Tin Pahar


Tin Pahar is a census town in the Rajmahal CD block in the Sahibganj subdivision of the Sahibganj district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Tin Pahar is located at.
Tin Pahar 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, Tin Pahar had a total population of 5,336, of which 2,789 were males and 2,547 were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 840. The total number of literate persons in Tin Pahar was 4,496.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Sahibganj, Tin Pahar covered an area of 1.00 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 735 domestic electric connections. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 auditorium/ community hall. Two important commodities it produced were stone, cotton. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.

Transport

Tinpahar Junction railway station is situated at Tin Pahar on the Sahibganj loop.

Education

  • Government Urdu Girls High School, an Urdu medium girls only institution established in 1929.
  • Government High School, a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1967.
  • Tin Pahar Inter College is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1985.