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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kirnahar(Sankha)
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India West Bengal
| coordinates = {{coord|23.7630377|N|87.8776320|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
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| governing_body = [[Gram panchayat]]
| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 29
| population_total = 7103
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/317646-kirnahar-west-bengal.html|title = Kirnahar Village Population - Nanoor - Birbhum, West Bengal}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 731302
| area_code = 91 3463
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
| iso_code = [[ISO 3166-2:IN|IN-WB]]
| registration_plate =
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
| website = {{URL|birbhum.nic.in}}
| footnotes =
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Nanoor (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nanoor]]
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'''Kirnahar''' is a [[village]] in [[Nanoor (community development block)|Nanoor]] [[Community development block in India|CD block]] in [[Bolpur subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Geography==
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===Location===
Kirnahar is located at {{Coord|23.75|N|87.87|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Kirnahar.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Kirnahar]</ref> It has an average elevation of {{convert|29|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Kirnahar is located in the south-eastern corner of the district which is an alluvial plain between [[Ajay River]] and [[Mayurakshi River]]. It has hot and dry summers, spread over March – May, followed by the monsoon from June to September. 78 per cent of the rainfall occurs during this period.<ref>Choudhuri, Tapan, ''Unnayaner alokey Birbhum'', ''Paschim Banga '', Birbhum Special Issue, February 2006, {{in lang|bn}}, pp. 60-61, Information & Cultural Department, Government of West Bengal.</ref>

== Administration ==
Kirnahar I & II are village [[Panchayati Raj|panchayats]] (local self-government) under Nanoor Panchayat Samity of [[Birbum Zilla Parishad]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumr.asp?selstate=3217000000&pno=3&ptype=V| title = Admin Reports of NPP| access-date = 2007-09-12| work = Details of West Bengal till Village Panchayat Tier| publisher = Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://archive.today/20111014063301/http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumr.asp?selstate=3217000000&pno=3&ptype=V| archive-date = 2011-10-14}}</ref> A police outpost is located at Kirnahar.

== Transport ==
[[Kirnahar railway station]] is midway station on the 52 km [[Ahmedpur Katwa Railway]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://irfca.org/~samit/amp-kwae.html | title = Ahmadpur - Katwa Brought Gauge Line | access-date = 2007-09-12 | last = Roy Choudhuri | first = Samit | publisher = Indian Railways Fan Club | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060511154700/http://irfca.org/~samit/amp-kwae.html | archive-date = 11 May 2006 | url-status = dead | df = dmy-all }}</ref> It is well-connected by bus routes with [[Sainthia]], [[Bolpur]], [[Ahmedpur, Birbhum|Ahmedpur]], [[Suri, Birbhum|Suri]] and [[Rampurhat]] of this district and also with different places of the adjacent districts of [[Murshidabad]] and [[Burdwan]]. Two bus also runs to [[Kolkata]] from this little town at 5:10 am and 6:00 am.

== Education ==
Kirnahar has two higher secondary schools. They are: 
1. Kirnahar Shib Chandra High School 
2. Kirnahar Tarapado Memorial Girls High School.

The first one is one of the oldest schools in Birbhum (Estd. 1895). It was established on the land donated by the local Sarkar zamindar '''Pioneere Babu Shib Chand Sarkar'''.

His Three sons '''Satyesh Chandra''' '''Sarkar, Sauresh Chandra Sarkar''' and '''Saibesh Chandra Sarkar''' fulfilled his Dream by established '''Shib chandra High school in 1895.'''
The school produced many great personalities who made their marks in political, cultural and scientific world. To name a few: Debnath Das (One of the Advisors of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and the INA),<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.s1942.org.sg/s1942/indian_national_army/provi.htm | title = Indian National Army | access-date = 2009-06-29 | publisher = National Archives of Singapore }}</ref>[[Pranab Mukherjee]] ([[President of India]] 2012–2017), Mrinal Thakur (Eminent scientist, currently in Auburn University)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eng.auburn.edu/~thakumr/
| title = Mrinal Thakur - Homepage | publisher = Auburn University}}</ref> etc.
 
There are 7 Govt.-aided primary schools, 5 S.S.K.(Sishu Siksha Kendra), one M.S.K.(Madhyamik Siksha Kendra) and a few private schools in Kirnahar and its surroundings. The Govt.-aided primary schools are:
# Kirnahar Junior Basic School.
# Uttar Kirnahar Primary School.
# Kirnahar Nabin Chandra Smriti Primary School.
# Kirnahar Laxmimata Primary School.
# Parota Primary School.
# Maheshgram Primary School.
# Nimrha Primary School.
# Sankha's School.
# Kirnahar Nimna Buniyadi Vidhyalay (Near Bhadra Kalimata Mandir).
Kirnahar has one government sponsored library - Kirnahar Rabindra Smriti Samity Town Library. The library was established on 17 August 1941 (32nd Shravana, 1348 B.S.) just after ten days of the demise of great poet Rabindranath Tagore. The founder-secretary was Dr.Krishnagopal Chandra. In 1957 it became sponsored by the West Bengal Govt. Satyaranjan Sengupta was the first employed librarian. It was upgraded to a Town Library in 1986.<ref>Kirnahar Rabindra Smriti Samity Town Library:Pustak Talika</ref> At present (March, 2015), the library possesses over 15,000 books and over 1,400 members.

== People from Kirnahar ==
* [[Pranab Mukherjee]], Former [[President of India]], was born at [[Mirati]], Kirnahar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finmin.nic.in/fm_pranab_mukherjee.html |title=Brief Profile of Shri Pranab Mukherjee |access-date=2009-06-29 |publisher=Ministry of Finance, Government of India |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619061304/http://finmin.nic.in/fm_pranab_mukherjee.html |archive-date=2009-06-19 }}</ref>

==Healthcare==
There is a [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]] at Kirnahar (with 10 beds).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 16 July 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Birbhum District}}

[[Category:Villages in Birbhum district]]

Kirnahar - Revision history

UpdateBot at 13:29, 30 April 2022