Peshrar
Village of Lohardaga district with police station and headquarters of CD block
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Peshrar is a village in the Peshrar CD block in the Lohardaga Sadar subdivision of the Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Peshrar | |
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Village | |
  Peshrar Location in Jharkhand, India  Peshrar Peshrar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23.5704°N 84.5557°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Lohardaga |
| Government | |
| • Type | Federal democracy |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,308 |
| Languages * | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 835302 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06526 |
| Vehicle registration | JH 08 |
| Literacy | 49.07% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Lohardaga |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Loharadaga |
| Website | lohardaga |
Geography
M: municipality, R: rural/ urban centre, B: Bauxite mining centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
Location
Peshrar is located at 23.5704°N 84.5557°E
Area overview
The map alongside shows an undulating plateau area with the hilly tract in the west and north-west. Three Bauxite mining centres are marked. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with 87.6% of the population living in the rural areas.[1]
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.
Civic administration
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Pesrar had a total population of 1,308, of which 693 (53%) were males and 615 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 289. The total number of literate persons in Pesrar was 500 (49.07% of the population over 6 years).[4]
(*For language details see Peshrar block#Language and religion)