Kirnahar

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Kirnahar(Sankha)
Village
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Kirnahar(Sankha)
Coordinates: 23°45′47″N87°52′39″E / 23.7630377°N 87.8776320°E / 23.7630377; 87.8776320 Coordinates: 23°45′47″N87°52′39″E / 23.7630377°N 87.8776320°E / 23.7630377; 87.8776320
Country India
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Government
 • Body Gram panchayat
Elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Population
 (2011) [1]
 • Total7,103
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
731302
Telephone/STD code91 3463
ISO 3166 code IN-WB
Lok Sabha constituency Bolpur
Vidhan Sabha constituency Nanoor
Website birbhum.nic.in

Kirnahar is a village in Nanoor CD block in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Geography

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Cities and towns in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district
M: municipal city/ town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, U: University.
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Kirnahar is located at 23°45′N87°52′E / 23.75°N 87.87°E / 23.75; 87.87 . [2] It has an average elevation of 29 m (95 ft).

Kirnahar is located in the south-eastern corner of the district which is an alluvial plain between Ajay River and Mayurakshi River. It has hot and dry summers, spread over March – May, followed by the monsoon from June to September. 78 per cent of the rainfall occurs during this period. [3]

Administration

Kirnahar I & II are village panchayats (local self-government) under Nanoor Panchayat Samity of Birbum Zilla Parishad. [4] A police station, since 2022, is located at Kirnahar. [5]

Transport

Kirnahar railway station is midway station on the 52 km Ahmedpur Katwa Railway. [6] It is well-connected by bus routes with Sainthia, Bolpur, Ahmedpur, Suri, Mallarpur and Rampurhat of this district and also with different places of the adjacent districts of Murshidabad and Burdwan. Three buses also run to Kolkata from this little town at 5:15 am, 6:00 am and 6:10 am.

Education

Kirnahar has two higher secondary schools. They are:
1. Kirnahar Shib Chandra High School
2. Kirnahar Tarapado Memorial Girls High School.

The first one is one of the oldest schools in Birbhum (Estd. 1895). It was established on the land donated by the local Sarkar zamindar Pioneere Babu Shib Chand Sarkar.

His Three sons Satyesh ChandraSarkar, Sauresh Chandra Sarkar and Saibesh Chandra Sarkar fulfilled his Dream by established Shib chandra High school in 1895.

The school produced many great personalities who made their marks in political, cultural and scientific world. To name a few: Debnath Das (One of the Advisors of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA), [7] Pranab Mukherjee (President of India 2012–2017), Mrinal Thakur (Eminent scientist, currently in Auburn University) [8] etc.
There are 7 Govt.-aided primary schools, 5 S.S.K.(Sishu Siksha Kendra), one M.S.K.(Madhyamik Siksha Kendra) and a few private schools in Kirnahar and its surroundings. The Govt.-aided primary schools are:

  1. Kirnahar Junior Basic School.
  2. Uttar Kirnahar Primary School.
  3. Kirnahar Nabin Chandra Smriti Primary School.
  4. Kirnahar Laxmimata Primary School.
  5. Parota Primary School.
  6. Maheshgram Primary School.
  7. Nimrha Primary School.
  8. Sankha's School.
  9. Kirnahar Nimna Buniyadi Vidhyalay (Near Bhadra Kalimata Mandir).

Kirnahar has one government sponsored library - Kirnahar Rabindra Smriti Samity Town Library. The library was established on 17 August 1941 (32nd Shravana, 1348 B.S.) just after ten days of the demise of great poet Rabindranath Tagore. The founder-secretary was Dr.Krishnagopal Chandra. In 1957 it became sponsored by the West Bengal Govt. Satyaranjan Sengupta was the first employed librarian. It was upgraded to a Town Library in 1986. [9] At present (March, 2015), the library possesses over 15,000 books and over 1,400 members.

People from Kirnahar

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre at Kirnahar (with 10 beds). [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kirnahar Village Population - Nanoor - Birbhum, West Bengal".
  2. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kirnahar
  3. ↑ Choudhuri, Tapan, Unnayaner alokey Birbhum, Paschim Banga , Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, (in Bengali), pp. 60-61, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.
  4. ↑ "Admin Reports of NPP". Details of West Bengal till Village Panchayat Tier. Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India. Archived from the original on 14 October 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  5. ↑ Local residents
  6. ↑ Roy Choudhuri, Samit. "Ahmadpur - Katwa Brought Gauge Line". Indian Railways Fan Club. Archived from the original on 11 May 2006. Retrieved 12 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "Indian National Army". National Archives of Singapore. Archived from the original on 2 April 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  8. ↑ "Mrinal Thakur - Homepage". Auburn University.
  9. ↑ Kirnahar Rabindra Smriti Samity Town Library:Pustak Talika
  10. ↑ "Brief Profile of Shri Pranab Mukherjee". Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
  11. ↑ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
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