A thermal type infrared sensing device has; a plurality of light-receiving electrodes for outputting a change of surface charge associated with a polarization that occurs in a dielectric when subjected to infrared radiation; and a plurality of compensation electrodes, corresponding one for one to plurality of light-receiving electrodes, for compensating the outputs of corresponding light-receiving electrodes, and wherein plurality of compensation electrodes are formed on a different substrate from a substrate on which plurality of light-receiving electrodes are formed.