Ranishwar is a village in the
Ranishwar CD block
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in the
Dumka Sadar subdivision of the
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 (2011 ...
in the
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Jharkhand
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Etymology
The village has an old temple dedicated to
Hindu God
Shiva
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also known as "Ranishwar Nath" from which the village derives its name.
Geography
Location
Ranishwar is located at .
In the map of Ranishwar CD block in the ''District Census Handbook, Dumka'', Ranishwar is shown as being part of Amrapara mouza (MDDS PLCN - 371187).
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.
Area
Amrapara has an area of .
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Amrapara had a total population of 91, of which 45 (49%) were males and 46 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 16. The total number of literate persons in Amrapara was 75 (61.33% of the population over 6 years).
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Civic administration
Police station
There is a police station at Ranishwar.
CD block HQ
Headquarters of Ranishwar CD block is at Ranishwar village.
Transport
Ranishwar is connected with road to the neighboring city. Since July 2011 Dumka is connected with newly built Jasidih - Dumka railway line. Since then Ranishwar got a new connectivity to the Howrah-New Delhi line, via Dumka-Jasidih. Although there is an ongoing work on new railway line, which will connect Dumka to Bhagalpur (Bihar) and Rampurhat (west Bangal) in coming years.
But Buses are the preferred mode of transport and are run by both government agencies and private operators. Dumka has good connectivity to it neighboring district with buses. There is luxury night bus service between Dumka - Ranchi
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and Kolkata
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.
The following are Railway stations close to Ranishwar
#Siuri Railway Station located at a distance of
#Chinpal Railway Station located at a distance of
#Gadadharpur Railway Station located at a distance of
#Sainthia Railway Station located at a distance of
# Dumka Railway Station located at a distance of
Education
Mayurakshi Gramin College, 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 ...
, was established at Ranishwar.
References
{{Santhal Parganas Division
Villages in Dumka district