Pakur

The town of Pakur or Pakaur is known to be the district headquarters, formely this spot was chorded with Santhai parganas Distirct of Bihar and later formed as a district in Jharkhand in the year 1994.this spot is located to the northeast corner of the state and is spread over an area of 696 sq.km the climatic conditions are tropical hot summer and cold winter and rainy seasons are torrential too. The main population strength will be Paharias and Santhals, the main occupation is agriculture wherein they cultivate wheat , gram, mustard and vegetables and some of commercial crops like jute, surgarcane, onion and potato are being produced here, basically the people of Pakur is famous for Beedi industry which enhances there growth of daily living and also some of the forest produces such as bamboo, sabai grass, silk coccon and kendu leaves adds hands to leverage the daily necessities. The main minerals through nature will be coal, china clay, fire clay, quarter, silica and glass sand are found profuse here but to lack of  infrastructure these things are not exploided, the major rivers of water resources are Torai and Brahmini that flows through these district for ever…

Places of tourist interest

Siddhu Kanhu park

This location has its own historical values which talks about the Santhal warrior who bravely fought against the British, Tyrant Jamindars, and Banias and now the main feature to this spot could be the Martello Tower which was built by the British rulers of Pakaur to protect these Santhal attacks those days and it is located at the back of SDO Bungalow as of today.

Nityakali Mandir

Located just 2 km from the district headquarters this temple of holistic values is dedicated to Goddess Kali and it was built by the Pakur raj family those days, this evokes great values of Indian architectural designs and structure to the temple.

Shiv Sheetla Mandir

This is another oldest temple in the state which speaks about the serenity of Lord Shiva and Shakti, these are the deities that being worshipped here.

Sidpur

This hot spring location is situated 8 km from the district headquarters has its religious values and importance to Sapa Hore tribes, Pakaur is about 80 km south of Sahibganj.

Kanchangarah

This spot is situated 18 km from Litipara which has its own significance by nature and landscape, the places around are green and bliss in nature , especially the landscape by nature  is oval in shape wherein it produces an unusual echo is the highlight of this spot .the place is said to be the seat of Paharia Dynasty.

Birkitti

This is another location that reveals the pre historic stories about the battle between the rajput chief raja Udit Narayan Singh and Nabab Murshid Kuli Khan of Murshidabab during the early 18th century periods, today it is a tourism spot with the exhibits of the balance ruined forts are still found here.

Devinagar

Located 16 km from the district headquarters. This spot contains the remains of temples and houses built by local raja Udit Narayan Singh, the ruined tunnel which connects this place to the village Birkitti will be an added tourist visiting spot here.

Diwan-e-Pir

This location is a holy spot for the Muslims located near the Pakur railway station.

Dharni-Pahar

Situated 15 km from the district headquarters, you have an old temple of Lord Shiva at the Hilltop and this place is also famous for the annual fair which is held here during the Maha Shivrathri.

How to get there

The district is well connected by road and rail, the nearest airport is Ranchi.

  Gujaratt||  Pondicherry || Andaman  || Kerala