Sibpur (also spelled Shibpur) is a village in
Faridpur Durgapur CD block
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in the
Durgapur subdivision of the
Paschim Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd district o ...
in the
Indian
state of
West Bengal.
Geography
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 town
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India
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s (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).
Location
Sibpur is located at .
Demographics
According to 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 ...
, Sibpur had a toal population of 1953 of which 999 (51%) were males and 954 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 109. The total number of literate persons in Sibpur was 1,844 (71.26% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
A new bridge is proposed to be built across the
Ajay River near Sibpur, connecting this area to
Jaydev Kenduli. At present a fair-weather bridge is laid across the river in the dry season.
Education
Shibpur Junior High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 2010. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class VIII.
Jamdaha High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1982. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has a library with 307books and a playground.
Healthcare
There is a
primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Shibpur.
References
{{Paschim Bardhaman District
Villages in Paschim Bardhaman district