Jarmundi is a village in the
Jarmundi CD block in the
Dumka Sadar subdivision
Dumka Sadar subdivision is the only administrative subdivision of the Dumka district in the Santhal Pargana division in the state of Jharkhand, India.
Overview
Dumka Sadar subdivision is a plateau region. It is divided into four micro subregions. ...
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Dumka district
Dumka district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Dumka is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district covers an area of 3716.02 km. This district has a population of 1,321,442 (20 ...
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India
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state
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Jharkhand
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Geography
Location
Jarmundi is located at .
In the map of Jarmundi CD block in the ''District Census Handbook, Dumka'', Jarmundi is shown as being part of
Basukinath Nagar Palika
In India, a municipal council, also known as municipality, nagar palika, nagar parishad, nagar parisad or nagar sabha, is a self-governing Urban Local Body that administers a smaller urban areas than municipal corporations, with population of 1 ...
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Overview
The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. 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 in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.
Civic administration
Police station
There is a police station at Jarmundi.
CD block HQ
Headquarters of
Jarmundi CD block is at Jarmundi village.
Transport
Basukinath railway station is on the
Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line.
Education
Baba Basukinath Parwati Inter College, at Basukinath, is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2000. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII.
St. Joseph's School Jarmundi is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII.
Model School Jarmundi is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2011. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.
Culture
Hindus in large numbers gather at Basukuinath temple to worship
Lord Shiva
Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism.
Shiva is known as ''The Destroyer' ...
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References
{{Santhal Parganas Division
Villages in Dumka district