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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sini
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.8|N|85.97|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Seraikela Kharsawan district|Seraikela Kharsawan]]
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| elevation_m = 183
| population_total = 6489
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'''Sini''' is a [[census town]] in [[Seraikela Kharsawan district|Seraikella- Kharshwan district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Geography==
Sini is located at {{coord|22.8|N|85.97|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Sini.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Sini]</ref> It has an average elevation of 183 metres (600 feet). The main source of livelihood for the common people is the Railway Workshop situated near the Sini Railway Station. There is also one Zonal Railway Training Institute (Z.R.T.I.) of Indian Railways situated at Sini. Sini is also blessed to have a very old cricket ground, popular as "Shershah Ground" (South Eastern Railway Sports Association or S.E.R.S.A.) where many inter division level competitions are held on a regular basis.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Sini had a population of 6,489. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sini has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 63%. In Sini, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

<big>'''In Popular Culture'''</big>

Noted Filmmaker and writer [[Satyajit Ray]] has mentioned this place in his short story "Ratan Babu ar sei lokta".

==Transport==
Sini is a station on the [[Tatanagar–Bilaspur section]] of [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line]].

==References==
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{{Kolhan Division}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Seraikela Kharsawan district]]

Sini, Jharkhand - Revision history

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