Jarmundi | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 24°23′55″N 87°02′47″E / 24.398564°N 87.046389°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Dumka |
Languages (*For language details see Jarmundi#Language and religion) | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 814141 |
Telephone/ STD code | 06431 |
Lok Sabha constituency | Godda |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Jarmundi |
Website | dumka |
Jarmundi is a village in the Jarmundi CD block in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of Dumka district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Jarmundi is located at 24°23′55″N 87°02′47″E / 24.3987°N 87.046389°E.
In the map of Jarmundi CD block in the District Census Handbook, Dumka, Jarmundi is shown as being part of Basukinath Nagar Palika.[1]
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.
There is a police station at Jarmundi.[3]
Headquarters of Jarmundi CD block is at Jarmundi village.[4]
Basukinath railway station is on the Jasidih-Dumka-Rampurhat line.[5]
Baba Basukinath Parwati Inter College, at Basukinath, is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2000. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII.[6]
St. Joseph's School Jarmundi is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII.[7]
Model School Jarmundi is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2011. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII.[8]
Hindus in large numbers gather at Basukuinath temple to worship Lord Shiva.[9][10]