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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jhinkpani
| nickname = 
| settlement_type = Community development block
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India3
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand
| coordinates = {{coord|22.42|N|85.75|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jharkhand|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[West Singhbhum district|West Singhbhum]]
| government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 124
| population_total = 53792
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 833215
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
| area_code = 06589
| registration_plate = JH 06
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 58.23%
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Singhbhum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Singhbhum]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Chaibasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chaibasa]]
| website = {{URL|Chaibasa.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Jhinkpani block''' is a [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] that forms an administrative division in the Chaibasa Sadar subdivision of [[West Singhbhum district]], in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]].

==Geography==
Jhinkpani CD block is bounded by [[Tonto block|Tonto]] and [[Hat Gamharia block|Hat Gamharia]] CD blocks on the north, [[Manjhari block|Manjhari]] and [[Kumardungi block|Kumardungi]] CD block on the east, [[Majhgaon block|Majhgaon]] CD block on the south, and [[Jagannathpur block|Jagannathpur]] and [[Nuamundi block|Nuamundi]] CD block on the west.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/pashchimi-singhbhum.html | title = Jhinkpani CD block/ Tehsil map | publisher = Maps of India | accessdate = 17 June 2023}}</ref>

Jhinkpani CD block has an area of 124 km<sup>2</sup>. [[Jhinkpani#Police station|Jhinkpani]] police station serves Jhinkpani CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/west-singhbhum| title = District Police Profile - Jhinkpani| publisher = Jharkhand Police| access-date = 17 June 2023| archive-date = 14 October 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221014111100/https://jhpolice.gov.in/west-singhbhum| url-status = dead}}</ref> The headquarters of Jhinkpani CD block is located at [[Jhinkpani]] town.

==Demography==
===Population===
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Jhinkpani CD block had a total population of 53,792, of which 40,724 were rural and 13,068 were urban. There were 26,320 (49%) males and 27,472 (51%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 9,163. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 2,835 (5.3%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 32,168 (59.8%).{{fact|date=November 2023}}

[[Census town]]s in Jhinkpani CD block are (2011 population figure in brackets): [[Jhinkpani]] (13,068).{{fact|date=November 2023}}

===Literacy===
According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Jhinkpani CD block was 27,804 (58.23% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 10,962 (58.35% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 16,842 (38.69% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.66%.{{fact|date=November 2023}}

{{As of|2011}} census, literacy in West Singhbhum district was 58.63%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_jharkhand.html | title= Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011: Jharkhand |work= Provisional Population Totals, Literacy Rate in 2011 column |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India | access-date = 22 November 2021}}</ref> Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter6.pdf |title=Ranking of states and union territories by literacy rate: 2011|work= Page 110| publisher=Government of India| access-date = 22 November 2021}}</ref>

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Community development blocks in West Singhbhum district]]

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Jhinkpani block - Revision history

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