Pathna, Sahibganj

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

Pathna
Village
Pathna Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Pathna Pathna (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°50′31″N87°45′21″E / 24.841861°N 87.755972°E / 24.841861; 87.755972 Coordinates: 24°50′31″N87°45′21″E / 24.841861°N 87.755972°E / 24.841861; 87.755972
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Languages (*For language details see Pathna#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	816110
Telephone/ STD code	06435
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Website	sahibganj.nic.in

Pathna is a location in the Pathna CD block in the Rajmahal subdivision of the Sahibganj 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

Pathna is located at 24°50′31″N87°45′21″E / 24.841861°N 87.755972°E / 24.841861; 87.755972 .

Pathna is not identified in 2011 census as a separate place. In the map of Pathna CD block on page 129 of the District Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj, Pathna is marked as headquarters of the CD block but the maps in the Jharkhand census handbooks are so unclear that the mouza/ village it is located in cannot be identified. (Anybody can check the map as given in the reference and if the mouza/ village can be identified, it can be recorded here.) ^[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.

Civic administration

CD block HQ

Headquarters of this CD block is at Pathna location. ^[3]

Education

Model School Pathna is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2012. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. ^[4]

Bohra Sita Annapurna Inter Mahila College Pathna is a girls only institution established in 1981. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII. ^[5]

Project Girls High School Pathna is a Hindi-medium girls only (NOT coeducational as the name clearly suggests) institution established in 2000. It has facilities for teaching from class VIII to class X. ^[6]

References

1. "District Census Handbook, Sahibganj, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 129: Map of Pathna CD block. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 December 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, Sahibganj, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Sahibganj on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
4. "Model School Pathna". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
5. "Bohra Sita Annapurna Inter Mahila College". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
6. "Project Girls HS Pathna". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 2 December 2020.