Rasikpur

Rasikpur
Census Town
Rasikpur Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Rasikpur Rasikpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°17′18″N87°15′19″E / 24.288367°N 87.255278°E / 24.288367; 87.255278
Country	India 24.288367,87.255278
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Area
• Total	1.62 km2 (0.63 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	8,320
• Density	5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Dumka (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814101
Telephone/ STD code	06434
Lok Sabha constituency	Dumka
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Dumka
Website	dumka.nic.in

Rasikpur is a census town in Dumka CD block in Dumka subdivision of Dumka 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

Rasikpur is located at 24°17′18″N87°15′19″E / 24.288367°N 87.255278°E / 24.288367; 87.255278 .

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

Rasikpur has an area of 1.62 km². ^[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Rasikpur had a total population of 8,320, of which 4,257 (51%) were males and 4,063 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,246. The total number of literate persons in Rasikpur was 7,074 (77.61% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Dumka, Rasikpur covered an area of 1.62 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 1,185 domestic electric connections, 10 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities it had x working women’s hostels. An important item it produced was furniture. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank. ^[3]

Transport

Dumka railway station, on the Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line, is located nearby. ^[4]

Education

Government Middle School Rasikpur is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution stablished in 1925. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII. ^[5]

St. Xavier’s is an English-medium school in Rasikpur.

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, Dumka, 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 Census Handbook Dumka, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). 705-709. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
4. "Rampurhat-Jasidih Passenger". Time Table. IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
5. "Govt. RA. M.S. Rasikpur". Schools.org. Retrieved 8 November 2020.