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1 Geography  


1.1  Location  




1.2  Overview  




1.3  Area  






2 Demographics  




3 Civic administration  


3.1  Police station  






4 Chitra Coalfield  




5 Education  




6 References  













Chitra, Deoghar






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Coordinates: 24°07′14″N 86°52′00″E / 24.120567°N 86.866678°E / 24.120567; 86.866678
  
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For other uses, see Chitra.

Chitra
Village
Chitra is located in Jharkhand
Chitra

Chitra

Location in Jharkhand, India

Chitra is located in India
Chitra

Chitra

Chitra (India)

Coordinates: 24°07′14″N 86°52′00″E / 24.120567°N 86.866678°E / 24.120567; 86.866678
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDeoghar
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2,430
Languages .*For language details see Sarath, Deoghar#Language and religion
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
815351
Telephone/ STD code06438
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka
Vidhan Sabha constituencySarath
Websitedeoghar.nic.in

Chitra is a village in Sarath CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian stateofJharkhand.

Geography[edit]

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B

I

H

A

R

W

E

S

T

B

E

N

G

A

L

Mayurakshi River

Ajay River

Barakar River

Massanjore
Dam

D

Massanjore Dam

Rasikpur

CT

Rasikpur (CT)

Purana
Dumka

CT

Purana Dumka (CT)

Dudhani

CT

Dudhani, Dumka (CT)

Karmatanr

CT

Karmatanr, Jamtara (CT)

Mihijam

M

Mihijam (M)

Jamtara

M

Jamtara (M)

Basukinath

M

Basukinath (M)

Dumka

M

Dumka (M)

Madhupur

M

Madhupur, Deoghar (M)

Jasidih

M

Jasidih (M)

Deoghar

M

Deoghar (M)

Narayanpur

R

Narayanpur, Jamtara (R)

Nala

R

Nala, Jamtara (R)

Kundahit

R

Kundahit (R)

Fatehpur

R

Fatehpur, Jamtara (R)

Bindapathar

R

Bindapathar (R)

Basudih

R

Basudih (R)

Bagdahari

R

Bagdahari (R)

Tongra

RV

Tongra (R)

Taljhari

R

Taljhari, Dumka (R)

Shikaripara

R

Shikaripara, Dumka (R)

Saraiyahat

R

Saraiyahat, Dumka (R)

Ranishwar

R

Ranishwar, Dumka (R)

Ramgarh

R

Ramgarh, Dumka (village) (R)

Masalia

R

Masalia, Dumka (village) (R)

Maluti

R

Maluti (R)

Kathikund

R

Kathikund, Dumka (R)

Jarmundi

R

Jarmundi, Dumka (R)

Jama

R

Jama, Dumka (village) (R)

Hansdiha

R

Hansdiha (R)

Gopikandar

R

Gopikandar, Dumka (R)

Sarwan

R

Sarwan, Deoghar (village) (R)

Sarath

R

Sarath, Deoghar (village) (R)

Palojori

R

Palojori, Deoghar (R)

Mohanpur

R

Mohanpur, Deoghar (village) (R)

Margomunda

R

Margomunda, Deoghar (R)

Karon

R

Karon, Deoghar (village) (R)

Devipur

R

Devipur, Deoghar (village) (R)

Chitra

R

Sonaraithari

R

Sonaraithari, Deoghar (R)

  

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]

Chitra is located at 24°07′14″N 86°52′00″E / 24.120567°N 86.866678°E / 24.120567; 86.866678.

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]

Chitra has an area of 171 hectares (420 acres).[2]

Demographics[edit]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Chitra had a total population of 2,430, of which 1,252 (52%) were males and 1,172 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 330. The total number of literate persons in Chitra was 2,100 (76.86% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Civic administration[edit]

Police station[edit]

There is a police station at Chitra.[3]

Chitra Coalfield[edit]

Chitra Coalfield is operated as a part of SP Mines Area of Eastern Coalfields.[4]

Education[edit]

DAV Public School at Chitra was established in 1995. It secured affiliation of CBSE for class X in 1999 and a senior secondary school (plus two level) in 2003. It has been set up in association with ECL.[5]

Chitra Inter College is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1993. It has facilities for teaching in class XI and class XII.[6]

High School Chitra is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1974. It has facilities for teaching in class IX and class X.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  • ^ a b "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  • ^ "District Police Profile - Deoghar". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  • ^ "Eastern Coalfields Limited – SP Mines Area". ZonalInfo. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  • ^ "DAV Public School S.P. Mines (ECL)". DAV Public School. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  • ^ "Chitra Inter College Chitra". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  • ^ "HS Chitra". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.


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