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Kundhit Block
Kundhit (also spelled as Kundahit) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 42 km from Jamtara, the district headquarters. Geography Kundahit, the block headquarters, is located at . Jamtara district in the south-eastern part of Santhal Parganas is a rolling upland tract. The Barakar separates it from the Chota Nagpur plateau and the Ajay, flows in from Deoghar district in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east. Kundhit CD block is bounded by Masalia CD block in Dumka district on the north, Khoyrasol and Rajnagar CD blocks in Birbhum district, West Bengal, on the east, Khoyrasol CD block on the south and Nala and Fatehpur CD blocks on the west. Kundhit CD block has an area of 295.63 km2.Kundahit and Bagdahari police stations serve this bloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Indian Cities
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhal Pargana Division
Santhal Pargana division constitutes one of the five district administration units known as the divisions of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Origin of name Santhal Pargana derives its name from two words: "Santhal", a major tribe of India and Pargana, a unit of administration in Persian language used mostly by medieval rulers. Location Santhal Pargana is one of the divisions of Jharkhand. Its headquarters is at Dumka. Presently, this administrative division comprises six districts: Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur. History This region is mentioned as Kajangala in different ancient literatures specially in Buddhist literatures. It is mentioned that the Chinese monk-traveller Xuanzang (Hiuen Tsang) travelled from Champa (recent Bhagalpur) to Kajangala and then proceeded to Pundravardhana (recent Bangladesh) in the 7th century AD. He says that the northern limit of its territory (means Sahebganj) was not very far from the Ganges. The forests to the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes
The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designated in one or other of the categories. For much of the period of British rule in the Indian subcontinent, they were known as the Depressed Classes. In modern literature, the ''Scheduled Castes'' are sometimes referred to as Dalit, meaning "broken" or "dispersed", having been popularised by B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), a Dalit himself, an economist, reformer, chairman of the Constituent Assembly of India, and Dalit leader during the independence struggle. Ambedkar preferred the term Dalit to Gandhi's term, Harijan, meaning "person of Hari/Vishnu" (or Man of God). In September 2018, the government "issued an advisory to all private satellite channels asking them to 'refrain' from using the nomenclature 'Dalit'", though "rights groups and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Census Of India
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information for National Population Register (NPR) was also collected in the first phase, which will be used to issue a 12-digit unique identification number to all registered Indian residents by Unique Identification Authority of India. The second population enumeration phase was conducted between 9 and 28 February 2011. Census has been conducted in India since 1872 and 2011 marks the first time biometric information was collected. According to the provisional reports released on 31 March 2011, the Indian population increased to 1.21 billion with a decadal growth of 17.70%. Adult literacy rate increased to 74.04% with a decadal growth of 9.21%. The motto of the census was 'Our Census, Our future'. Spread across 28 states and 8 union territories, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagdahari
Bagdahari (also known as Bagdehri) is a village in Kundhit CD block in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Bagdahari is located at . Overview The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on. Area Bagdahari has an area of . Demographics According to the 2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kundahit
Kundahit is a village in Kundhit CD block in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Kundahit is located at . Overview The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked in the full screen map and one can easily move on to another page of his/her choice. Enlarge the full screen map to see what else is there – one gets railway connections, many more road connections and so on. Area Kundahit has an area of . Demographics According to the 2011 Census of India, Kundahit had a total population of 2,760, of which 1,383 (50%) were males and 1,377 (50%) were females. Population in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatehpur (community Development Block)
Fatehpur is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district, Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India. It is located 27 km from Jamtara, the district headquarters. Geography Fatehpur is located at . Jamtara district in the south-eastern part of Santhal Pargana division, Santhal Parganas is a rolling upland tract. The Barakar River, Barakar separates it from the Chota Nagpur plateau and the Ajay River, Ajay, flows in from Deoghar district in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east. Fatehpur CD block is bounded by Sarath, Deoghar, Sarath and Palojori CD blocks in Deoghar district and Masalia, Dumka, Masalia CD block in Dumka district on the north, Kundhit block, Kundhit on the east, Nala block, Nala CD block on the south and Jamtara block, Jamtara C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nala Block
