Shikarpur, Karandighi

Shikarpur is a village located in the Karandighi Subdivision of Dinajpur Uttar district of West Bengal. The village falls in Karandighi block and comes under Dalkhola-I Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Raiganj parliament constituency and Karandighi assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Shikarpur is 1.6 thousands out of which 856 are males and rest 781 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 912 females per 1000 males. There are around 240 teenagers in Shikarpur. It has literacy rate of 51% which means around 840 persons can read and write. Total 770 people belonging to scheduled caste and 310 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 318 households in Shikarpur, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 598. The pincode of Shikarpur is 733201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Dalkhola Sub Post office
• Bazargaon Branch Post office
• Lalganj Branch Post office
• Maheshpur Branch Post office
• Shikarpur Branch Post office

Schools

Shikarpur has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Kantirpa N.K. Senior Madrasah (Fazil)
• Rasakhowa High School (High School)
• Lalganj Lagua High School
• Dalkhola High School
• Begua High School

Hospitals

Shikarpur has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Loucha Sub-Center
• Lalganj Sub-Center
• Rampur Sub-Center

Banks

Shikarpur has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Dalkhola
• Bandhan Bank Rudel
• Bandhan Bank Dalkhola
• Central Bank of India Dalkhola
• HDFC Bank Dalkhola