# Mayurhand > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mayurhand > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mayurhand.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayurhand > Source revision: 1159480499 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Village in Jharkhand, India Mayurhand Majurhand Village Mayurhand Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Mayurhand Mayurhand (India) Show map of India Coordinates: 24°17′35″N 85°14′33″E / 24.293056°N 85.2425°E / 24.293056; 85.2425 Country India State Jharkhand District Chatra Population (2011) • Total 3,404 Languages (*For language details see Mayurhand block#Language and religion) • Official Hindi, Urdu Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST) PIN 825408 Telephone/ STD code 06547 Vehicle registration JH 13 Lok Sabha constituency Chatra Vidhan Sabha constituency Chatra Website chatra.nic.in **Mayurhand** (also written as Majurhand) is a village and [gram panchayat](/source/Gram_panchayat) in the [Mayurhand](/source/Mayurhand_block) [CD block](/source/Community_development_blocks_in_India) in the [Chatra subdivision](/source/Chatra_subdivision) of the [Chatra district](/source/Chatra_district) in the [Indian](/source/India) [state](/source/States_and_territories_of_India) of [Jharkhand](/source/Jharkhand). ## Geography 16km 9.9miles B I H A R **Y** Amanat River **X** Mohana River **W** Lilajan River **V** Damodar River **0** CCL Amrapali & Chandragupta Area **0** CCL Magadh Sanghamitra Area **0** CCL Piparwar Area **P** North Karanpura TPS **T** Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary **H** Kauleshwari Temple **CT** Bachra **M** Chatra **R** Tandwa **R** Simaria **R** Rajpur **R** Pratappur **R** Piparwar **R** Pathalgada **R** Mayurhand **R** Lawalong **R** Kunda **R** Itkhori **R** Hunterganj **R** Gidhour **R** Chiridiri **Cities, towns and locations in Chatra district in North Chotanagpur Division** M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre, P: power plant, T: tourist centre Abbreviation used - TPS: thermal power station Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly ### Location Mayurhand is located at [24°17′35″N 85°14′33″E / 24.293056°N 85.2425°E / 24.293056; 85.2425](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mayurhand¶ms=24.293056_N_85.2425_E_). ### Area overview The map alongside shows that the forests (mark the light shading), covering around 60% of Chatra district, are evenly spread across the district. It is a [plateau](/source/Plateau) area with an elevation of about 450 metres (1,476 ft) above mean sea level.[1] Efforts are on to get the first unit of the [NTPC Limited](/source/NTPC_Limited)’s [North Karanpura Thermal Power Station](/source/North_Karanpura_Thermal_Power_Station) (3x660 MW), ready in 2021.[2][North Karanpura Coalfield](/source/North_Karanpura_Coalfield) of [Central Coalfields Limited](/source/Central_Coalfields_Limited), spread over 1,230 square kilometres (470 sq mi) in the southern part of the district, with spill over to neighbouring districts, and having coal reserves of 14 billion tonnes is among the biggest in India. The map provides links to three CCL operational areas.[3] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. ## Demographics According to the [2011 Census of India](/source/2011_Census_of_India), Majurhand (location code 349125) had a total population of 3,404, of which 1,702 (50%) were males and 1,702 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 580. The total number of literate persons in Majurhand was 1,876 (66.43% of the population over 6 years).[4] ## Civic administration ### CD block HQ Headquarters of Mayurhand CD block is at Mayurhand village.[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-blocks_1-0)** ["Chatra - the official website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160627231221/http://chatra.nic.in/blocks.html). *Blocks, Circles & Panchayats – List of villages under Panchayats*. Chatra district authority. Archived from [the original](http://chatra.nic.in/blocks.html) on 27 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Pandemic delays NTPC's Karanpura mega project in Chatra"](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/pandemic-delays-ntpcs-mega-project-in-chatra/articleshow/78004765.cms). The Times of India, 9 September 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The North Karanpura Coalfields"](http://sinclairenvironmental.com/karanpura/coalfields.htm). *Jharkhand*. sinclair-environmental. Retrieved 15 January 2021.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_deprecated_archival_service)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-census2011_4-0)** ["District Census Handbook, Chatra, Series 21, Part XII B"](https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2002_PART_B_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf) (PDF). *Page 186: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census*. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 12 January 2021. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Administrative Boundary Map, Chatra District, Jharkhand"](https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5/uploads/2017/06/2018030936.jpg). Chatra district administration. Retrieved 12 January 2021. v t e Cities, towns and locations in Chatra district, North Chotanagpur division Cities, towns and locations in Palamu division Cities, towns and locations in Magadh division Cities, towns and locations in Hazaribagh district Cities, towns and locations in Ramgarh district Cities, towns and locations in South Chotanagpur division Cities, municipal and census towns Bachra Chatra Divisions of Jharkhand Locations other than cities and towns Chiridiri Gidhour Hunterganj Itkhori Kunda Lawalong Mayurhand Pathalgada Piparwar Pratappur Rajpur Simaria Tandwa Related topics North Chotanagpur Division topics Cities, towns, locations and neighbourhods in Dhanbad district Cities, towns and locations in Bokaro district Cities, towns and locations in Giridih district Cities, towns and locations in Koderma district Cities, towns and locations in Hazaribagh district Cities, towns and locations in Ramgarh district This article related to a location in Jharkhand is a stub. 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