Sunderpahari | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Sunderpahari Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Sunderpahari Sunderpahari (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°45′18″N87°21′44″E / 24.755056°N 87.362111°E /24.755056; 87.362111 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Godda |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 888 |
| Languages (*For language details seeSunderpahari#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 814156 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06422 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Godda |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Godda |
| Website | godda |
Sunderpahari (also spelled as Sundarpahari) is a village in theSunderpahariCD block in the Godda subdivision of theGodda district in theIndianstate ofJharkhand.
Sunderpahari is located at24°45′18″N87°21′44″E / 24.755056°N 87.362111°E /24.755056; 87.362111.
Sundarpahari has an area of 451 hectares (1,110 acres).[1]
The map shows a hilly area with theRajmahal hills running from the bank of theGanges 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 whereFarakka 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.
According to the2011 Census of India, Sunderpahari had a total population of 888, of which 366 (41%) were males and 522 (59%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 130. The total number of literate persons in Sunderpahari was 447 (58.97% of the population over 6 years).[1]
Sunderpahari police station serves the Sunderpahari CD block.[3][4]
Headquarters of Sunderpahari CD block is at Sunderpahari village.[5]
Jindal Steel and Power had planned for a 2 X 660 MW captive power plant at Nipania (near Sunderpahari) for their upcoming steel plants atPatratu and Asanboni, both in Jharkhand. In spite of the ground-breaking ceremony having been presided over byPranab Mukherjee, President of India, in April 2013, as of 2020 the project has made no progress except for some land acquisition. Jitapur coal block, located 10 km from the project site and having a reserve of 65 million tonnes of coal, was initially earmarked for the power plant but was later allotted to Adani Power. Efforts are being made to get the project going or return of the acquired land.[6][7][8]
Sunderpahari High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational (?) institution. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII.[9]
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium girls only institution. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[10]
Sunderpahari Project High School is a Hindi-medium girls only institution. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X.[11]
Government Model School is an English-medium coeducational institution. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X.[12]
