Sankarpur is a census town in the Pandabeswar CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sankarpur | |
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Census Town | |
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Coordinates: 23°40′04.8″N 87°13′44.4″E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | West Bengal |
District | Paschim Bardhaman |
Area | |
• Total | 3.31 km2 (1.28 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 6,399 |
• Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
Languages* | |
• Official | Bengali, Hindi, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 713363 |
Telephone/STD code | 0341 |
Vehicle registration | WB |
Lok Sabha constituency | Asansol |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Pandaveswar |
Website | paschimbardhaman |
Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD Block.[1]
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).[2]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Sankarpur had a total population of 6,399, of which 3,317 (52%) were males and 3,082 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 822. The total number of literate persons in Sankarpur was 4,271 (76.58% of the population over 6 years).[3]
*For language details see Pandabeswar (community development block)#Language and religion
As of 2001[update] India census,[4] Sankarpur had a population of 5921. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sankarpur has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 51%. In Sankarpur, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Sankarpur covered an area of 3.31 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water-supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 568 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were 1 dispensary/ health centre, 1 maternity/ child welfare centre, charitable hospital/ nursing home, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Ukhra 2 km away.[5]
According to the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Bankola Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bankola Colliery, Khandra Colliery, Kumardih A Colliery, Kumardih B Colliery, Moira Colliery, Nakrakonda Colliery, Shankarpur Colliery, Shyamsundarpur Colliery and Tilaboni Colliery.[6]
Sankarpur has two primary and one higher secondary schools.[7]
Medical facilities (periodic medical examination centres and dispensaries) in the Bankola Area of ECL are available at Bankola Area PME Centre (with 30 beds + 2 cabins) (PO Ukhra), Khandra (PO Khandra), Bankola Colliery (PO Khandra), Bankola Area (PO Khandra), Shyamsundarpur (PO Khandra), Mahira (PO Moira), Tilaboni (PO Pandabeswar), Nakrakonda (PO Pandabeswar), Shankarpur (PO Sheetalpur), Kumardihi A (PO Pandabeswar), Kumardihi B (PO Pandabeswar).[8]
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