Rajpur is a village and
gram panchayat in the
Kanhachatti CD block in the
Chatra subdivision of the
Chatra district
Chatra district is district one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. The district was formed after separation from Hazaribagh district in 1991. Chatra is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district covers a ...
in the
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state
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of
Jharkhand
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Geography
Location
Rajpur is located at .
Area overview
The map alongside shows that the forests (mark the light shading), covering around 60% of Chatra district, are evenly spread across the district. It is a
plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. ...
area with an elevation of about above mean sea level.
Efforts are on to get the first unit of the
NTPC Limited
NTPC Limited, formerly known as National Thermal Power Corporation, is an Indian central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) under the ownership of the Ministry of Power and the Government of India, who is engaged in the generation of electricit ...
’s
North Karanpura Thermal Power Station
North Karanpura Thermal Power Station is an upcoming coal-based thermal power plant located in Tandwa in the Simaria subdivision of the Chatra district, Jharkhand. The power plant is owned by NTPC Limited
NTPC Limited, formerly known as Nat ...
(3x660 MW), ready in 2021.
North Karanpura Coalfield
North Karanpura Coalfield is located in Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Chatra and Latehar districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its ...
of
Central Coalfields Limited
Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), an undertaking of the Government of India. CCL was established in 1956 as National Coal Development Corporation Limited and is a Category-I Mini Ratna company sinc ...
, spread over in the southern part of the district, with spill over to neighbouring districts, and having coal reserves of 14 billion tonnes is among the biggest in India. The map provides links to three CCL operational areas.
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, Rajpur (location code 348910) had a total population of 2,935, of which 1,479 (50%) were males and 1,1456 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 517. The total number of literate persons in Rajpur was 1,517 (62.74% of the population over 6 years).
Civic administration
Police station
Rajpur police station serves Kanhachatti CD block.
References
{{Chatra District
Villages in Chatra district