Palojori, Deoghar Explained

Palojori
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates:24.2443°N 87.0246°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jharkhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Deoghar
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:2727
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages .*For language details see Palojori#Language and religion
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi, Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:814146
Area Code Type:Telephone/ STD code
Area Code:06431
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Dumka
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Sarath

Palojori is a village in Palojori CD block in the Madhupur subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Palojori is located at 24.2443°N 87.0246°W.

Overview

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.[1]

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.

Area

Palojori has an area of .[2]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Palojori had a total population of 2,727, of which 1,396 (51%) were males and 1,331 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 402. The total number of literate persons in Palojori was 2,325 (74.24% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Palojori.[3]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Palojori CD block is at Palojori village.[4]

Education

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Palajori, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[5]

Project Girls High School Palajori is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1984. It has facilities for teaching for teaching in class IX and class X.[6]

Sunrays High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established at Palajori in 2006. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas. P.C.. Roychoudhury . Chapter I: General . Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965 . 10 November 2020.
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B. Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census . Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 3 November 2020.
  3. Web site: District Police Profile - Deoghar. Jharkhand Police. 3 November 2020.
  4. Web site: District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B. Map of Deoghar on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 1 November 2020.
  5. Web site: KGBV Palojori. Schools.org . 3 November 2020.
  6. Web site: Project Girls High School Palajori . Schools.org . 3 November 2020.
  7. Web site: Suunrays High School . Schools.org . 3 November 2020.