Upar Kahan, Jaipur

Upar Kahan is a village located in the Jaipur Subdivision of Purulia district of West Bengal. The village falls in Jaipur block and comes under Upankahan Gram Panchayat.

As on April 2025, the current population of Upar Kahan is 3.2 thousands out of which 1.7 thousands are males and rest 1.6 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 944 females per 1000 males. There are around 501 teenagers in Upar Kahan. It has literacy rate of 44% which means around 1.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 170 people belonging to scheduled caste and 177 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 561 households in Upar Kahan, which means every family has 6 members on average. The village has working population of 1.5 thousands. The pincode of Upar Kahan is 723201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Garjaipur Sub Post office
• Barabendya Branch Post office
• Durma Branch Post office
• Hatimuri Branch Post office
• Pipratard Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Manipur S.V. High School.
• R.B.B. High ( High School) School
• Arsha High School (High School)
• Swami Shraddhananda Vidyapith
• Boram High School (High School)

Hospitals

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

• Srirampur Sub-Center
• Durma Sub-Center
• Chapaitarh Sub-Center
• Kadampur Sub-Center
• Joypur New Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Indian Bank Sidhi W B
• State Bank of India Baram
• State Bank of India Gor Joypur