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Pakartanr
Village
Pakartanr is located in Jharkhand
Pakartanr
Pakartanr
Location in Jharkhand, India
Pakartanr is located in India
Pakartanr
Pakartanr
Pakartanr (India)
Coordinates: 22°42′45″N 84°25′57″E / 22.71253°N 84.43248°E / 22.71253; 84.43248
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictSimdega
Government
 • TypeFederal democracy
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,098
Languages *
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
835228
Telephone/ STD code06525
Vehicle registrationJH 20
Literacy74.55%
Lok Sabha constituencyKhunti
Vidhan Sabha constituencySimdega
Websitesimdega.nic.in

Pakartanr (also called Pakardanr) is a village in the Pakartanr CD block in the Simdega subdivision of the Simdega district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Pakardanr is located at 22°42′45″N 84°25′57″E / 22.71253°N 84.43248°E / 22.71253; 84.43248

Area overview[edit | edit source]

In the area presented in the map alongside, "the landscape is formed of hills and undulating plateau" in the south-western part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. About 32% of the district is covered with forests (mark the shaded portions in the map.) It is an overwhelmingly rural area with 92.83% of the population living in the rural areas. A major portion of the rural population depends on rain-fed agriculture (average annual rainfall: 1,100-1,200 mm) for a living.[1]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

There is a police station at Pakartanr.[2]

The headquarters of Pakartanr CD block are located at Pakartanr village.[3]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pakardanr had a total population of 3,098, of which 1,576 (51%) were males and 1,522 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 481. The total number of literate persons in Pakardanr was 1,951 (74.55% of the population over 6 years.[4]

(*For language details see Pakartanr block#Language and religion)

Education[edit | edit source]

Government High School Pakardanr Ramlova is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1988. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. The school has a playground and a library with 203 books.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "District Census Handbook, Simdega, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 8: Physical aspects, page 9: Forest, Agriculture, page 33: 2011 Census Findings–Population and its Distribution. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. "District Police Profile - Simdega". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  3. "District Census Handbook, Simdega, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Simdega district on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. "District Census Handbook, Simdega, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 376478, pages 66-67. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  5. "UPG Govt HS Pakardanr Ramlova". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2021.