Chitra, Deoghar
Chitra | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 24°07′14″N 86°52′00″E / 24.120567°N 86.866678°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Deoghar |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,430 |
Languages .*For language details see Sarath, Deoghar#Language and religion | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 815351 |
Telephone/ STD code | 06438 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Dumka |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sarath |
Website | deoghar |
Chitra is a village in Sarath CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
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Dumka
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
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Location
[edit]Chitra is located at 24°07′14″N 86°52′00″E / 24.120567°N 86.866678°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]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]- ^ 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.