Haludpukur


Haludpukur is a census town in the Potka CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the East Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Haldipokhar is located at.

Area overview

The area shown in the map "forms a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau and is a hilly upland tract". The main rivers draining the district are the Subarnarekha and the Kharkai. The area lying between Jamshedpur and Ghatshila is the main industrial mining zone. The rest of the district is primarily agricultural. In the district, as of 2011, 56.9% of the population lives in the rural areas and a high 43.1% lives in the urban areas.
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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Haludpukhur had a total population of 10,485, of which 5,317 were males and 5,168 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,517. The total number of literate persons in Haludpukhur was 7,082.

Language

Religion

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Purbi Singhbhum, Haludpukhur covered an area of. It has an annual rainfall of. Among the civic amenities, it had of roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 1,741 domestic electric connections, 4 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 35 dispensaries, 35 health centres, 10 family welfare centres, 10 maternity and child welfare centres, 7 maternity homes, 2 nursing homes, 12 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes, 1 veterinary hospital, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 4 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Karandih, away. It had 1 non-formal education centre. Among social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 stadium, 1 auditorium/ community hall. It produced bamboo baskets and leaf plates. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.

Transport

is on the Tatanagar-Badampahar branch line.

Education

Government Vidyaniketan Haldipokhar is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1960. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. The school has a playground and a library with 3,500 books, and has 2 computers for teaching and learning purposes.
Giri Bharati High School Haldipokhar is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X. The school has a playground, a library with 2,640 books and 1 computer for teaching and learning purposes.