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Coordinates: 23°45′N 86°46′E / 23.75°N 86.77°E / 23.75; 86.77
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Egarkund is a community development block of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.(India)

Egarkund
Community development block
Egarkund is located in Jharkhand
Egarkund
Egarkund
Location in Jharkhand, India
Egarkund is located in India
Egarkund
Egarkund
Egarkund (India)
Coordinates: 23°45′N 86°46′E / 23.75°N 86.77°E / 23.75; 86.77
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictDhanbad
Government
 • TypeBlock Samiti
 • BodyEgarkund Block Samiti
Area
 • Total59.25 km2 (22.88 sq mi)
Elevation
199 m (653 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total159,613
 • Density2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
828203
Vehicle registrationJH 10
Websitedhanbad.nic.in

Overview

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Egarkund is a Community development block. It covers an area of 59.25 km² and a total population of 159,613 out of which 82,857 are male and 76,756 are female.[1][failed verification]

Maoist Activities

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Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. As of 2012, Dhanbad was one of the highly/moderately affected districts in the state.As of 2016, Dhanbad was not identified as a focus area by the state police to check Maoist activities. However, there were some isolated Maoist activities in the Dhanbad area.[2]

Panchayat List

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There are 20 Gram Panchayats in Egarkund CD Block.

1.Agarkund North

2.Agarkund South

3.Amkura

4.Brindabanpur

5.Chanch

6.Dumarkunda North

7.Dumarkunda South

8.Gopalpur

9.Gopinathpur

10.Jograth

11.Kalimati

12.Kalipahadi North

13.Kalipahadi South

14.Mehra

15.Panchmohali

16.Siwalbari East

17.Siwalbari Middle

18.SiwalBari North

19.Siwalbari South

20.Kalipahadi East[3]

See Also

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Baliapur

Dudhiya

References

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  1. ^ "Egarkund | CD Block | GeoIQ". geoiq.io. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  2. ^ "Anti-Maoist ops stepped up in Dhanbad". The Times of India. 2016-11-12. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  3. ^ "Gram Panchayats (ग्राम पंचायत) of panchayat samiti (पंचायत समिति) Egarkund". localbodydata.com. Retrieved 2024-06-06.