bo ...

in Katwa I

CD block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

Katwa subdivision Katwa subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Overview The Katwa subdivision extends from the Kanksa-Ketugram plain to the Bhagirathi basin. The Ajay flows through the s ...

Purba Bardhaman district Purba Bardhaman district is in West Bengal. Its headquarters is in Bardhaman. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after the division of the previous Bardhaman district. Great revolutionary Rash Behari Bose was born in village Subaldaha in the distri ...

. It is about distance from

Katwa Katwa is a sub-divisional town and railway junction in Purba Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Katwa subdivision. The town was built at the confluence of Ganga and Ajay. Katwa is a border ci ...

and distance from

Burdwan Bardhaman (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of Purba Bardhaman district, having become a district capital during the period of British rule. Burdwan, an alternative name for the city, ...

Geography

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

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 Ketugram is a village in Ketugram II CD block in Katwa subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. Etymology It is said that Ketugram was named after Chandraketu, son of king Bhopal. The earlier name of Ketug ...

Vidhansabha constituency and in 41,

Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency is in West Bengal, in India. While four assembly segments of No. 41 Bolpur Lok Sabha constituency are in Birbhum district, three are in Bardhaman district. The seat was a free seat till 2004, but was declared reserv ...

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 Nityānanda (; born circa 1474), also called Nitai, was a primary religious figure within the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition of Bengal. Nitai was Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's friend and disciple. They are often mentioned together as ''Gaura-Nitai' ...

hailed from this village. 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 The Chaitanya Mangala ( bn, চৈতন্যমঙ্গল) (c.16th century) of Lochana Dasa is an important hagiographical work on the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Sri Krishna Chaitanya - Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in Bengali. This work of Lochana ...

. 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

, 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. See also - Healthcare in West Bengal

References

{{Authority control Villages in Purba Bardhaman district