Birsingha is a large village located in Ghatal Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal.

Birsingha village is famous for the birthplace of the great Bengali social reformer and the author of Varna Parichay Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, scholar, social reformer and a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance, was born at Birsingha on 26 September 1820.

[5] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision.

[7] Birsingha Vidyasagar Balika Vidyapith is a Bengali-medium girls' only institution established in 1971.