Birsingha
Birsingha is a large village located in Ghatal Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. Earlier this village was part of Hooghly District. Birsingha village is famous for the birthplace of the great Bengali social reformer and the author of Varna Parichay Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
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Key facts
• Name — Birsingha • Type — Village • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — India • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — West Bengal • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Paschim Medinipur • Unit Pref — Metric • Elevation M — 19 • Population Total — 3026 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics Type1 — Languages • Demographics1 Title1 — Official • Demographics1 Info1 — Bengali, English • Time Zone1 — IST • Utc Offset1 — +5:30 • Custom Label1 Sec1 — Lok Sabha constituency • Custom Data1 Sec1 — Ghatal • Website — paschimmedinipur.gov.in/ • Iso Code — IN-WB
Location
Location
Birsingha is located at.
Area overview
Area overview
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820. Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once. It has a density of population of 1,099 per km 2, but being a small subdivision only a little over a fifth of the people in the district reside in this subdivision. 14.33% of the population lives in urban areas and 86.67% lives in the rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Demographics
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Birsingha had a total population of 3,026, of which 1,588 (52%) were males and 1,438 (48%) were females. There were 342 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Birsingha was 2,343 (87.30% of the population over 6 years).
Notable people
Notable people
• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar • Pradyut Ghosh
Education
Education
Birsingha Bhagabati Vidyalaya is the oldest school in this area. Birsingha Vidyasagar Balika Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium girls' only institution established in 1971. The school has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. It has a library with 200 books and 15 computers. It is housed in a government building. Birsingha Primary School was established in 1929.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Birthplace of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in Birsingha • Illustration — House and museum of Vidyasagar • Illustration — Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall
Healthcare
Healthcare
Vidyasagar Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds at Birsingha, is the major government medical facility in the Ghatal CD block.
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- 1.জন্মদিনে সম্মান জানাতে বদল চায় বিদ্যাসাগরের গ্রাম.
- 2.Murshid, Ghulam. Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra. Banglapedia.
- 3.www.whereincity.com. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
- 4.Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal. District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011. page 27-28.
- 5.Department of Planning and Statistics. District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013. Table 2.2, 2.4 (a).
- 6.Registrar General and Census, India. CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks.
- 7.BIRSINGHA BHAGABATI VIDYALAYA - Sultanpur-1, District Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal). schools.org.in.
- 8.Schools.org. Birsingha V.B. Vidyapith U. Pry.
- 9.Schools.org. Birsingha Pry.
- 10.Government of West Bengal. Health & Family Welfare Department. Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres.
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