Paschim Sikta, Polba - Dadpur

Paschim Sikta is a village located in the Polba - Dadpur Subdivision of Hooghly district of West Bengal. The village falls in Polba-Dadpur block and comes under Makalpur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Hooghly parliament constituency and Dhanekhali assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Paschim Sikta is 2.4 thousands out of which 1.2 thousands are males and rest 1.2 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 970 females per 1000 males. There are around 209 teenagers in Paschim Sikta. It has literacy rate of 62% which means around 1.5 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.7 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 168 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 561 households in Paschim Sikta, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 993. The pincode of Paschim Sikta is 712305 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Puinan Sub Post office
• Makalpur Branch Post office
• Nagbal Branch Post office
• Alipur Branch Post office
• Danrpur Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Babnan High School
• Porabazar R D M U Vidyalaya
• Panjipukur Smt. Tulsi Devi Smriti Vidyapith
• Harit High School
• Sarangpur High School(High School)

Hospitals

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

• Jyotharan Sub-Center
• Dubirveri Sub-Center
• Mirkhila Sub-Center
• Satithan Sub-Center
• Anti Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Bandhan Bank Puinan
• Central Bank of India Makhalpur
• State Bank of India Satithan
• The West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Harit