Jarmundi, Dumka

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Jarmundi
Village
Jarmundi is located in Jharkhand
Jarmundi
Jarmundi
Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°23′55″N 87°02′47″E / 24.398564°N 87.046389°E / 24.398564; 87.046389Coordinates: 24°23′55″N 87°02′47″E / 24.398564°N 87.046389°E / 24.398564; 87.046389
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDumka
Languages (*For language details see Jarmundi#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
814141
Telephone/ STD code06431
Lok Sabha constituencyGodda
Vidhan Sabha constituencyJarmundi
Websitedumka.nic.in

Jarmundi is a village in the Jarmundi CD block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography[]

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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[]

Jarmundi is located at

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24°23′55″N 87°02′47″E / 24.3987°N 87.046389°E / 24.3987; 87.046389.

In the map of Jarmundi CD block in the District Census Handbook, Dumka, Jarmundi is shown as being part of Basukinath Nagar Palika.[1]

Overview[]

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.[2]

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.

Civic administration[]

Police station[]

There is a police station at Jarmundi.[3]

CD block HQ[]

Headquarters of Jarmundi CD block is at Jarmundi village.[4]

Transport[]

Basukinath railway station is on the Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line.[5]

Education[]

Baba Basukinath Parwati Inter College, at Basukinath, is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2000. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII.[6]

St. Joseph's School Jarmundi is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII.[7]

Model School Jarmundi is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2011. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[8]

Culture[]

Hindus in large numbers gather at Basukuinath temple to worship Lord Shiva.[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 73, Map of Jarmundi CD block. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. ^ Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ "District Police Profile - Dumka". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ^ "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Dumka on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Rampurhat-Jasidih Passenger". Time Table. IndiaRailInfo. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Baba Basukinath Parwati Inter College, Jarmundi". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  7. ^ "St. Joseph's School Jarmundi". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Model School Jarmundi". Schools.org.in. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  9. ^ "Tourist places of Dumka". Baba Basukinath Dham. District administration. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Baba Basukinath Dham". Basukinath Dham. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
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