Pathna is a location in the

Pathna Pathna is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in the Rajmahal subdivision of the Sahibganj district, Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India. Geography Pathn ...

CD block in the

Rajmahal subdivision Rajmahal subdivision is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative subdivision of the Sahibganj district in the Santhal Pargana division in the state of Jharkhand, India. History As a result of the Santhal rebellion, Act XXXVII of 1855 w ...

of the

Sahibganj district Sahibganj district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Sahibganj is the administrative headquarters of this district. Divisions Sahibganj district is divided into two subdivions: Sahibganj subdivision and Rajmahal ...

in the

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, 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 ...

Geography

Location

Pathna is located at . Pathna is not identified in 2011 census as a separate place. In the map of Pathna CD block on page 129 of the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj'', Pathna is marked as headquarters of the CD block but the maps in the Jharkhand census handbooks are so unclear that the mouza/ village it is located in cannot be identified. (Anybody can check the map as given in the reference and if the mouza/ village can be identified, it can be recorded here.)

Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the

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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 is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield 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.

Civic administration

CD block HQ

Headquarters of this CD block is at Pathna location.

Education

Model School Pathna is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2012. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. Bohra Sita Annapurna Inter Mahila College Pathna is a girls only institution established in 1981. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII. Project Girls High School Pathna is a Hindi-medium girls only (NOT coeducational as the name clearly suggests) institution established in 2000. It has facilities for teaching from class VIII to class X.

References

{{Santhal Parganas Division Villages in Sahibganj district