Chakulia
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Chakulia is a city and a notified area
Notified area
In urban planning, a notified area is any land area earmarked by legal provision for future development. The term is used in the Hindi belt region of North India....

 in Purbi Singhbhum district  in the state of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

, India
India
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Geography

Chakulia is located at 22.48°N 86.72°E. It has an average elevation of 115 metres (377 feet).

History

In 1971 during the war of independence of Bangladesh, a guerilla training camp was set up and used in Chakulia for training volunteers.

MAA TARA TEMPLE

Maa Tara Dham Chakulia was established in chakulia on 13 march 2008 . A high festive annual occasion is being held here on 13 , 14 and 15th march . A high populated gathering comes upon here . Daily in morning goddess is being worshipped and prasad is being distributed . In afternoon ann bhog is being distributed among the people . And in evening arti prasad is also being distributed . At every Amawasya hoom is being held in the temple .

LEELA OF MAA TARA :-

Once upon a time in chakulia sitaram sharma cousin was seriously affected by a disease in which blood was coming out from her mouth and nose . She was declared dead by Lt Dr Rabindra Soren . But her uncle and aunt didnt believed and took her to MAA TARA TEMPLE at chakulia and started crying in front of MAA TARA . Just look at the unexpected devine of MAA TARA that after half an hour the girl started laughing . Everybody were surprised of the above fact . At present the girl is doing everything normally and she is named as TARA SHARMA .

Demographics

India census
Census
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, Chakulia had a population of 14,330. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chakulia has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 73% and female literacy of 54%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
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