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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Sriniketan
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.66|N|87.66|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Birbhum district|Birbhum]]
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bolpur]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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| website = {{URL|visva-bharati.ac.in/}}
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'''Sriniketan''' (also spelt Sri Niketan) is a neighbourhood of [[Surul]] in [[Bolpur subdivision]] of [[Birbhum district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. It is adjacent to [[Santiniketan]] and houses the second campus of [[Visva-Bharati University]]. The Palli Samgathana Vibhag (Institute of Rural Reconstruction) and Palli Siksha Bhavana (Institute of Agricultural Sciences) are located here.

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Location===
Sriniketan is located at {{coord|23.66|N|87.66|E|}}. It has an average elevation of {{convert|49|m}}.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/28/Sri_Niketan.html | title = Sri Niketan, India Page | access-date = 2009-03-05 | work =West Bengal | publisher = Falling Rain Genomics}}</ref>

In the map of Bolpur-Sriniketan CD block on page 718 of [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1908_PART_A_DCHB_BIRBHUM.pdf District Census Handbook Birbhum (Part A)], Sriniketan is shown as part of [[Surul]].

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
===Climate===
{{Shantiniketan weatherbox}}

===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of [[Bolpur Sriniketan]] community development block are located at Sriniketan.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/1908_PART_B_DCHB_BIRBHUM.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Birbhum, Series 20, Part XII B | work= Map of Birbhum with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 8 February 2018 }}</ref>

==History==
[[file:Sriniketan mural.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Mural by Nandalal Bose at Sriniketan]]
In 1921 [[Rabindranath Tagore]] bought a large manor house with surrounding lands in [[Surul]], 3 km from [[Santiniketan]], from the Sinhas of [[Raipur, Birbhum|Raipur]]. He set up the [[Palli Samgathana Vibhag|Institute of Rural Reconstruction]] in the manor house, in 1922 with [[Leonard Knight Elmhirst]] as its first Director. [[Rathindranath Tagore]], Santosh Chandra Mazumdar, [[Gourgopal Ghosh]], Kalimohan Ghosh and Kim Taro Kasahara joined Elmhirst.<ref name=Basak>Basak, Tapan Kumar, ''Rabindranath-Santiniketan-Sriniketan, An Introduction'', pp. 6–8, BB Publication</ref>

The second but contiguous campus of [[Visva-Bharati University|Visva Bharati]] was subsequently located around the same place in 1923 and it came to be known as Sriniketan. Silpa Bhavana at Santiniketan had already started training in handicrafts. Sriniketan took over the work with the objective bringing back life in its completeness to the villages and help people to solve their own problems instead of solution being imposed on them from outside. An emphasis was laid on a scientific study of the village problem before a solution was attempted.<ref name=Basak/>

In consonance with such ideas about reconstruction of village life a new type of school meant mainly for the children of neighbouring villages, who would eventually bring the offering of their acquired knowledge for the welfare of the village community, was also conceived. [[Siksha Satra|Siksha-Satra]] was such a school set up at Santiniketan in 1924 but shifted to Sriniketan in 1927. The ''Loka-Siksha Samsad'' an organisation for the propagation of non-formal education amongst those who had no access to usual educational opportunities, was started in 1936. ''Siksha Charcha'' for training village school teachers followed next year. In 1963, an agricultural college was set up in Sriniketan and in 1977 Rural Research Centre was set up.<ref name=Basak/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Birbhum District}}
{{Santiniketan}}
{{Birbhum topics}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Birbhum district]]

Sriniketan - Revision history

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