Sirsha, India

Sirsha 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.

Location
Sirsha is located at 23.68493°N, 87.30172°W.

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

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).

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Sirsha had a total population of 4,600, of which 2,436 (53%) were males and 2,164 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 390. The total number of literate persons in Sirsha was 3,394 (80.62% of the population over 6 years).

*For language details see Faridpur Durgapur

India census, Sirsha had a population of 5,215. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Sirsha has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 55%. In Sirsha, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Sirsha covered an area of 5.41 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tap water from treated sources, uncovered well. It had 422 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 3 primary schools, other school facilities at Kalipur 3 km away or Laudoha 2 km away. Among the important commodities it produced were paddy, wheat and mustard.

Education
Sirsha has one primary school.