Pakur district
district of Jharkhand, India
Pakur district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Pakur is the administrative headquarters of this district. Pakur sub-division of Sahibganj district was carved out on 28 January 1994 to constitute Pakur District. The district, with a population of 900,422 (census 2011), and covering an area of 686.21 km2, Pakur District is in the northeastern corner of Jharkhand State.
Geography
The district is bounded on the north by Sahibganj district, on the south by Dumka district, on the west by Godda district, and on the east by Birbhum and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal. The west of the district contains the Rajmahal Hills, while the east of the district is mostly flat plain.
Economy
It is famous for its Black stone. It is generating the highest revenue for Howrah railway Division by supplying Black Stone Chips across India and Coal to Punjab.
In the past, Pakur was a land populated by Santhals and Mal Paharia people. However, over a period of time, demographic composition has gradually changed to the modern era, and the local folks have come to the mainstream of the Indian society.
In 2006 the Ministry of Panchayati Raj named Pakur one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).
“Pakur district” enters the record as district of Jharkhand, India. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Pakur, district and Jharkhand can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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“Pakur district” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Pakur, district and Jharkhand provides the most credible route into that argument.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 29, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2295930. The first chronological checks are 1994, 2011 and 2006.
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