Pakur

Pakur (previously known as Pakaur) is a town with a nagar palika in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.

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Place details

Locality: Pakur
Region: Jharkhand
Country: India
Population: 45,840
Timezone: Asia/Kolkata

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Pakur
Settlement.other_name: Pakur
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Pakur town in Jharkhand 01.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Pakur town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Jharkhand#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Jharkhand, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jharkhand
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Pakur
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 11.08
Settlement.population_total: 45,840
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages(*For language details see Pakur block#Language and religion)

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Area: 8.48
Dialing code: 6435

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postal code: 816107
Commons category: Pakur

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Pakur (previously known as Pakaur) is a town with a nagar palika in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India.

==History== left|thumb|Martello tower at Pakur, built to fend off the Santhal rebellion Pakur was earlier a Sub-Division of Santhal Parganas district of Bihar. It was upgraded to the status of district on 28 January 1994. Upon reorganization of Bihar state, India, in 2000 into two separate states, namely, Bihar and Jharkhand, Pakur district came under the administrative control of the Jharkhand state.