Amrapara is a village in

Amrapara Amrapara is a village in Amrapara CD block in Pakur subdivision of Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Amrapara is located at . Amrapara has an area of . Overview The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmah ...

CD block in Pakur subdivision of

Pakur district Pakur district ( Santali: ᱯᱟᱠᱩᱲ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ) 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 2 ...

in the

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in 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 and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

Geography

Location

Amrapara is located at . Amrapara 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 dom ...

running from the bank of the

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

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 Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly from the border with Bangladesh near Shibganj. Farakka Barrage Township is located in Farakka (community developmen ...

is, just inside West Bengal.

Rajmahal coalfield The Rajmahal Coalfield is a large coal field located in the east of India in Jharkhand. Geography Location Rajmahal coalfield is centred around . Area of Operations Five relatively small coal basins – Hura, Chuperbhita, Pachwara, Mahuagarhi ...

is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. 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.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Amrapara had a total population of 3,898, of which 1,984 (51%) were males and 1,914 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 626. The total number of literate persons in Amrapara was 2,293 (70.08% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Amrapara police station serves

CD block.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of

CD block is at Amrapara village.

Education

Rajkiyakrit High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1949. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. Model School Amrapara is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2012. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. Project High School Amrapara is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1950. It has facilities for teaching from class VIII to class X.

References

{{Santhal Parganas Division Villages in Pakur district