Tin Pahar

Not to be confused with Tinpahar.

Tin Pahar
Census Town
Tin Pahar Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Tin Pahar Tin Pahar (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 25°00′01″N87°44′27″E / 25.000233°N 87.740778°E / 25.000233; 87.740778 Coordinates: 25°00′01″N87°44′27″E / 25.000233°N 87.740778°E / 25.000233; 87.740778
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Area
• Total	1 km2 (0.4 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	5,336
• Density	5,300/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Sahibganj (community development block)#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	816116
Telephone/ STD code	06426
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Website	sahibganj.nic.in

Tin Pahar is a census town in the Rajmahal CD block in the Sahibganj 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

Tin Pahar is located at 25°00′01″N87°44′27″E / 25.000233°N 87.740778°E / 25.000233; 87.740778 .

Tin Pahar has an area of 1 square kilometre (0.39 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 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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Tin Pahar had a total population of 5,336, of which 2,789 (52%) were males and 2,547 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 840. The total number of literate persons in Tin Pahar was 4,496 (78.94% of the population over 6 years). ^[1]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj, Tin Pahar covered an area of 1.00 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 735 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 auditorium/ community hall. Two important commodities it produced were stone, cotton. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank. ^[3]

Transport

Tinpahar Junction railway station is situated at Tin Pahar on the Sahibganj loop. ^[4]

Education

Government Urdu Girls High School is an Urdu medium girls only institution established in 1929. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. (The school is marked as Hindi-medium but the name itself suggests that it is Urdu-medium.) ^[5]

Government High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1967. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X. ^[6]

Tin Pahar Inter College is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1985. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII. ^[7]

References

1. "District Census Handbook, Sahibganj, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 25 November 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, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 896-902. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
4. "Barharwa-Sahibganj Passenger". IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
5. "UPG Govt HS Urdu Girls Tin Pahar". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
6. "High School, Tin Pahar". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
7. "Tin Pahar Inter College". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 26 November 2020.