Sisha Jumrha is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
in the
Madarihat-Birpara CD block in the
Alipurduar subdivision
Alipurduar subdivision is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative division of the Alipurduar district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal.
Geography Subdivisions
Alipurduar district is divided into the ...
of the
Alipurduar district
Alipurduar is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Alipurduar district. Situated on the east bank of Kaljani River on the foothills of the Himalayas, the city is a gateway to Bhutan and no ...
in the state of
West Bengal
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,
India
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.
Geography
Location
Sisha Jumrha is located at .
Area overview
Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensive area in the eastern end of the
Dooars
The Dooars or Duars ( as, দুৱাৰ, duar, rkt, দুৱাৰ, duar, bn, দুয়ার, duyar) () are the alluvial floodplains in eastern-northeastern India that lie south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas and north of the ...
in West Bengal. It is undulating country, largely forested, with numerous rivers flowing down from the outer ranges of the
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...
in Bhutan. It is a predominantly rural area with 79.38% of the population living in the rural areas. The district has 1 municipal town and 20 census towns and that means that 20.62% of the population lives in urban areas. The scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, taken together, form more than half the population in all the six community development blocks in the district. There is a high concentration of tribal people (scheduled tribes) in the three northern blocks of the district.
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
As per the
2011 Census of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Sisha Jumrha had a total population of 4,130. There were 2,116 (51%) males and 2,014 (49%) females. There were 537 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Sisha Jumrha was 2,631 (73.23% of the population over 6 years).
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri'', Sisha-Jumrha covered an area of 4.2654 km
2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, tube well, bore well. It had 400 domestic electric connections, 1 road lighting point. Among the medical facilities it had 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary school at Dim Dim, the nearest senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at
Birpara
Birpara is a census town in Alipurduar I CD block in Alipurduar subdivision of Alipurduar district, West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Birpara is located at .
Area overview
Alipurduar district is covered by two maps. It is an extensi ...
8 km away. It had 2 recognised shorthand, typewriting and vocational training institutions, 3 non-formal education centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan), 1 special school for disabled. Two important commodities it manufactured were paddy, furniture. It had offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 private commercial bank, 1 non-agricultural credit society.
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Sisha Jumrha.
References
{{Alipurduar district
Cities and towns in Alipurduar district