Sainthia
Sainthia is a town in Birbhum district of West Bengal and serves as Nagar Parishad. It is also a Block, Subdivision and Panchayat Samiti of Birbhum district.
As on April 2024, the current population of Sainthia is 48.7 thousands out of which 25 thousands are males and rest 23.7 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this town is 951 females per 1000 males. There are around 4.5 thousands teenagers in Sainthia. It has literacy rate of 71% which means around 34.8 thousands persons can read and write. Total 12.6 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 394 scheduled tribe people live in the town. There are around 11.2 thousands households in Sainthia, which means every family has 4 members on average. The town has working population of 18 thousands.
Schools
Sainthia has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Barasija High School
- Mathpalsa High School(High School)
- Ahamadpur Joy Durga Girls High School
- Ahmadpur Joy Durga High School
- Bholagoria Ahamadia High Madrasah
Sainthia Panchayat Samiti
Jibananda Bagdi is the President (Block Pramukh) of Panchayat Samiti Sainthia, who can be contacted at email address anshuman.lab@gmail.com and mobile number 83730xxx50. The Block Development Officer (BDO) is Swati Dutta Mukhopadhyay, who can be reached at email address bdosainthia@gmail.com and mobile number 70440xxx36. The Block address is Sainthia Panchayat Samiti, Ahamdpur, Birbhum, 731201, Pincode - 731201. You can reach there by taking a bus till Block Bus Stop. The Block has homestay option.Sainthia Panchayat Samiti consists of total 12 Gram Panchayat.