Srikhanda
| Srikhanda | |
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| Village | |
 Srikhanda
 Srikhanda
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| Coordinates: 23°35′53″N 88°04′48″E / 23.598111°N 88.079889°ECoordinates: 23°35′53″N 88°04′48″E / 23.598111°N 88.079889°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | West Bengal |
| District | Purba Bardhaman |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 18,394 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 713150 |
| Telephone/STD code | 03453 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bolpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Ketugram |
| Website | bardhaman |
Srikhanda is a village under Srikhanda Gram Panchayat in Katwa I Panchayat samity within Katwa subdivision in Purba Bardhaman district. It is about 8 km (5.0 mi) distance from Katwa and 48 km (30 mi) distance from Burdwan.
The villages under Srikhanda Gram Panchayat are Srikhanda, Debkundu, Nahata, Bagtona, Barnagra, Chandrakota, Kadampukur and Ganguly danga.
In the past Srikhanda Gram Panchayat was under 280 Katwa (Vidhan Sabha constituency) but after Delimitation Commission it is now under 271, Ketugram Vidhansabha constituency and in 41, Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency) Lok Sabha constituency. The pincode no of Srikhanda is 713150 and std code is (+91) o3453.
As per the 2011 Census of India Srikhanda had a total population of 18,394, of which 9,456 (51%) were males and 8,938 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,517. The total number of literates in Srikhanda was 10,100 (63.61% of the population over 6 years).
There is a Shiva Temple named Shri Shri Bhoothnath jeur Mandir in this village. Prabhu Nityananda Nityananda hailed from this village. Sri Narahari Sarkar Thakura was born in Srikhanda. The place where Prabhu Narahari used to rest is called Bilas kunja of Narahari Sarkar or better known as Baradanga where Sri Locana Dasa Thakura the dear disciple of Sri Narahari Sarkar wrote his book Chaitanya Mangala. Srikhanda Thakurbari where three temple of lord krishna situated in the middle of the village. The villagers of the Srikhanda called 'Khandabasi'.
There is a block primary health centre at Srikhanda.
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