Sijua | |
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Village | |
  Sijua Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Sijua Sijua (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:22°38′18″N87°00′54.0″E / 22.63833°N 87.015000°E /22.63833; 87.015000 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Jhargram |
| Elevation | 82 m (269 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,263 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Bengali,Santali,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 721121 (Amlagora) |
| Telephone/STD code | 03221 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jhargram |
| Website | jhargram |
Sijua is a village and agram panchayat in theBinpur ICD block in theJhargram subdivision of theJhargram district in the state ofWest Bengal,India.
Sijua is located at22°38′18″N87°00′54.0″E / 22.63833°N 87.015000°E /22.63833; 87.015000
Jhargram subdivision, the only one in Jhargram district, shown in the map alongside, is composed of hills, mounds and rolling lands. It is rather succinctly described in theDistrict Human Development Report, 2011 (at that time it was part of Paschim Medinipur district), “The western boundary is more broken and picturesque, for the lower ranges of the Chhotanagpur Hills line the horizon, the jungle assumes the character of forest, and large trees begin to predominate. The soil, however, is lateritic, a considerable area is unproductive, almost uninhabited, especially in the extreme north-west where there are several hills over 1000 feet in height. The remainder of the country is an almost level plain broken only by the sand hills.”[1] 3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged toscheduled castes and 29.37% belonged toscheduled tribes.[2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
According to the2011 Census of India, Sijua had a total population of 2,263 of which 1,184 (52%) were males and 1,079 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 364. The total number of literate persons in Sijua was 1,582 (69.91% of the population over 6 years).[3]
Sijua-Babnada-Dharampur Road links it to Lalgarh-Ramgarh-Pingboni Road at Dharampur, which in turn links it toPingboni onSH 4, running from Jhalda (in Purulia district) to Digha (in Purba Medinipur). There is a bridge across the Kangsabati near Sijua.[4]
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