Shikaripara is a village in the

Shikaripara Shikaripara is a community development block in India that forms an administrative division in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district, Jharkhand state, India. Geography Shikaripara, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at ...

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. ...

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 (20 ...

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

Shikaripara is located at .

Area

Shikaripara has an area of .

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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Shikaripara had a total population of 2,646, of which 1,347 (51%) were males and 1,299 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 321. The total number of literate persons in Shikaripara was 2,325 (82.28% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Shikaripara.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of

CD block is at Shikaripara village.

Transport

Ambajora Shikaripara railway station is on the Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line.

Education

Government High School Shikaripara is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1962. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. Shikaripara Inter College is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1982. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII. Model School Shikaripara is an English-medium coeducational institution. It has facilities for teaching from class VIII to class XII. St. Rita Girls High School Shikaripara is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1980. It has facilities for teaching from class VII to class X. Urmila Ideal Public School is a Hindi-medium coeducational school established in 1989. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X.

References

{{Santhal Parganas Division Villages in Dumka district