Polpol is a village of Palamau district, situated 16 km from the nearest district town Daltonganj. It has a population of nearly 100000. National highway 75 crosses this village. Betla national park is in its neighbourhood. Neighbour villages are Barewa, Sarja, Pokhraha, Lahlahe, Sinduriya, Jhabar, Nawadih, Dhamdhamwa, Kechki and Dubiyakharh. It has a bank, govt middle and high school, private English medium high school, many govt primary schools, telephone exchange, and a weekly market. The famous d.a.v. institute of technology, daltonganj comes within the geographical boundary of Polpol.
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Map of Polpol, Jharkhand 822126
History
This village is known since 16th century. An ancient tribal king Raja Medini Rai is credited for the establishment, support and control of this village. This village has given many freedom fighters to Indian independence movement.
Education
Literacy rate of this village is approximately 40%. famous schools and colleges include-
- Mahatma Gandhi Govt. High School
- Mediniroy Shiksha Niketan
- Saraswati Shishu Mandir
- Rajkiye Buniyadi Vidyalay
- D.A.V. Institute of Engineering and Technology
- Target Tutorial Centre, Polpol
- Prasun Vaidya Taaikwando Training Institute
- ujjwal Coaching Centre of Rajnikant Pandey
- bright future public school
- shree sarveshwari manglam vidya mandir
Famous personalities
- late Ramjanm Singh- freedom fighter of India
- Sri Ram Chandra Pandey- known for his education profile, teaching quality, religious status and descent personality.He is very respected senior citizen. He was the first person in the village to get M.A. degree.
- Rajnikant Pandey- teacher, social worker,famous among youngsters due to his friendly and rational behaviour.
- Dr Govind Madhaw- doctor, social worker, poet, writer, philosopher, scientist
Tourist spots
- Dhamdhamwa Dam
- Betla National Park
- Radha Krishna Mandir Nawadih
- Shiv Mandir Shivbel
- Weekly Bazaar/haat