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Maheshpur block
Maheshpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.
The area was earlier part of Maheshpur Raj.
Maheshpur, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at 24°28′33″N 87°45′42″E / 24.47583°N 87.76167°E.
It is located 28 km from Pakur, the district headquarters.
A predominantly hilly area, Pakur district has pockets of plain land. A long but narrow stretch between the Farakka Feeder Canal, located outside the district, and the Sahibganj loop line is very fertile. The Littipara and Amrapara CD blocks are largely covered by the Rajmahal hills. The rest of the district is rolling uplands. The district, once famous for its forests, have lost all of it, except a few hill tops in the Damin-i-koh area.
Maheshpur CD block is bounded by Hiranpur and Pakur CD blocks on the north, Murarai I and Nalhati I CD blocks in Birbhum district of West Bengal on the east, Pakuria CD block on the south, and Gopikandar CD block in Dumka district and Amrapara CD block on the west.
Maheshpur CD block has an area of 450.99 km2.Maheshpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Maheshpur town.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Maheshpur CD block had a total population of 208,862, all of which were rural . There were 104,984 (50%) males and 103,878 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 37,798. Scheduled Castes numbered 6,074 (2.91%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 102,467 (49.06%).
Maheshpur block
Maheshpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.
The area was earlier part of Maheshpur Raj.
Maheshpur, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at 24°28′33″N 87°45′42″E / 24.47583°N 87.76167°E.
It is located 28 km from Pakur, the district headquarters.
A predominantly hilly area, Pakur district has pockets of plain land. A long but narrow stretch between the Farakka Feeder Canal, located outside the district, and the Sahibganj loop line is very fertile. The Littipara and Amrapara CD blocks are largely covered by the Rajmahal hills. The rest of the district is rolling uplands. The district, once famous for its forests, have lost all of it, except a few hill tops in the Damin-i-koh area.
Maheshpur CD block is bounded by Hiranpur and Pakur CD blocks on the north, Murarai I and Nalhati I CD blocks in Birbhum district of West Bengal on the east, Pakuria CD block on the south, and Gopikandar CD block in Dumka district and Amrapara CD block on the west.
Maheshpur CD block has an area of 450.99 km2.Maheshpur police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Maheshpur town.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Maheshpur CD block had a total population of 208,862, all of which were rural . There were 104,984 (50%) males and 103,878 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 37,798. Scheduled Castes numbered 6,074 (2.91%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 102,467 (49.06%).