Kumarpur | |
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Census Town | |
  Kumarpur Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Kumarpur Kumarpur (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:24°41′07″N87°50′32″E / 24.685333°N 87.842289°E /24.685333; 87.842289 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Pakur |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.03 km2 (1.56 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,153 |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi) |
| Languages (*For language details seePakur block#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 814111 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06427 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajmahal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Litipara |
| Website | pakur |
Kumarpur is acensus town inPakurCD block in Pakur subdivision ofPakur district in theIndianstate ofJharkhand.
Kumarpur is located at24°41′07″N87°50′32″E / 24.685333°N 87.842289°E /24.685333; 87.842289.
Kumarpur has an area of 4.03 square kilometres (1.56 sq mi).[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, Kumarpur had a total population of 7,153, of which 3,519 (49%) were males and 3,634 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,742. The total number of literate persons in Kumarpur was 1,581 (29.22% of the population over 6 years).[1]
According to theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Pakur, Kumarpur covered an area of 4.03 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, covered well. It had 199 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, other educational facilities atPakur 5 km away. Two important commodities it manufactured were bidi, stone. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society.[3]
Kumarpur is in the heart of the Pakur black stone mining area.[4]
Tilbhita railway station on theSahibganj loop is located nearby.[5]
