Sarpi, Paschim Bardhaman

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Sarpi
Census Town
Sarpi Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Sarpi Sarpi (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°42′N87°05′E / 23.7°N 87.08°E / 23.7; 87.08 Coordinates: 23°42′N87°05′E / 23.7°N 87.08°E / 23.7; 87.08
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Area
• Total	5.43 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,549
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Languages*
• Official	Bengali, Hindi, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	713363
Telephone/STD code	0341
Vehicle registration	WB
Lok Sabha constituency	Asansol
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Pandaveswar
Website	paschimbardhaman.co.in

Sarpi is a census town in the Faridpur Durgapur CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

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Cities, towns and ECL Areas in the northern portion of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural administrative centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Bamakali Mandir, Sarpi, Paschim Bardhaman

Sarpi is located at 23°38′59″N87°16′27″E / 23.649714°N 87.274251°E / 23.649714; 87.274251 .

Banagram, Mandarbani, Sirsha, Nabaghanapur, Sarpi and Ichhapur form a series of census towns along the western border of Faridpur-Durgapur CD Block. ^[1]

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 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]

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). ^[3]

*For language details see Faridpur Durgapur#Language and religion

As of 2001 ^[update] India census, ^[4] 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. ^[5]

Economy

It is in the heart of the coal mining zone. ^[6]

Some underground mines of Eastern Coalfields 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 colliery would also be modernized. ^[7]

Education

Sarpi has one primary school. ^[8]

External links

• Map of Bardhaman district

References

1. "District Census Handbook Bardhaman, Series 20, Part XII A, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Map of Faridpur Durgapur CD Block, page 257. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
2. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
3. "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
4. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
5. "District Census Handbook Barddhaman, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 1179-1210; Statement I: Status and Growth History, Page 1179; Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Page 1188; Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 1191; Statement IV: Medical Facilities, Page 1196; Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 1200; Statement VI:Industry and Banking, Page 1209. Directorate of census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
6. Chattopadhyay, Akkori, p. 666
7. "Planning". Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
8. 7th All-India School Education Survey 2003 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine