Pakur

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Pakur
Pakur
Town
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Pakur
Location in Jharkhand, India
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Pakur
Pakur (India)
Coordinates: 24°38′N87°51′E / 24.63°N 87.85°E / 24.63; 87.85
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Government banner of Jharkhand.png Jharkhand
District Pakur
Area
  Total
11.08 km2 (4.28 sq mi)
Population
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45,840
  Density4,100/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Languages(*For language details see Pakur block#Language and religion)
  Official Hindi, Bengali, Santali, Urdu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
816107
Telephone code+91-06435
Vehicle registration JH-16
Website www.pakur.nic.in

Pakur (previously known as Pakaur) is a town with a nagar palika in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.

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History

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Martello tower at Pakur, built to fend off the Santhal rebellion

Pakur was earlier a Sub-Division of Santhal Parganas district of Bihar. It was upgraded to the status of district on 28 January 1994. Upon reorganization of Bihar state, India, in 2000 into two separate states, namely, Bihar and Jharkhand, Pakur district came under the administrative control of the Jharkhand state.

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

Pakur is located at 24°38′N87°51′E / 24.63°N 87.85°E / 24.63; 87.85

Pakur has an area of 11.08 square kilometres (4.28 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 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.

Politics

DistrictNo.ConstituencyNamePartyAllianceRemarks
Pakur 4 Litipara Hemlal Murmu Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MGB
5 Pakur Nisat Alam Indian National Congress MGB
6 Maheshpur Stephen Marandi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha MGB

Demographics

Religions in Pakaur town
ReligionPercent
Hindus
66.71%
Muslims
28.09%
Christians
3.12%
Others
1.20%

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pakur had a total population of 45,840, of which 23,653 (52%) were males and 22,167 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 6,352. The total number of literate persons in Pakur was 39,488 (77.60% of the population over 6 years). [1]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Pakur, Pakur covered an area of 11.08 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 34.2 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, tap water from untreated sources, overhead tanks. It had 7,704 domestic electric connections, 443 road light points. Among the medical facilities, it had 4 hospitals, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 1 TB hospital/ clinic, 2 nursing homes, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 1 veterinary hospital, 26 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 33 primary schools, 19 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, 4 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college, 2 recognised shorthand typewriting and vocational training institutions, 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 2 stadiums, 2 cinema theatres, 5 auditorium/ community halls, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Three important commodities it manufactured were bidi, stone crusher machine, bakery products. It had the branch offices of 11 nationalised banks, 4 private commercial bank, 1 cooperative bank, 3 agricultural credit societies. [3]

Economy

One of the main businesses of the city is mining and crushing. It is also known for the manufacturing of crushing and screening equipments. Pakur is also the place where the first indigenous Jaw Crusher was manufactured by Bhagwati Prasad Agarwalla.

Since last decade there has been an enormous activity of coal excavation in the area as well. It has one of the biggest reserves of coal in the world. Currently only one block of coal is active in the region. It has been allotted to the Punjab State Government for their captive Thermal Power Plants. The excavation work on behalf of the Punjab State Government is being done by Panem, a public–private joint venture between the Punjab State Electricity Board and EMTA Group. [4]

Tourist Places

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Pakur Methodist Church established in 1907
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Sidho Kanho Murmu Park

Transport

Pakur Railway Station is located on the Sahibganj Loop. Bus stand also located at Bari Aliganj which are connected with all jharkhand and bengal , Bihar.

Education

Pakur has educational institutions offering all levels of education, including Pakur Raj High School (Estd. 20 December 1859) and Kumar Kalidas Memorial College. and 2 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya.

Pakur has now Polytechnic Institute -Owned by Deptt. of Higher, Technical Education and Skill Development, Govt. of Jharkhand. The Polytechnic Institute is approved by AICTE and SBTE. The college is spread in 7.1 Acres with more than 2.0 Lakhs built up area with all amenities (Including Boys and Girls Hostel).[ citation needed ]

RNS Academy at Bari Aliganj Pakur provided physical training who are like to join defense services like Indian Army, Para Militry etc.

References

  1. 1 2 "District Census Handbook, Pakur, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. Roychoudhury, P.C. (1965). "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. Ojha, Sanjay (8 December 2012). "Mining and dispatch resumes at Panem, a joint venture coal mine company of Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) and EMTA Group of Companies, at Pakur after 20 days. The company supplies coal to three power plants of PSEB". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. "Dharni Pahar | District Pakur, Government of Jharkhand | India".
  6. "Nitya Kali Mandir | District Pakur, Government of Jharkhand | India".
  7. "Kanchangarah | District Pakur, Government of Jharkhand | India".