Pirtand (also spelled Pirtanr) is a village in the

Pirtand Pirtand (also spelled Pirtanr) is a village in the Pirtand CD block in the Dumri subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Pirtand is located at According to Google maps, the administrative f ...

CD block in the

Dumri subdivision Dumri subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Giridih district in the state of Jharkhand, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the sec ...

of the

Giridih district Giridih district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Giridih is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011 it is the third most populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after Ranchi and Dhanbad ...

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

Pirtand is located at According to Google maps, the administrative facilities of Pitand CD block are spread across the two adjacent villages of Pirtand and

Chirki Chirki is a village in Pirtand CD Block in Dumri subdivision of Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Chirki is located on the NH 114A. The nearest railway station is 19 km Parasnath (PNME). Population (2015):- 13601 Area: 1 ...

. However, according to the map of Pirtand CD block in the ''District Census Handbook, Giridih'', the headquarters of Pirtand CD block is in Pirtand and Chirki is just an adjacent village.

Area overview

Giridih district is a part of the

Chota Nagpur plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the bas ...

, with rocky soil and extensive forests. Most of the rivers in the district flow from the west to east, except in the northern portion where the rivers flow north and north west. The

Pareshnath Hill Parasnath is a mountain peak in the Parasnath Range. It is located towards the eastern end of the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Giridih district of the Indian state of Jharkhand, India. The hill is named after Lord Parshvanatha, the 23rd Tirthank ...

rises to a height of . The district has coal and mica mines. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with small pockets of urbanisation. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

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 ...

, Pirtand had a total population of 79, of which 58 (73%) were males and 21 (27%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 12. The total number of literate persons in Pirtand was 46 (68.66% of the population over 6 years). An adjacent village,

, had a total population of 2,608, of which 1,211 (46%) were males and 1,397 (54%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 371. The total number of literate persons in Chirki was 1,724 (77.07% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Pirtand police station has jurisdiction over the

CD block. According to old British records, Pirtand PS was there after Giridh subdivision was formed in 1870.

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of the

CD block are located at Pirtand village.

Transport

National Highway 114A, locally popular as Isri-Giridih Road, passes through Pirtand.Google maps

References

Villages in Giridih district {{Jharkhand-geo-stub