Jarmundi | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
Coordinates: | 24.3986°N 87.0464°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Dumka |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages (*For language details see Jarmundi#Language and religion) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 814141 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone/ STD code |
Area Code: | 06431 |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Lok Sabha constituency |
Blank1 Info Sec1: | Godda |
Blank2 Name Sec1: | Vidhan Sabha constituency |
Blank2 Info Sec1: | Jarmundi |
Jarmundi is a village in the Jarmundi CD block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Jarmundi is located at 24.3987°N 87.0464°W.
In the map of Jarmundi CD block in the District Census Handbook, Dumka, Jarmundi is shown as being part of Basukinath Nagar Palika.[1]
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 entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]
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.
There is a police station at Jarmundi.[3]
Headquarters of Jarmundi CD block is at Jarmundi village.[4]
Basukinath railway station is on the Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line.[5]
Baba Basukinath Parwati Inter College, at Basukinath, is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2000. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII.[6]
St. Joseph's School Jarmundi is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII.[7]
Model School Jarmundi is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2011. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[8]
Hindus in large numbers gather at Basukuinath temple to worship Lord Shiva.[9] [10]