Karmatanr
Census Town
Karmatanr is located in Jharkhand
Karmatanr
Karmatanr
Location in Jharkhand, India
Karmatanr is located in India
Karmatanr
Karmatanr
Karmatanr (India)
Coordinates: 24°05′38″N 86°42′15″E / 24.093889°N 86.704222°E / 24.093889; 86.704222
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictJamtara
Population
 (2011)
 • Total5,868
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituencyDumka
Vidhan Sabha constituencySarath
Websitejamtara.nic.in

Karmatanr is a census town in Karmatanr CD block in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History

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 Vidyasagar.[2]

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
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

Karmatanr is located at 24°05′38″N 86°42′15″E / 24.093889°N 86.704222°E / 24.093889; 86.704222.

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.[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

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

  1. ↑ "Vidyasagar legacy lost in sands of time". The Telegraph, 26 August 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2015.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "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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