Littipara is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Pakur subdivision of the Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India. Geography Litipara, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at . It is located 28 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. Littipara CD block is bounded by Barhait and Pathna CD blocks in Sahibganj district on the north, Hiranpur CD block on the east, Amrapara CD block on the south, and Sunderpahari CD block in Godda district on the east. Littipara CD block has an area of 412.95 km2.Litipara police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Litipara village. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Littipara CD block had a total population of 106,701, all of which were rural. There were 52,850 (50%) males and 52,851 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 21,919. Scheduled Castes numbered 2,412 (2.28%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 76,352 (72.23%). In 2011, Litipara (village) had a population of 2,294. Literacy census, the total number of literate persons in Litipara CD block was 34,099 (40.70% of the population over 6 years) out of which 21,247 (62%) were males and 12,852 (38%) were females. The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 24%. See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate Language and religion Hindi is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu has been declared as an additional official language. In 2001 census, Hindus constituted 47.79%, Christians 14.90% and Muslims 10.98% of the population in Littipara 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 Littipara CD block was 71.68%. 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