Kumarpur
Kumarpur is a census town in Pakur CD block in Pakur subdivision of Pakur district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.Geography
Location
Kumarpur is located at.
Kumarpur has an area of.Overview
The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.
Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Kumarpur had a total population of 7,153, of which 3,519 were males and 3,634 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,742. The total number of literate persons in Kumarpur was 1,581.Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Pakur, Kumarpur covered an area of 4.03 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, covered well. It had 199 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, other educational facilities at Pakur 5 km away. Two important commodities it manufactured were bidi, stone. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society.Economy
Kumarpur is in the heart of the Pakur black stone mining area.Transport
on the Sahibganj loop is located nearby.