Pakur district
District of Jharkhand in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Pakur.
Pakur district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Pakur is the administrative headquarters of this district. Pakur sub-division of Sahibganj district was carved out on 28 January 1994 to constitute Pakur District. The district, with a population of 900,422 (census 2011), and covering an area of 686.21 km2, is situated on the north-eastern corner of Jharkhand state.
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Pakur district | |
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Country | India |
State | Jharkhand |
Division | Santhal Pargana |
Headquarters | Pakur |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Rajmahal (shared with Sahebganj district) |
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 3 |
Area | |
• Total | 1,805.59 km2 (697.14 sq mi) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 900,422 |
• Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
• Urban | 5.13% |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 48.82 per cent |
• Sex ratio | 989 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | pakur |
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