Rasikpur
Rasikpur | |
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  Rasikpur Location in Jharkhand, India  Rasikpur Rasikpur (India) | |
| Coordinates:24°17′18″N87°15′19″E/ 24.288367°N 87.255278°E | |
| Country |  India24.288367,87.255278 |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Dumka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.62 km2(0.63 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 8,320 |
| • Density | 5,100/km2(13,000/sq mi) |
| Languages (*For language details seeDumka (community development block)#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi,Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30(IST) |
| PIN | 814101 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06434 |
| Lok Sabhaconstituency | Dumka |
| Vidhan Sabhaconstituency | Dumka |
| Website | dumka |
Rasikpuris acensus towninDumkaCD blockin Dumka subdivision ofDumka districtin theIndianstateofJharkhand.
Geography
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M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
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Location
[edit]Rasikpur is located at24°17′18″N87°15′19″E/ 24.288367°N 87.255278°E.
Overview
[edit]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.[1]
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
[edit]Rasikpur has an area of 1.62 km2.[2]
Demographics
[edit]According to the2011 Census of India,Rasikpur had a total population of 8,320, of which 4,257 (51%) were males and 4,063 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,246. The total number of literate persons in Rasikpur was 7,074 (77.61% of the population over 6 years).[2]
Infrastructure
[edit]According to theDistrict Census Handbook 2011, Dumka,Rasikpur covered an area of 1.62 km2.Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 1,185 domestic electric connections, 10 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities it had x working women’s hostels. An important item it produced was furniture. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank.[3]
Transport
[edit]Dumka railway station,on theJasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line,is located nearby.[4]
Education
[edit]Government Middle School Rasikpur is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution stablished in 1925. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII.[5]
St. Xavier’s is an English-medium school in Rasikpur.
References
[edit]- ^Roychoudhury, P.C."Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas".Chapter I: General.Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965.Retrieved10 November2020.
- ^ab"District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B"(PDF).Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census.Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand.Retrieved8 November2020.
- ^"District Census Handbook Dumka, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF).705-709.Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand.Retrieved8 November2020.
- ^"Rampurhat-Jasidih Passenger".Time Table.IndiaRailInfo.Retrieved8 November2020.
- ^"Govt. RA. M.S. Rasikpur".Schools.org.Retrieved8 November2020.
