Pathargama is a village in the Pathargama CD block in the Godda subdivision of the

Godda district Godda district (Hindi: गोड्डा जिला, Santali: ᱜᱚᱰᱰᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ) is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India It lies in the northeastern part of the state. The geographical area that n ...

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

Pathargama is located at . Pathargama has an area of .

Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the

Rajmahal hills The Rajmahal Hills are located in the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand, India. They were located on the northern margin of the Gondwana supercontinent, and its hills are today inhabited by the Sauria Paharia people whilst its valleys are dom ...

running from the bank of the

Ganges The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

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 Farakka Barrage is a barrage across the Ganga river located in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly from the border with Bangladesh near Shibganj. Farakka Barrage Township is located in Farakka (community develop ...

is, just inside West Bengal.

Rajmahal coalfield The Rajmahal Coalfield is a large coal field located in the east of India in Jharkhand. Geography Location Rajmahal coalfield is centred around . Area of Operations Five relatively small coal basins – Hura, Chuperbhita, Pachwara, Mahuagarhi ...

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.

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 ...

, Pathargama had a total population of 3,490, of which 1,818 (52%) were males and 1,672 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 576. The total number of literate persons in Pathargama was 2,249 (77.18% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Pathargama police station serves the Pathargama block.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Pathargama CD block is at Pathargma village.

Education

SBSSPSJ College was established at Pathargama in 1980. It is affiliated with

Sido Kanhu Murmu University Sido Kanhu Murmu University (SKMU), formerly Siddhu Kanhu University, is a public university situated in the Santhal Parganas region of Jharkhand state in eastern India. It has its headquarters at Dumka, the second capital of Jharkhand. The univ ...

. It offers both honours and general courses in arts, science and commerce. and has coeducational facilities for classes XI and XII. NG High School Pathargama is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1947. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. Mahila College Pathargama is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1989. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII. Government Girls High School Pathargama is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1979. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X.

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is a residential girls’ secondary school run by the Government of India for the weaker sections in India. History The plan was introduced by the Government of India in August 2004. It was then integr ...

Pathargama is a Hindi-medium girls only school established in 2006. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.

References

{{Santhal Parganas Division Villages in Godda district