Raghunandanpur is a
census town
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India
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in
Pakur
Pakur (previously known as ''Pakaur'') is a town with a nagar palika in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.
History
Pakur was earlier a Sub-Division of Santhal Parganas district of Bihar. It was upgraded to the ...
CD block in Pakur subdivision of
Pakur district
Pakur district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Pakur is the administrative headquarters of this district. Pakur sub-division of Sahibganj district was carved out on 28 January 1994 to constitute Pakur District ...
in the
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state
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of
Jharkhand
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Geography
Location
Raghunandanpur is located at .
Raghunandanpur has an area of .
Overview
The map shows a hilly area with the
Rajmahal hills
The Rajmahal Hills are located in the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand, India. They were located on the northern margin of the Gondwana supercontinent, and its hills are today inhabited by the Sauria Paharia people whilst its valleys are do ...
running from the bank of the
Ganges
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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.
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Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Raghunandanpur had a total population of 8,335, of which 4,248 (51%) were males and 4,087 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,903. The total number of literate persons in Raghunandanpur was 3,312 (51.49% of the population over 6 years).
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Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Pakur'', Raghunandanpur covered an area of 0.82 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, tubewell/ borewell, overhead tank. It had 737 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, other educational facilities at Pakur
Pakur (previously known as ''Pakaur'') is a town with a nagar palika in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.
History
Pakur was earlier a Sub-Division of Santhal Parganas district of Bihar. It was upgraded to the ...
3 km away. An important commodity it manufactured was bidi. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.
References
{{Santhal Parganas Division
Cities and towns in Pakur district