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Amjora is a village in the Ranishwar block in Dumka district of Jharkhand, India. The village has an old temple dedicated to hindu Goddess Durga. Dumka-Suri main road connects Jharkhand and West Bengal. A place named 'Border' is located at the extremity of the block.

Geography
Kumirdaha is located at 24° 1' 60N 87° 25' 0E. It has an average elevation of 80 m. Kumirdaha is 40 km far from its District Main City Dumka. It is 228 km far from its State Main City Ranchi. Near By Villages of this Village with distance are Mahishbathan, Sadipur, Patjor, Rangalia. Giripur, Rangamatia, Saltola, Sukhjora, Taldangal, Banskuli, Bilkandi, Dakshinjol, etc.

Kumirdaha has predominantly undulating terrain with hard rocks in the underground. The entire village has a topography with high ridges bounded by mountains and rivers. The fertility of soil is poor due to extensive erosion, acidic character and low retaining capacity. On the south of Kumirdaha lies the famous Mayurakshi river, on the west lies the hills of Massanjore (Rajmahal hills).

Climate
Kumirdaha has a warm-temperate climate, with warm, humid summers and mild, damp winters.

Demography and culture
The population in the village is predominantly Bengali speaking due to its close proximity with West Bengal. There is a good number of Muslim population also. India census, Kumirdaha had a population of 	89336. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kumirdaha has an average literacy rate of 47.54, lower than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy is 59.54% and, female literacy is 35.12%. In Dumka, 17% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy
Most of the villagers belong to the lower and middle-class background. They depend on farming on their own land and others land. Only a few of the residents work in the service sector. Popular business of the region is shop owner. Kumirdaha is filled with shops of various kinds such as clothes, hardwares, cement, sweets etc.Kumirdaha has a Nationalized Bank a list of which is mentioned below

Transport
Kumirdaha is connected with road to the neighboring city. Since July 2011 Dumka is connected with newly built Jasidih - Dumka railway line. Since then Kumirdaha got a new connectivity to the Howrah-New Delhi line, via Dumka-Jasidih. Although there is an ongoing work on new railway line, which will connect Dumka to Bhagalpur (Bihar) and Rampurhat (west Bangal) in coming years.

But Buses are the preferred mode of transport and are run by both government agencies and private operators.Dumka has good connectivity to it neighboring district with buses.There is luxury night bus service between Dumka - Ranchi and Kolkata. The following are Railway stations close to Ranishwar
 * 1) Siuri Railway Station located at a distance of 21 km
 * 2) Chinpal Railway Station located at a distance of 26 km
 * 3) Gadadharpur Railway Station located at a distance of 28 km
 * 4) Sainthia Railway Station located at a distance of 29 km
 * 5) Dumka Railway Station located at a distance of 40 km

Education
Mayurakshi Gramin College located at Ranishwar provides higher education to the students. Ranishwar has some CBSE schools, and government schools following NCERT syllabus. A list of schools in and around Ranishwar are:
 * 1) Govt. High School Kumirdaha  follows NCERT syllabus
 * 2) Ranigram Middle School established in the year 1901, is one of the oldest school in Dumka district. the headmistress of this school Mrs Bharati Chatterjee.
 * 3) Raghunathpur Govt. High School
 * 4) UPG Middle School Rangalia 
 * 5) Sadipur Govt. Middle School
 * 6) Govt. Middle School Dhanbasa follows NCERT syllabus
 * 7) Sido Kanhu High school Affiliated to CBSE board, New Delhi

Tourist places
Masanjore is a picnic spot situated in Dumka District of Jharkhand. This small village is about 31 km south of Dumka. The picturesque Masanjore dam on the Mayurakshi River is a major draw. From the counterpart rupee fund created through supplies of wheat and other materials from Canada for use in India, Canada Govt. devoted those funds to further development of the Mayurakshi project And Masanjore dam was commissioned in 1955. That's why the Dam still mentioned as Canada Dam. The dam is bounded by hills and forests, a perfect place for outing. Mayurakshi Bhawan Bungalow and Inspection Bungalow offer excellent and comfortable accommodation in the village. By road, Masanjore is connected with Vakreshwara (59 km), Sainthia (50 km), Tarapith (70 km), Rampurhat (62 km) and Deoghar (98 km). Masanjor dam or the Pearson dam on river Mayurakshi is a picturesque place on foot hills of long range of forest clad parallel hill ranges. This place is basically a hydro electric power generating center but in the process of time it has become popular center for the tourist. With the beautiful garden on the down hill and two beautiful Dak-bunglows on the bank of the river at charm to its beauty.
 * Masanjore Dam