Kirnahar is located at. It has an average elevation of. Kirnahar is located in the south-eastern corner of the district which is an alluvial plain between Ajay River and Mayurakshi River. It has hot and dry summers, spread over March - May, followed by the monsoon from June to September. 78 per cent of the rainfall occurs during this period.
Administration
Kirnahar I & II are village panchayats under Nanoor Panchayat Samity of . A police outpost is located at Kirnahar.
Traditionally, there used to be a weekly market, locally called hat. Apart from vegetables, such needs as pottery, wooden materials, iron materials, baskets, seeds etc. were available. With the passage of time the periodicity gradually increased till it became a daily market. A fair is organised at Kirnahar on the occasion of Ras Mela.
2. Kirnahar Tarapado Memorial Girls High School. The first one is one of the oldest schools in Birbhum. It was established on the land donated by the local Sarkar zamindar Pioneere Babu Shib Chand Sarkar. His Three sons Satyesh Chandra Sarkar, Sauresh Chandra Sarkar and Saibesh Chandra Sarkar fulfilled his Dream by established Shib chandra High school in 1895. The school produced many great personalities who made their marks in political, cultural and scientific world. To name a few: Debnath Das,Pranab Mukherjee, Mrinal Thakur etc.
There are 7 Govt.-aided primary schools, 5 S.S.K., one M.S.K. and a few private schools in Kirnahar and its surroundings. The Govt.-aided primary schools are:
Kirnahar has one govt. sponsored library - Kirnahar Rabindra Smriti Samity Town Library. The library was established on 17 August 1941 just after ten days of the demise of great poet Rabindranath Tagore. The founder-secretary was Dr.Krishnagopal Chandra. In 1957 it became sponsored by the West Bengal Govt. Satyaranjan Sengupta was the first employed librarian. It was upgraded to a Town Library in 1986. At present, the library possesses over 15,000 books and over 1,400 members.
People from Kirnahar
Pioneere Babu Shib Chandra Sarkar donated land for Shib Chandra High school in 18lth century. He is zamindar of Kirnahar. He was a great Zamindar who thought about education 200 years ago Pioneere Babu Shib Chand Sarkar donated land for Santinikatan Biswa Bharati. His three sons Babu Satyesh chandra Sarkar Babu Sauresh Chandra Sarkar & babu Saibesh chandra Sarkar fulfilled his dream & established Shib Chandra High school in 1895. Babu Biswajoy Sarkar was son of Babu Sauresh Chandra Sarkar was a freedom fighter he was confined in his Mahal by the British government for many days He did not take any freedom fighters pension.
Pioneere Babu Shib Chandra Sarkar founder Shib Chand high school & Kirnahar library son of Kishore Kumar Sarkar.
Babu Saurish Chandra Sarkar son of Babu Shib Chand Sarkar
Babu Satyesh Chandra Sarkar son of Shib Chand Sarkar
Babu Saibesh Chandra Sarkar son of Shib Chand Sarkar
Babu Bisojoy Sarkar freedom fighter son of Babu saurish Chandra Sarkar
Babu Subratra Sarkar son of Biswajoy Sarkar He was Awarded by India Railways as he was the president of Railway passenger Association of chinsurah. He was an eminent Theatre person he acted at start Theatre in Kolkata.
Ajanta sarkar daughter- in - law of subratra Sarkar editor of khabarer Jagat newspaper http://www.sawsociety.c1.biz/
Babu Rohit Kumar Sarkar grand son of subratra Sarkar social activities & social worker & Indian volunteer founder member. Build a new India following ideas of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose My Dreem
Auburn University Chemistry Professor Mrinal Thakur was born in Kirnahar.
Dr. Deb Kumar Sarkar renowned homeopathy doctor known for his contribution in kidney stone related diseases.
Dr. Dip Kumar Sarkar established the first X-ray machine in Birbhum district and he was a philanthropic orthopedic surgeon.
Dipanwita Sarkar, Owner of The Interface™ Group Of Companies A leading Global Software Group specialised into Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, ERP etc. products & services headquartered in Mumbai. She is the Daughter of Dr. Dip Kumar Sarkar.
Debnath Das, the Foreign Minister of the first independent Govt set up by Netaji's Azad Hind Fouz was born and brought up in Kirnahar. He was a founder member of Kirnahar Taryn Samiti, an eminent club in Birbhum known for its social and welfare activities.
