Karmatanr is a census town in Karmatanr CD block in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Karmatanr | |
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  Karmatanr Location in Jharkhand, India  Karmatanr Karmatanr (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°05′38″N 86°42′15″E / 24.093889°N 86.704222°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Jamtara |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 5,868 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dumka |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Sarath |
| Website | jamtara |
History edit
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the scholar-social reformer and a key figure in the Bengal Renaissance came to Karmatar in 1873 and spent more than 18 years of his life here.[1] In 1974, the railway station at Karmatar was renamed after him.[2]
Geography edit
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Dam
Dumka
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location edit
Karmatanr is located at 24°05′38″N 86°42′15″E / 24.093889°N 86.704222°E.
Overview edit
The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[3]
Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on.
Demographics edit
As per the 2011 Census of India, Karmatanr had a total population of 5,868 of which 3,014 (51%) were males and 2,854 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 1,031. The total number of literates in Karmatanr was 3,574 (73.89% of the population over 6 years).[4]
References edit
- ^ "Vidyasagar legacy lost in sands of time". The Telegraph, 26 August 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
- ^ Hatcher, Brian A. (7 August 2014). Vidyasagar:The Life and After-life of an Eminent Indian. Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 912 Tolstoy House, 15-17 Tolstoy Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi- 110 001. ISBN 978-0-415-73630-5. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
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