Narayanpur, Jamtara

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

For other uses, see Narayanpur.

Naryanpur
Village
Naryanpur Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Naryanpur Naryanpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°02′52″N86°36′53″E / 24.047778°N 86.614778°E / 24.047778; 86.614778
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Jamtara
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,655
Languages (*For language details see Narayanpur block#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	815352
Telephone/ STD code	06433
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jamtara
Website	jamtara.nic.in

Narayanpur (also spelled Narainpur) is a village in Narayanpur CD block in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara 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,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Narayanpur is located at 24°14′52″N86°36′53″E / 24.247778°N 86.614778°E / 24.247778; 86.614778 .

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 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

Narayanpur has an area of 222 hectares (550 acres). ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Naryanpur had a total population of 2,655, of which 1,357 (51%) were males and 1,298 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 435. The total number of literate persons in Narayanpur was 2,220 (66.89% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Narayanpur. ^[3]

CD block HQ

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

Education

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Narayanpur, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. ^[5]

Government High School Narayanpur is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1957. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. ^[6]

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, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
3. "District Police Profile - Jamtara". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Jamtara on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
5. "Kasturba Gandhi AwasiyA Balika Vidyalaya Narayanpur". Schools.org. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
6. "Rajkiyakrit +2 High School Narayanpur". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 9 November 2020.