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Singur observes Durga Puja on Friday, 16 October 2026, along with the rest of West Bengal.
Temples near Singur
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Suri - I mandal is Temple and Rasmancha (Damodar Temple). No temple of this dedication is on record within Singur itself.
Durga Puja, from Shashthi to Dashami, in community pandals rather than at home. Sandhi Puja at the join of Ashtami and Navami, Sindoor Khela and immersion on Dashami.
The regional form observed across West Bengal, Odisha, Assam. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
By population, Singur ranks #40 of 112 villages in Suri - I mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Singur is a village of 793 people in 193 households (Census 2011) in Suri - I block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 40th-largest of 112 villages in Suri - I block. Literacy is 52%, 11 points below the block average of 62% and the sex ratio is 987 women per 1,000 men. It lies 134 km from the Birbhum district centre, 8 km from Bara Kamalapur, the nearest town, under 1 km from Singur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731102, served by Hatjanbazar post office; the LGD village code is 317038. The nearest hospital or health centre is Singur Rural Hospital, <1 km away. The sarpanch is SUBAL CHANDARA DUTTA, and the village votes in Sainthia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishna Kanta Saha. The population is estimated at 935 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Mallickpur →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singur · this village | 793 | 52% | — |
| Burigaon · Singur | 1,291 | 80% | 1.6 km W |
| Daluigachha · Singur | 4,123 | 80% | 1.8 km NW |
| Mirzapur-Bakipur · Singur | 5,842 | 79% | 1.9 km SW |
| Jamirberia · Singur | 690 | 67% | 2.1 km NE |
| Baje Dhanyahana · Singur | 1,314 | 70% | 2.2 km W |
| Khordaapurbapur · Singur | 3,572 | 78% | 2.5 km NE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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