Started in 1897 by Swami Akhandananda, a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, this is the oldest branch centre of the Ramakrishna Mission.
Activities:
- A higher secondary school (class 5 to 12).
- Three junior basic schools (class 1 to 4).
- A residential Primary Teachers’ Training Institute.
- Three students’ hostels.
- Eight coaching centres.
- Four units of Gadadhar Abhyudaya Prakalpa.
- Two vocational training centres.
- Three public libraries.
- A dispensary.
- A mobile medical unit.
- Eye, ENT and Medical camps.
- Welfare activities: Providing milk, educational assistance, pecuniary aid, clothes, blankets and winter garments.
- Religious activities: Daily worship and observance of the birthdays of the Holy Trio and other spiritual luminaries.
- Dhanyaganga Krishi Vigyan Kendra: This KVK is aimed at developing the socio-economic condition of the farming community by transfer of technology to farmers. It conducted several training programmes related to agriculture, horticulture, pisciculture, dairy, poultry, animal husbandry, tailoring, etc.
- Moreover, 466 quintals of seeds, 146 small ruminants (sheep, goats, etc), 4 million fish & spawn fingerlings and 2,54,000 plantation material were distributed, and a total of 4590 water and soil samples were tested.
Sub-centre at Berhampore:
This sub-centre at Berhampore (10 km from Sargachhi) is sanctified by the regular visits of Swami Akhandananda, a monastic disciple of Sri Ramakrishna.
Activities at Berhampore sub-centre :
- A students’ home.
- A public library.
- Daily prayers, fortnightly Ramnam Sankirtan and religious
Sub-centre at Bairgachhi:
Sevavrata was taken over by the Ramkrishna Mission in 2015 and made a sub-centre of the Sargachhi branch. The sub-centre has since then been known as Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama (Sevavrata). Situated 2.5 km from the Sargachhi main centre.
Activities at Bairgachhi sub-centre:
- A water testing laboratory.
- Training programmes in carpet weaving, etc.
- A textile unit for producing cotton and woollen items.
- A unit for manufacturing and sale of UNICEF-approved, Arsenic-free Nirmal water filters.