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Chirki
Chirki is a village in Pirtand block, 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 railway station, Parasnath (PNME). Population (2015):- 13601 Area: 11sq. km Pirtand and Chirki are adjacent villages. Pirtand block and police station are situated at Chirki. References Villages in Giridih district {{Jharkhand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 facilities of Pitand CD block are spread across the two adjacent villages of Pirtand and Chirki. 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, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirtand Block
Pirtand is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Dumri sub-division of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview Giridih is a plateau region. The western portion of the district is part of a larger central plateau. The rest of the district is a lower plateau, a flat table land with an elevation of about 1,300 feet. At the edges, the ghats drop to about 700 feet. The Pareshnath Hills or Shikharji rises to a height of 4,480 feet in the south-eastern part of the district. The district is thickly forested. Amongst the natural resources, it has coal and mica. Inaugurating the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016, Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23 lakh BPL families in Jharkhand. There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%. Maoist activities Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Giridih was one of the 14 highly a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumri Subdivision
Dumri subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Giridih district in the state of Jharkhand, India. History Dumri subdivision was created in March 2014. Subdivisions Giridih district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Police stations Police stations in Dumri subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction: Blocks Community development blocks in Dumri subdivision are: Education Given in the table below (data in numbers) is a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Giridih district.: Educatiional institutions The following institutions are located in Dumri subdivision: *Parashnath Mahavidyalaya was established at Isri Bazar in 1985. Affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University it offers bachelor’s courses in arts, science and commerce. *Jharkhand College was established at Dumri in 1985. It is affiliated with Vinoba Bhave University Vinoba Bhave University is a central university (India), state university located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giridih District
Giridih district is one of the twenty-four districts of 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 . ... States and territories of India, 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 Districts of Jharkhand, 24), after Ranchi district, Ranchi and Dhanbad district, Dhanbad. History Giridh district was a part of Kharagdiha estate till late 18th century. During the British Raj Giridih became a part of Jungle Terry. After Kol Uprising in 1831, the parganas of Ramgarh, Kharagdiha, Kendi and Kunda became parts of the South-West Frontier Agency and were formed into a division named Hazaribag as the administrative headquarters. The Kharagdiha Rajas were settled as Rajas of Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 is the 15th largest state by area, and the 14th largest by population. Hindi is the official language of the state. The city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka its sub-capital. The state is known for its waterfalls, hills and holy places; Baidyanath Dham, Parasnath, Dewri and Rajrappa are major religious sites. The state was formed on 15 November 2000, after carving out what was previously the southern half of Bihar. Jharkhand suffers from what is sometimes termed a resource curse: it accounts for more than 40% of the mineral resources of India, but 39.1% of its population is below the poverty line and 19.6% of children under five years of age are malnourished. Jharkhand is primarily rural, with about 24% of its population livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parasnath Railway Station
Parasnath railway station, station code PNME, is on the Asansol–Gaya section of the Grand Chord and serves the town of Isri in Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The Parasnath Hill or Shikharji, located nearby, with a height of is the highest mountain in the state of Jharkhand. Etymology The word Parasnath comes from the 23rd Tirthankara of Jainism, Parshva. Jains refer to the Parasnath Hill as Shikharji, and it is one of the two most prominent Jain pilgrimage centers, the other being Shetrunjaya, in Gujarat. According to Jain belief, twenty of the twenty-four Tirthankaras (teachers of the Jains) attained Moksha (Nirvana) from Shikharji. History The Grand Chord was opened in 1906. Electrification The Gomoh–Koderma sector was electrified in 1961–62. Shikharji It is a holy place to visit with innumerable temples, shrines and meditation halls in the midst of natural scenery and wildlife. There are two recognized routes to Parasnath Hill. The summit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
