Baharagora block

Baharagora block is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Ghatshila subdivision of East Singhbhum district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History

The laying of the foundation stone of the steel plant by Tata Steel (then known as Tata Iron and Steel Company) in 1907 at Sakchi Kalimati in Singhbhum district marked the beginning of the industrialisation of the area. The first police station in the area was opened in 1912 at Jugsalai. The Kalimati Sakchi village was renamed ‘Jamshedpur’ in 1917. Dhalbhum subdivision was created in 1920 with Jamshedpur as headquarters. Jamshedpur Notified Area was established in 1924. East Singhbhum district, with Jamshedpur as headquarters, was set up in 1990.

Geography

Baharagora is located at .

“The district forms a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau and is a hilly upland tract”. The Seraikela Dhalbhumgarh upland and the Dalma range are natural divisions of the district. The main rivers are the Subarnarekha and the Kharkai.

The district consists of two subdivisions - (1) Dhalbhum subdivision with Patamda, Boram, Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai and Potka CD blocks, and (2) Ghatshila subdivision with Ghatshila, Dhalbhumgarh, Musabani, Dumaria, Gurbandha, Chakulia and Baharagora CD blocks.

Baharagora CD block is bounded by the Chakulia CD block on the north, the Gopiballavpur I and Gopiballavpur II CD blocks in the Jhargram district of the West Bengal state to the east, the Saraskana CD block in the Mayurbhanj district of the Odisha state on the south, and the Gurbandha CD block on the west.

Note: Jhargram is a new district, carved out of Paschim Medinipur district, in West Bengal and maps are yet to be updated.

Baharagora CD block has an area of 351.10 km². Bahragora police station serves Baharagora CD block. The headquarters of Baharagora CD block is located at Baharagora village.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Baharagora CD block had a total population of 153,051, all of which were rural. There were 78,103 (51%) males and 74,988 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 19,937. Scheduled Castes numbered 10,466 (6.84%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 54,968 (35.91%).

Note: There seems to be a mismatch between the ST and language figures. The figures quoted here are as officially published on the internet. Percentages have been calculated.

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Baharagora CD block was 85,794 (64.45% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 50,489 (74.42% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 35,305 (54.09% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 20.32%.

census, literacy in Purbi Singhbhum district was 76.13%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.

See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Language and religion

According to the ''Population by Mother Tongue 2011'' data, in the Baharagora subdistrict, Bengali was the mother-tongue of 91,255 persons forming 65.16% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Santali (28,771/ 20.54), Odia (18,181/12.98), Hindi (1,583/ 1.13%), and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (251/ 0.18%).

Note: An attempt has been made to include all language groups each with at least 500 persons as their mother-tongue and only those groups with less than 500 persons as their mother-tongue are included in the “other languages” category. Comparatively smaller language groups with 200+ persons as their mother-tongue are mentioned in the text. Many languages have sub-groups. Those who are interested can see the reference for more details.

Hindi is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu