15km
10miles

B

I

H

A

R

Amanat
River

Mohana
River

Lilajan
River

Damodar
River

CCL Amrapali
& Chandragupta Area

CCL Magadh
Sanghamitra Area

CCL Piparwar Area

North Karanpura TPS

P

Lawalong
Wildlife
Sanctuary

T

Kauleshwari
Temple

H

Bachra

CT

Chatra

M

Tandwa

R

Simaria

R

Rajpur

R

Pratappur

R

Piparwar

R

Pathalgada

R

Mayurhand

R

Lawalong

R

Kunda

R

Itkhori

R

Hunterganj

R

Gidhour

R

Chiridiri

R

  

Location

Pratappur is located at 24°17′45″N 84°38′12″E / 24.295833°N 84.636667°E / 24.295833; 84.636667.

Area overview

The map alongside shows that the forests (mark the light shading), covering around 60% of Chatra district, are evenly spread across the district. It is a plateau area with an elevation of about 450 metres (1,476 ft) above mean sea level. Efforts are ongoing to get the first unit of the NTPC Limited’s North Karanpura Thermal Power Station (3x660 MW), ready in 2021.North Karanpura Coalfield of Central Coalfields Limited, spread over 1,230 square kilometres (470 sq mi) in the southern part of the district, with spill over to neighbouring districts, and having coal reserves of 14 billion tonnes is among the biggest in India. The map provides links to three CCL operational areas.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Pratappur (location code 348390) had a total population of 3,530, of which 1,848 (52%) were males and 1,682 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 554. The total number of literate persons in Pratappur was 2,334 (78.43% of the population over 6 years).

Civic administration

Police station

Pratappur police station serves Pratappur CD block.

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Pratappur CD block is at Pratappur village.