Palojori, Deoghar

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

Palojori
Village
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Coordinates: 24°14′40″N87°01′28″E / 24.244333°N 87.024556°E / 24.244333; 87.024556
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,727
Languages .*For language details see Palojori#Language and religion
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814146
Telephone/ STD code	06431
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Sarath
Website	deoghar.nic.in

Palojori is a village in Palojori 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

Palojori is located at 24°14′40″N87°01′28″E / 24.244333°N 87.024556°E / 24.244333; 87.024556 .

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

Palojori has an area of 241 hectares (600 acres). ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Palojori had a total population of 2,727, of which 1,396 (51%) were males and 1,331 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 402. The total number of literate persons in Palojori was 2,325 (74.24% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Civic administration

Police station

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

CD block HQ

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

Education

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

Project Girls High School Palajori is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1984. It has facilities for teaching for teaching in class IX and class X. ^[6]

Sunrays High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established at Palajori in 2006. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X. ^[7]

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 1 November 2020.
5. "KGBV Palojori". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
6. "Project Girls High School Palajori". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. "Suunrays High School". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.