Pakur block

Pakur is a community development block that forms an administrative division of Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.GeographyPakur, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at.Pakur CD Block covers an area of 221.71 km2 and has 36 panchayats, 155 inhabited (chiragi) villages and 34 uninhabited (bechiragi) villages.DemographicsAs per 2011 Census of India, Pakaur CD Block had a total population of 282,075, of which 260,403 were rural and 21,672 were urban. There were 141,564 (50%) males and 140,511 (50%) females. Population below 6 years was 62,846. Scheduled Castes numbered 7,733 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 41,180.Pakur CD Block is only one in the district which has recorded some degree of urbanization. Pakur town is the only one in the district to have a Nagar Palika. There are three census towns in Pakaur CD Block (2011 population in brackets): Kumarpur (7,153), Sagarmpur (6,184) and Raghunandanpur (8,335)census, Muslims constituted 67.04% of the population in Pakur CD Block, the highest amongst all blocks of the district. Hindus constituted 22.32% of the population. In the district as a whole Hindus constituted 44.45%, Muslims 32.74% and Christians 6.01% of the population. The percentage of scheduled tribes in the population of Pakur CD block was 15.48%, the lowest amongst all blocks of the district. In the district as a whole scheduled tribes constituted 44.59% of the population. Around 85% of the tribal population was composed of Santhals. There are two primitive groups in the district – Mal Paharias and Sauria Paharias.