Siduli
Siduli is a census town in the Andal CD block in the Durgapur subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Urbanisation
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. The sole municipal corporation in Durgapur subdivision is located at Durgapur and the subdivision has 38 census towns.Siduli, Khandra, Ukhra, Mahira, Dakshin Khanda, Harishpur, Kajora, a part of Andal,, Parashkol and Chak Bankola, lying north of National Highway 19 / Grand Trunk Road form a cluster of census towns. This cluster is linked with two more clusters of census towns – one located south of NH 19 in Andal CD block and another lying in Pandabeswar CD block.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Siduli had a total population of 8,961 of which 4,693 were males and 4,268 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,154. The total number of literates in Siduli was 5,536.- For language details see Andal (community development block)#Language and religion
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Siduli covered an area of 1.85 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 11.5 km roads with open drains, the protected water-supply involved uncovered wells, tap water from treated sources. It had 768 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had were 1 dispensary/ health centre, 2 family welfare centres, 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 5 primary schools, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school, general degree college at Khandra 2/2.5 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 stadium, 1 auditorium/ community hall.Economy
As of 2015-16, Siduli opencast project in Kenda Area of Eastern Coalfields has a mineable reserve of 9.70 million tonnes. While Siduli opencast has capacity of 1 million tonnes per year, Siduli underground has a capacity of 1.02 million tonnes per year.According to the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Kenda Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bahula Colliery, Chora Block Incline, CI Jambad Colliery, Chora OCP, Haripur Colliery, Lower Kenda Colliery, New Kenda Colliery, Siduli Colliery, SK OCP, West Kenda OCP.