Nala is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Jamtara Sadar subdivision of the Jamtara district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 27 km from Jamtara, the district headquarters. Geography Nala is located at . Jamtara district in the south-eastern part of Santhal Parganas is a rolling upland tract. The Barakar separates it from the Chota Nagpur plateau and the Ajay, flows in from Deoghar district in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east. Nala CD block is bounded by Fatehpur CD block on the north, Kundhit CD block and Khoyrasol CD block in Birbhum district, West Bengal, on the east, Jamuria, Barabani and Salanpur CD blocks in Paschim Bardhaman district, West Bengal, on the south, and Jamtara CD block on the west. Nala CD block has an area of 416.67 km2.Nala police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajnagar (community Development Block)
Rajnagar is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Birbhum district is physiographically a part of the ancient Rarh region. The western portion of the district is basically an extension of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The area has mostly loose reddish lateritic low fertility soil. In the east, the flood plains of the major rivers, such as the Ajay, Bakreshwar, Mayurakshi and Brahmani, have soft alluvial soil. The forest cover is only 3.5% of the total district. Although coal is found in the district and Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station has a capacity of 2,010 MW, the economic condition of Birbhum is dominated by agriculture. From 1977 onwards majorland reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants. In Birbhum district, 19,968 hectares of vested agricultural land has been distributed amongst 161,51 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khoyrasol (community Development Block)
Khayrasol (also spelt Khoyrasole, Khayrashol, Khayrasol, Khayrashoal) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Suri Sadar subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Overview Birbhum district is physiographically a part of the ancient Rarh region. The western portion of the district is basically an extension of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The area has mostly loose reddish lateritic low fertility soil. In the east, the flood plains of the major rivers, such as the Ajay, Bakreshwar, Mayurakshi and Brahmani, have soft alluvial soil. The forest cover is only 3.5% of the total district. Although coal is found in the district and Bakreshwar Thermal Power Station has a capacity of 2,010 MW, the economic condition of Birbhum is dominated by agriculture. From 1977 onwards majorland reforms took place in West Bengal. Land in excess of land ceiling was acquired and distributed amongst the peasants. In Birbhum district, 19,968 hectares of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masalia, Dumka
Masalia is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Dumka Sadar subdivision of the Dumka district, Jharkhand state, India. Geography Masalia, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at . It is located 16 km from Dumka, the district headquarters. Dumka district is a plateau region. It is divided into four micro subregions. The Dumka-Godda Uplands covers Saraiyahat, Jarmundi, Jama, Ranishwar, Shikaripara and parts of Ramgarh, Dumka and Masalia CD blocks. Scattered hillocks with forests are spread over the region with elevation above mean sea level varying from . The Deoghar Uplands covers only parts of Masalia CD block. The area has large number of hillocks covered with forests. The Rajmahal Hills, spread over the north-eastern part of the district, covers Ramgarh, Dumka, Kathikund and Gopikandar CD blocks. The Pakur Uplands, in the eastern part of the district, with a height of above mean sea level, covers parts of Gopikandar and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deoghar District
Deoghar district (pronounced, ''Devo ka ghar'') is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Deoghar, the central city of the district, is also its administrative headquarters. This district is known for the Baidyanath Jyotirlinga shrine and is a part of the Santhal Pargana division. Deoghar is a Hindi word meaning abode (‘ghar’) of the Gods and Goddesses (‘dev’). Deoghar is also known as “Baidyanath Dham,” and “Baba Dham,”. History The district was formed on 1 June 1981 by separating it from the former Santhal Pargana district. Geography The Deoghar district is located in western portion of Santhal Parganas. It shares its boundary with Banka and Jamui districts in the north, Dumka in the east, Jamtara in the south, and Giridih in the west. The district extends from 24.0.03' N to 23.0.38' N and from 86.0.28' E to 87.0.04' E; it has an area of 2481 km2. It had a population of people according to the 2011 Census of India. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
