Sirakol


Sirakol is a census town and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Usthi police station in the Magrahat I CD block in the Diamond Harbour subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Area overview

Diamond Harbour subdivision is a rural subdivision with patches of urbanization. Only 14.61% of the population lives in the urban areas and an overwhelming 85.39% lives in the rural areas. In the eastern portion of the subdivision

Location

Sirakol is located at.
Hasimnagar, Baneshwarpur of the Falta CD block and Ajodhyanagar, Sirakol of the Magrahat I CD block form a cluster of census towns.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sirakol had a total population of 10,250, of which 5,184 were males and 5,066 were females. There were 1,207 persons in the age range of 0-6 years. The total number of literate persons in Sirakol was 6,452.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Sirakol covered an area of 4.8335 km2. Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved overhead tank. It had 917 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had were 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school and 1 general degree college.

Social scenario

According to the District Human Development Report for the South 24 Parganas, “The district is typically at the lower rung of the ladder in terms of district per capita income compared to other districts of West Bengal… This place also houses the largest proportion of backward people compared to the state… So far as the crime scenario is concerned the economically weaker group, i.e. the women and children, suffer the most in this district.”

Transport

Sirakol is on the Sirakol-Usthi Road, just off the National Highway 12/ Diamond Harbour Road.

Education

established in 2007, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta. It offers honours courses in Bengali, English, philosophy, political science, education, geography and history, and general courses in arts and commerce.
Shirakole YN High School is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.
Sirakole Girls High School is a Bengali-medium institution established in 1969. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII.
Sherpur Ramchandrapur High School is a coeducational institution.

Healthcare

There is a primary health centre, with 6 beds, at Sirakol.