Fakirpur, Burdwan - I

Fakirpur is a village located in the Burdwan - I Subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The village falls in Burdwan-I block and comes under Belkash Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Bardhaman - Durgapur parliament constituency and Burdwan Uttar assembly constituency.

As on May 2024, the current population of Fakirpur is 1.2 thousands out of which 606 are males and rest 594 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 980 females per 1000 males. There are around 136 teenagers in Fakirpur. It has literacy rate of 65% which means around 777 persons can read and write. Total 504 people belonging to scheduled caste and 53 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 254 households in Fakirpur, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 416. The pincode of Fakirpur is 713102 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Nutanganj Sub Post office
• Kamalakanta Kalibari Sub Post office
• Kotalhat Sub Post office
• Chotobelun Branch Post office
• Kaligram Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Kurmun High School
• Vidyasagar Uchcha Vidyalaya
• Burdwan Model School
• Bharati Balika Vidyalaya
• Bardhaman Sri Ramakrishna Saradapith Uchcha Vidyalaya

Hospitals

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

• Vita Sub-Center
• Sutra Sub-Center
• Aymapara Sub-Center
• Karjona Sub-Center
• Kurmun Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Indian Bank Kaligram
• State Bank of India Kurmun
• State Bank of India Kanchannagar
• UCO Bank Mahachanda