Pakur

Pakur는 Pakur 지구, 자르 칸드 주, 인도의 지역 본부이다.

Pakur (Hindi: पाकुड़; previously known as Pakaur) is the district headquarters of Pakur District (पाकुड़ जिला), Jharkhand state, India.

It is located in the north east corner of Jharkhand State: at 23°40' to 25°18' latitude and 86°25' to 87°57' E. longitude. Pakur is bordered by Sahibganj district in North, Dumka district in South, Godda district in West and Murshidabad and Birbhum districts (of the West Bengal) in the East. Pakur District has an area of about 696 square kilometres and a population of 899,200 (2011 Census).

Pakur was earlier a Sub-Division of Santhal Parganas district of Bihar. It was upgraded to the status of district in 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.

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