Pakur
Sign in to savePakur (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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Pakur district
- Area
- +8.48
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Pakur district
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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.