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Rajmahal (community development block)

Rajmahal
Community development block
Rajmahal is located in Jharkhand
Rajmahal
Rajmahal
Rajmahal is located in India
Rajmahal
Rajmahal
Location in Jharkhand
Coordinates: 25°1′33″N 87°50′52″E / 25.02583°N 87.84778°E / 25.02583; 87.84778Coordinates: 25°1′33″N 87°50′52″E / 25.02583°N 87.84778°E / 25.02583; 87.84778
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Government
 • Type Community development block
Elevation 30 m (100 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 145,899
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Santali
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates 59,486 (51.28%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 816108 (Rajmahal)
816116 (Tin Pahar)
Telephone/STD code 06426
Vehicle registration JH 18
Lok Sabha constituency Rajmahal
Vidhan Sabha constituency Rajmahal
Website sahibganj.nic.in
CD Block

Rajmahal is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Rajmahal subdivision of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 32 km from Sahibganj, the district headquarters.

Rajmahal, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at 25°1′33″N 87°50′52″E / 25.02583°N 87.84778°E / 25.02583; 87.84778.

The district can be divided into two regions, one of which is the plains, consisting of uplands, undulation along ridges and depressions covers the Sahibganj, Rajmahal, Udhwa and Barharwa CD Blocks. Three rivers flowing through this region – the Ganges, Gumani and Bansloi - make the plains rich and cultivable. The inhabitants of this region are mostly non-tribals of various castes and Paharias and Santals.

Rajmahal CD Block has 147 gram panchayats, 98 inhabited (chiragi) and 49 uninhabited (bechiragi) villages.

As per 2011 Census of India Rajmahal CD Block had a total population of 145,899, of which 140,563 were rural and 5,336. There were 75,153 (52 %) males and 70,746 (48 %) females. Population below 6 years was 29,897. Scheduled Castes numbered 6,234 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 8,799.

In 2011 census Tin Pahar was a census town in Rajmahal CD Block with a population of 5,336.


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