Ranishwar, Dumka
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Ranishwar is a village in the
Etymology
The village has an old temple dedicated to
Geography
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Dumka
Location
Ranishwar is located at 24°02′17″N 87°25′00″E / 24.0381°N 87.4167°E.
In the map of Ranishwar CD block in the District Census Handbook, Dumka, Ranishwar is shown as being part of Amrapara mouza (MDDS PLCN - 371187).[1]
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.[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.
Area
Amrapara has an area of 19.90 hectares (49.2 acres).[3]
Demographics
According to the
Civic administration
Police station
There is a police station at Ranishwar.[4]
CD block HQ
Headquarters of Ranishwar CD block is at Ranishwar village.[5]
Transport
Ranishwar is connected with road to the neighboring city. Since July 2011 Dumka is connected with newly built Jasidih - Dumka railway line. Since then Ranishwar got a new connectivity to the Howrah-New Delhi line, via Dumka-Jasidih. Although there is an ongoing work on new railway line, which will connect Dumka to Bhagalpur (Bihar) and Rampurhat (west Bangal) in coming years.
But Buses are the preferred mode of transport and are run by both government agencies and private operators. Dumka has good connectivity to it neighboring district with buses. There is luxury night bus service between Dumka - Ranchi and Kolkata. The following are Railway stations close to Ranishwar
- Siuri Railway Station located at a distance of 21 kilometres (13 mi)
- Chinpal Railway Station located at a distance of 26 kilometres (16 mi)
- Gadadharpur Railway Station located at a distance of 28 kilometres (17 mi)
- Sainthia Railway Station located at a distance of 29 kilometres (18 mi)
- Dumka Railway Stationlocated at a distance of 40 kilometres (25 mi)
Education
Mayurakshi Gramin College, affiliated with Sido Kanhu Murmu University, was established at Ranishwar.[6]
Ranishwar has some[
- Ranigram Middle School established in the year 1901, is one of the oldest school in Dumka district. the headmistress of this school Mrs Bharati Chatterjee.
- Raghunathpur Govt. High School
- UPG Middle School Rangalia
- Govt. Middle School Kumirdaha follows NCERT syllabus
- Sadipur Govt. Middle School
- Govt. Middle School Dhanbasa follows NCERT syllabus
- Sido Kanhu High school Affiliated to CBSE board, New Delhi
- '"M G College"' Mayurakshi Gramin College, Ranishwar
- '"Girls School Ranishwar"
References
- ^ "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 112, Map of Ranishawr CD block. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ Roychoudhury, P.C. (2 April 1965). "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ a b "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 260: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "District Police Profile - Dumka". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "District Census Handbook, Dumka, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Dumka on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Our Affiliated Colleges". Sido Kanhu Murmu University. Retrieved 26 October 2020.