Kundahit

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Kundahit
Village
Kundahit is located in Jharkhand
Kundahit
Kundahit
Location in Jharkhand, India
Kundahit is located in India
Kundahit
Kundahit
Kundahit (India)
Coordinates: 23°58′35″N 87°09′31″E / 23.976345°N 87.158647°E / 23.976345; 87.158647Coordinates: 23°58′35″N 87°09′31″E / 23.976345°N 87.158647°E / 23.976345; 87.158647
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictJamtara
Population
 (2011)
 • Total4,107
Languages (*For language details see Kundhit block#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
815359
Telephone/ STD code06433
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka
Vidhan Sabha constituencyNala
Websitejamtara.nic.in

Kundahit is a village in Kundhit CD block in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[edit]

Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location[edit]

Kundahit is located at 23°58′35″N 87°09′31″E / 23.976345°N 87.158647°E / 23.976345; 87.158647.

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]

Kundahit has an area of 285.38 hectares (705.2 acres).[2]

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kundahit had a total population of 2,760, of which 1,383 (50%) were males and 1,377 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 322. The total number of literate persons in Kundahit was 2,438 (76.54% of the population over 6 years). [2]

Civic administration[edit]

Police station[edit]

There is a police station at Kundahit.[3]

CD block HQ[edit]

Headquarters of Kundhit CD block is at Kundahit village.[4]

Education[edit]

Bhagwat Jha Azad College, affiliated with Sido Kanhu Murmu University, was established in 1981 at Kundahit.[5]

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Kundahit, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[6]

Raj Singh Bihani High School Kundahit is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1951. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and XII.[7]

Project Girls’ High School is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1984. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X.[8]

References[edit]

  1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. "District Police Profile - Jamtara". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. "District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Jamtara on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. "Our Affiliated Colleges". Sido Kanhu Murmu University. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "KGBV Kundahit". Schools.org. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. "Raj Singhbihani +2 School Kundahit". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. "Proj Girls High School Kundavit". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 9 November 2020.