Birsingha

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Birsingha is located at {{coord|22.7225|N|87.6562|E|display=inline}}.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.{{cite web |url= http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Vidyasagar,_Ishwar_Chandra |title= Vidyasagar, Pundit Iswar Chandra |publisher=Banglapedia |accessdate=24 July 2016 |last=Murshid |first=Ghulam}}{{cite web |url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/great-indians/literary-persons/ishwar-chandra.php |title=Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar |publisher=www.whereincity.com |accessdate=24 July 2016 }}

Ghatal subdivision, shown in the map alongside, has alluvial soils. Around 85% of the total cultivated area is cropped more than once.{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Human%20Development%20Report| title = District Human Development Report Paschim Medinipur, 2011| work= page 27-28| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |accessdate = 10 September 2020}} It has a density of population of 1,099 per km², 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook Paschim Medinipur, 2013| work= Table 2.2, 2.4 (a)| publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics |accessdate = 10 September 2020}}

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.

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).{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_p190ca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = CD block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census, India | accessdate = 2 September 2020}}

• Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
• Pradyut Ghosh

Birsingha Bhagabati Vidyalaya is the oldest school in this area.{{Cite web |title=BIRSINGHA BHAGABATI VIDYALAYA - Sultanpur-1, District Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal) |url=https://schools.org.in/paschim-medinipur/19202500106/birsingha-bhagabati-vidyalaya.html |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=schools.org.in |language=en}} 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.{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/paschim-medinipur/19202504605/birsingha-v-b-vidyapith-u-pry.html | title = Birsingha V.B. Vidyapith U. Pry| publisher = Schools.org |accessdate = 2 September 2020}}

Birsingha Primary School was established in 1929.{{cite web | url = https://schools.org.in/paschim-medinipur/19202504601/birsingha-pry.html | title = Birsingha Pry| publisher = Schools.org |accessdate = 2 September 2020}}

File:Birthplace of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in Birsingha 07.jpg|Birthplace of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in Birsingha

File:Birthplace of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar and museum in Birsingha 08.jpg|House and museum of Vidyasagar

File:বীরসিংহ ঈশ্বরচন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর মেমোরিয়াল হল.jpg|Birsingha Vidyasagar Memorial Hall

Vidyasagar Block Primary Health Centre, with 10 beds at Birsingha, is the major government medical facility in the Ghatal CD block.{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/BPHC.pdf | title =Health & Family Welfare Department | work =Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres | publisher =Government of West Bengal | accessdate =1 September 2020 | archive-date =16 August 2020 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200816074737/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/BPHC.pdf | url-status =dead }}

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Category:Villages in Paschim Medinipur district