Sijua, Jhargram

Sijua
Sijua
	Village
	Sijua Location in West Bengal, India Sijua Sijua (India)
	Coordinates: 22°38′18″N87°00′54.0″E / 22.63833°N 87.015000°E Coordinates: 22°38′18″N87°00′54.0″E / 22.63833°N 87.015000°E
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jhargram
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,263
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	721121 (Amlagora)
Telephone/STD code	03221
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Website	paschimmedinipur.gov.in

Last updated February 22, 2019

Sijua is a village and a gram panchayat in Binpur I CD Block in Jhargram subdivision of Jhargram district in the state of West Bengal, India.

A gram panchayat is the only grassroots-level of panchayati raj formalised local self-governance system in India at the village or small-town level, and has a sarpanch as its elected head.

Binpur I is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Jhargram subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Jhargram district in the state of West Bengal, India. It became part of the Jhargram district from 4 April 2017 after splitting from the Paschim Medinipur district.

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Sijua had a total population of 2,263 of which 1,184 (52%) were males and 1,079 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 364. The total number of literates in Sijua was 1,582 (69.91% of the population over 6 years).^[1]

The 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'.

Transport

Sijua-Babnada-Dharampur Road links it to Lalgarh-Ramgarh-Pingboni Road at Dharampur, which in turn links it to Pingboni on SH 4, running from Jhalda (in Purulia district) to Digha (in Purba Medinipur). There is a bridge across the Kangsabati near Sijua.^[2]

Pingboni is a village and gram panchayat in Garhbeta II CD Block in Medinipur Sadar subdivision of Paschim Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India.

State Highway 4 is a state highway in West Bengal, India.

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References

↑ "2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables". West Bengal – District-wise. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 27 October 2016.
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Sijua
Village
Sijua Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Sijua Sijua (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°38′18″N87°00′54.0″E / 22.63833°N 87.015000°E / 22.63833; 87.015000 Coordinates: 22°38′18″N87°00′54.0″E / 22.63833°N 87.015000°E / 22.63833; 87.015000
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Jhargram
Elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	2,263
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	721121 (Amlagora)
Telephone/STD code	03221
Lok Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jhargram
Website	paschimmedinipur.gov.in

Sijua, Jhargram

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