page_title: Sainthia
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Sainthia / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: State Bank of India branch at Sandhani More in Sainthia.
context_page_description: Sainthia is a city and a municipality in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The city is known as business city of Birbhum district. The city is under the jurisdiction of Sainthia police station. Sainthia is the fourth most populous city in Birbhum district and 95th most populous city in West Bengal. The city covers an area of 16 km² and had a population of 44,601 in 2011. Located on the banks of Mayurakshi River, Sainthia has been a major settlement. The city is famous for Nandikeshwari Temple, one of the Shakti Peethas in Indian subcontinent.
context_section_description: Sainthia is an economically important city and one of the busiest business hubs in the middle part of West Bengal. Sainthia city is the main trading centre in the district. The economy is based on agricultural products and their allied businesses. Rice mills, mastered oil mills, bran oil mills, puffed rice mills, jaggery/gur and galvanized wire product units and other businesses run here. The economy of Sainthia stands tall due to the sales of agricultural products. The city is known as an export and import centre for cottage industry and agricultural based different goods. The hinterland of business of Sainthia spreads up to the districts of Jharkhand in the west and Assam in the north east. The city is well connected to different parts of the country. From the city, the agricultural products are exported to different parts of the State and also to different parts of the Eastern India through high roads and railroads. That makes the city the business centre of all sorts of goods distribution and transportation. Its socio-economical status is quite strong and education ratio is steadily increasing.
  Sainthia is an important centre for banking and finance. There are 13 bank branches in the city. 9 of them are public sector banks and remaining 4 are private sector banks.
caption: State Bank of India branch at Sandhani More in Sainthia.
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