Margomunda, Deoghar

This article is about the village in Jharkhand, India. For its namesake community development block, see Margomunda.

Margomunda
Village
Margomunda Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Margomunda Margomunda (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°09′55″N86°35′15″E / 24.165163°N 86.587578°E / 24.165163; 86.587578
Country 24.165163,86.587578	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,727
Languages .*For language details see Margomunda#Language and religion
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	815353
Telephone/ STD code	06438
Lok Sabha constituency	Godda
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Madhupur
Website	deoghar.nic.in

Margomunda is a village in Margomunda CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
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Location

Margomunda is located at 24°09′55″N86°35′15″E / 24.165163°N 86.587578°E / 24.165163; 86.587578 .

Overview

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. ^[1]

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

Area

Margomunda has an area of 204 hectares (500 acres). ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Margomunda had a total population of 1,680, of which 871 (52%) were males and 809 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 271. The total number of literate persons in Margomunda was 1,409 (64.23% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Margomunda village. ^[3]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Margomunda CD block is at Margomunda village. ^[4]

Education

Rajkiyakrit High School Margomunda is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1978. It has facilities for teaching in class IX and X. ^[5]

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
3. "District Police Profile - Deoghar". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Deoghar on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
5. "Rakkiyakrit HS Margomunda". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.