Ranishwar


Ranishwar is a block in Dumka district of Jharkhand, India. The village has an old temple dedicated to hindu God Shiva also known as "Ranishwar Nath" from which the village derives its name. Dumka-Suri main road connects Jharkhand and West Bengal. A place named 'Border' is located at the extremity of the block.

Geography

Ranishwar is located at 24° 1' 60N 87° 25' 0E. It has an average elevation of. Ranishwar is 43 km from its District Main City Dumka. It is 228 km far from its State Main City Ranchi. Nearby villages are Pathra, Kumirdaha, Sadipur, Patjor, Rangalia. Saltola, Sukhjora, Taldangal, Banskuli, Bilkandi, Dakshinjol are the villages along with this village in the same Ranishwar Tehsil.
Ranishwar has predominantly undulating terrain with hard rocks in the underground. The entire block has a topography with high ridges and valleys bounded by mountains and rivers. The fertility of soil is poor due to extensive erosion, acidic character and low retaining capacity. On the south of Ranishwar lies the famous Mayurakshi river, on the west lies the hills of Massanjore.

Climate

Ranishwar has a warm-temperate climate, with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters.

Demography and culture

The population in the block is predominantly Bengali speaking due to its close proximity with West Bengal. The block is considered the centre of the Bengali language movement in Jharkhand.
There is a good number of Muslim population also.
India census, Ranishwar had a population of 89336. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ranishwar has an average literacy rate of 47.54, lower than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy is 59.54% and, female literacy is 35.12%. In Dumka, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.
See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Economy

Most of the villagers belong to the lower and middle-class background. They depend on farming on their own land and others land. Only a few of the residents work in the service sector. Popular business of the region is shop owner. Ranishwar block is filled with shops of various kinds such as clothes, hardware, cement, sweets etc. Ranishwar has some Nationalized Banks a list of which is mentioned below

S.No.BankLocationIFSC CodeMICR CodeATM
1Central Bank of IndiaRanishwar cbin0282438non-micr
2State Bank of IndiaRanishwarsbin0003433814002502Near State Bank
3State Bank of IndiaAsanbanisbin0012545816002999
4State Bank of IndiaKumirdahasbin0009802814002518

Transport

Ranishwar is connected with road to the neighboring city. Since July 2011 Dumka is connected with newly built Jasidih - Dumka railway line. Since then Ranishwar got a new connectivity to the Howrah-New Delhi line, via Dumka-Jasidih. Although there is an ongoing work on new railway line, which will connect Dumka to Bhagalpur and Rampurhat in coming years.
But Buses are the preferred mode of transport and are run by both government agencies and private operators. Dumka has good connectivity to it neighboring district with buses. There is luxury night bus service between Dumka - Ranchi and Kolkata.
The following are Railway stations close to Ranishwar
  1. Siuri Railway Station located at a distance of
  2. Chinpal Railway Station located at a distance of
  3. Gadadharpur Railway Station located at a distance of
  4. Sainthia Railway Station located at a distance of
  5. Dumka Railway Station located at a distance of

    Education

Mayurakshi Gramin College located at Ranishwar provides higher education to the students. Ranishwar has some CBSE schools, and government schools following NCERT syllabus. A list of schools in and around Ranishwar are:
  1. Ranigram Middle School established in the year 1901, is one of the oldest school in Dumka district. the headmistress of this school Mrs Bharati Chatterjee.
  2. Raghunathpur Govt. High School
  3. UPG Middle School Rangalia
  4. Govt. Middle School Kumirdaha follows NCERT syllabus
  5. Sadipur Govt. Middle School
  6. Govt. Middle School Dhanbasa follows NCERT syllabus
  7. Sido Kanhu High school Affiliated to CBSE board, New Delhi
  8. '"M G College"' Mayurakshi Gramin College, Ranishwar
  9. '"Girls School Ranishwar

    Tourist places

;Masanjore Dam
Masanjore is a picnic spot situated in Dumka District of Jharkhand. This small village is about 31 km south of Dumka. The Masanjore dam on the Mayurakshi River is a major draw. From the counterpart rupee fund created through supplies of wheat and other materials from Canada for use in India, Canada Govt. devoted those funds to further development of the Mayurakshi project And Masanjore dam was commissioned in 1955. The Dam is therefore still sometimes known as the 'Canada Dam'.
The dam is bounded by hills and forests. Mayurakshi Bhawan Bungalow and Inspection Bungalow offer accommodation in the village. By road, Masanjore is connected with Vakreshwara, Sainthia, Tarapith, Rampurhat and Deoghar. Masanjor dam or the Pearson dam on river Mayurakshi is in the foot hills of range of forest clad parallel hill ranges. This place is a hydro electric power generating center but has become a tourist popular center.