Kumarpur

Kumarpur
Census Town
Kumarpur Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Kumarpur Kumarpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°41′07″N87°50′32″E / 24.685333°N 87.842289°E / 24.685333; 87.842289 Coordinates: 24°41′07″N87°50′32″E / 24.685333°N 87.842289°E / 24.685333; 87.842289
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Area
• Total	4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,153
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Pakur block#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814111
Telephone/ STD code	06427
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Litipara
Website	pakur.nic.in

Kumarpur is a census town in Pakur CD block in Pakur subdivision of Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Sahibganj, Godda and Pakur districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious/ tourist centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Kumarpur is located at 24°41′07″N87°50′32″E / 24.685333°N 87.842289°E / 24.685333; 87.842289 .

Kumarpur has an area of 4.03 square kilometres (1.56 sq mi). ^[1]

Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. ^[2]

Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kumarpur had a total population of 7,153, of which 3,519 (49%) were males and 3,634 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,742. The total number of literate persons in Kumarpur was 1,581 (29.22% of the population over 6 years). ^[1]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Pakur, Kumarpur covered an area of 4.03 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, covered well. It had 199 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, other educational facilities at Pakur 5 km away. Two important commodities it manufactured were bidi, stone. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society. ^[3]

Economy

Kumarpur is in the heart of the Pakur black stone mining area. ^[4]

Transport

Tilbhita railway station on the Sahibganj loop is located nearby. ^[5]

References

1. "District Census Handbook, Pakur, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
2. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
3. "District Census Handbook Pakur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 637-642. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
4. "List of mining leases area-wise". Pakur District Administration. Archived from the original on 7 January 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
5. "Bardhaman-Tinpahar Memu". Indiarailinfo. Retrieved 23 November 2020.