Amrapara is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India. Geography Amrapara, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at . It is located 36 km from Pakur, the district headquarters. A predominantly hilly area, Pakur district has pockets of plain land. A long but narrow stretch between the Farakka Feeder Canal, located outside the district, and the Sahibganj loop line is very fertile. The Littipara and Amrapara CD blocks are largely covered by the Rajmahal hills. The rest of the district is rolling uplands. The district, once famous for its forests, have lost all of it, except a few hill tops in the Damin-i-koh area. Amrapara CD block is bounded by Littipara block CD block on the north, Maheshpur CD block on the east, Gopikandar CD block in Dumka district on the south, and Sunderpahari CD block in Godda district on the west. Amrapara CD block has an area of 273.23 km2.Amrapara police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Amrapara village. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Amrapara CD block had a total population of 65,289, all of which were rural. There were 32,923 (50%) males and 32,366 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 12,785. Scheduled Castes numbered 1,572 (2.71%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 53,623 (82.13%). In 2011, Amrapara (village) had a population of 3,898 and Amrapara Bazar (village) had a population of 1,430. Literacy census, the total number of literate persons in Amrapara CD block was 24,442 (46.55% of the population over 6 years) out of which 14,856 (61%) were males and 9,586 (39%) were females. The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 22%. See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate Language and religion In 2001 census, Hindus constituted 64.59%, Christians 7.20% and Muslims 3.1% of the population in Amrapara CD block. In the district as a whole, Hindus constituted 44.45%, Muslims 32.74% and Christians 6.01% of the population. The percentage of scheduled tribes in the population of Amrapara CD block was 81.60%. In the district as a whole scheduled tribes constituted 44.59% of the population. Around 85% of the tribal population was composed of Santhals. There are two primitive groups – Mal Paharias and Sauria Paharias. At the time of the 2011 census, 64.60%