Jirat
Jirat
Bengali pronunciation: [jirit] | |
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Census Town | |
Clockwise from top: Jirat Railway Station, Headquarter of Balagarh Block, Jirat Bus Stand, Jirat College, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee, Sri Sri Sarvamangala Kali Mata Temple | |
| Coordinates: 23°5′54″N 88°27′42″E / 23.09833°N 88.46167°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| District | Hooghly |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,430 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | • Bengali, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 712501 |
| Telephone Code | 03213 |
| Vehicle registration |
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| Sex Ratio | |
| Literacy | 79.01% |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Hooghly |
| MP | Rachana Banerjee (AITC) |
| Vidhan Sabha Constituency | Balagarh |
| MLA | Manoranjan Byapari (AITC) |
| Highway | State Highway 6 (West Bengal) |
| Website | hooghly |
| Ancestral town of Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee | |
Jirat is a census town located in Hooghly District in the Indian State of West Bengal.