Hiranpur

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

Hiranpur
Village
Hiranpur Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Hiranpur Hiranpur (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°42′26″N87°42′18″E / 24.707111°N 87.704864°E / 24.707111; 87.704864
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,135
Languages (*For language details see Hiranpur block#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	816104
Telephone/ STD code	06435
Vehicle registration	JH 16
Lok Sabha constituency	Rajmahal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Litipara
Website	pakur.nic.in

Hiranpur is a village in the Hiranpur CD block in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur 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

Hiranpur is located at 24°42′26″N87°42′18″E / 24.707111°N 87.704864°E / 24.707111; 87.704864 .

Hiranpur (Khas) has an area of 133 hectares (330 acres). ^[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 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, Hiranpur (Khas) had a total population of 1,135, of which 564 (50%) were males and 571 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 226. The total number of literate persons in Hiranpur was 582 (64.03% of the population over 6 years). ^[1]

Civic administration

Police station

Hiranpur police station serves Hiranpur CD block. ^[3]

CD block HQ

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

Education

Rajkiyakrit High School Hiranpur is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1950. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. ^[5]

References

1. "District Census Handbook, Pakur, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
2. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
3. "District Police Profile - Pakur". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
4. "District Census Handbook, Pakur, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Pakur on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
5. "Rajkiykrit +2 HS Hiranpur". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 December 2020.