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Raghunandanpur
Census Town
RaghunandanpurLocation in Jharkhand, IndiaShow map of JharkhandRaghunandanpurRaghunandanpur (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°38′18″N 87°53′02″E / 24.638333°N 87.883889°E / 24.638333; 87.883889
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Area
• Total	0.82 km (0.32 sq mi)
Population
• Total	8,335
• Density	10,000/km (26,000/sq mi)
Languages (*For language details see Pakur 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.nic.in

Raghunandanpur is a census town in Pakur CD block in Pakur subdivision of Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Raghunandanpur is located at 24°38′18″N 87°53′02″E / 24.638333°N 87.883889°E / 24.638333; 87.883889.

Raghunandanpur has an area of 0.82 square kilometres (0.32 sq mi).

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 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).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Pakur, Raghunandanpur covered an area of 0.82 km. 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 3 km away. An important commodity it manufactured was bidi. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.

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 25 November 2020.
2. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
3. "District Census Handbook Pakur, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 637-642. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 November 2020.

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