Sainthia
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| Coordinates | 23°57′N 87°40′E / 23.95°N 87.67°ECoordinates: 23°57′N 87°40′E / 23.95°N 87.67°E |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District(s) | Birbhum |
| Parliamentary constituency | Bolpur |
| Assembly constituency | Sainthia. Labpur |
| Population | 39,244 (2001[update]) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+05:30) |
| Area |
• 53 metres (174 ft) |
| Website | birbhum.nic.in |
Sainthia (Bengali: সাঁইথিয়া) is a town and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The town is famous for Nandikeshwari Temple, one of the Shakti Peethas in India.
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[edit] Geography
Sainthia is located at 23°57′N 87°40′E / 23.95°N 87.67°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 53 metres (173 feet). The town is situated in the bank of Mayurakshi river. Indeed it comes in the belt of maximum hot places of West Bengal. Temperature goes very high and terribly humid in Summer and quite chill in winter.
Sainthia is one of the busiest business hubs in the mid part of West Bengal. Textile, mustard oil and it's byproducts, handicrafts are renowned factor of the major business transactions. Besides the town is well connected to Baharampur, Siuri, Rampurhat, Bolpur, Andal, Asansol and Durgapur through high roads and railroads. That makes the town to be the business center of all sorts of goods distribution and transportation. Socio-economical status is quite strong and education ratio is increasing day by day.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census,[2] Sainthia had a population of 39,244. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Sainthia has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 59%. In Sainthia, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Educational institutions
In Sainthia, there are the following school and colleges.
Birbhum Vivekananda Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital:- This is the only college in North Zone.Principal is Dr.Tapan Kr.Chatterjee.
Sainthia Abhedananda Mahavidyalaya:- This is the only college in Sainthia. The available subjects are Physics(H), Chemistry(H), Math(H),Zoology(H),Botany, Geography, and all Arts subject(H). This college is under Burdwan University.
Sainthia Town High School:- A H.S. level boys school in Sainthia estublished in 1959. Presently it has 24 teachers. Headmaster is Sri Tapas Ghosh (Tom).
Sainthia High School:- An H.S. level co-education school,established in 1928. Presently it has 42 teachers. Headmaster is Sri Arun Kumar Das, rewarded by State Govt. It was formerly for boys only. This is the only school in Sainthia where Computer Science & Computer Application subject is available for HS level, not only that 16 other Elective Subjects are available.It is the only school in the locality where Commerce Subjects are available.Some notable teachers of this school are Atanu Barman, Subrata Mukherjee,Dr Suprakash Kar,Srikumar Sarkar,Dr Alok Mukherjee,,Amar Nath Chatterjee,,Mitali saha, Paresh Kumar Roy ,Debashis Roy ,Mukhlesur Rahaman,and Naba Kumar Mitra.Some of the students who excelled in their performance in the district level,state level and abroad are Ananda Mohan Chakraborty,Nihar Kumar Dutta,Dhirendra Nath Sen,Subhrajyoti Das,Srabanti Dutta,Dr Dayal Ram Anchalia,Nandini Rooj,Rajsekhar Das and many more.
Paharibaba High School:- A H.S level co-education school situated at the far east of Sainthia. It was the first co-ed school of Sainthia.
Sashibhushan Dutta Balika Vidyalaya:- A H.S. Level girls school.
A.C.C.Jain High School:- Its located near Daikota. It is a Nursery to Secondary, Co-Educational,English-medium school based on CBSE curriculum.
Sainthia Central School:- Nursery to STD VIII Co-ed english medium school based on CBSE curriculum. Here Danceing, Singing, Computer and Drawing educayion done here. Principal - Sumona Pandey sainthia Jyogeswari dutta girls' high school:-A M.P level girls high school
[edit] Incidents
On July 19, 2010, the Sainthia train collision occurred at the train station here, when an express train collided with a train stopped at the station.
[edit] References
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sainthia
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
A Society In Panrui Gram Panchyate Area Name Panrui Swajan Welfare Society, founded by Mr. Abhijit Mukherjee.
[edit] External links
Sainthia travel guide from Wikitravel
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