Jhinkpani is a
census town
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India
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in
Pashchimi Singhbhum district
West Singhbhum or Pashchimi Singhbhum is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand state, India. It came into existence on 16 January 1990, when the old Singhbhum district (then in Bihar) was bifurcated. Chaibasa is the district headquarters.
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in the
India
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state
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
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Demographics
India
census
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, Jhinkpani had a population of 13,068. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Jhinkpani has an average literacy rate of 68.00%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78.07%, and female literacy is 58.21%. In Jhinkpani, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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Cities and towns in West Singhbhum district
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