Bano Block

Bano block is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Simdega subdivision of Simdega district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History

Gumla district was carved out of Ranchi district in 1983. Till 30 April 2001, Simdega was a subdivision of Gumla district and was made a separate district from that date.

Maoist activities

According to a PIB release in 2018, Simdega is one of the thirty districts most affected by Left wing extremism in the country (along with twelve other districts of Jharkhand). “The terrain of the district is very tough and geography is favourable for naxal activities.” All police stations in the district are well fortified and equipped to handle the situation. Community policing activities are being prioritised to involve the simple village folk.

Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that as a result of the effective action against Left wing extremism, the “presence of hardcore Maoists has been limited to mainly four regions, namely Parasnath Pahar, Budha Pahar, Tri-junction of Seraikela-Khunti-Chaibasa district in Kolhan division and some of the areas along the Bihar border”.

Geography

Simdega district lies in the south-western part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It has been described as “a dissected upland of ancient crystalline rocks” The general elevation of the district is above mean sea level. The landscape is formed of hills and undulating plateau. The Major rivers of this area are Sankh, Deo, Girwa, and Palamara.

Bano CD block has an area of 459.82 km². Bano police station serves Bano CD block. The headquarters of Bano CD block is located at Bano village.

Bano CD block is bounded by Kamdara CD block in Gumla district on the north, Rania CD block in Khunti district and Anandpur CD block in West Singhbhum district on the east, Nuagaon CD block in Sundargarh district in Odisha on the south, and Jaldega and Kolebira CD blocks on the west.

Gram panchayats in Bano block are: Badkaduel, Banki, Bano, Beraergi, Bintuka, Dumariya, Genmer, Jamtai, Kanarowan, Konsodey, Pabura, Raikera, Sahubera, Simhatu, Soy, Ukouli.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bano CD block had a total population of 80,462, all of which were rural. There were 39,855 (50%) males and 40,607 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 13,376. Scheduled Castes numbered 6,023 (7.49%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 50,816 (63.16%).

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Bano CD block was 42,551 (63.43% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 24,600 (74.26% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 17,951 (52.86% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 21.40%.

census, literacy in Simdega district was 67.59%. 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 Bano subdistrict, Mundari was the mother-tongue of 42,570 persons forming 52.92% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Hindi (35,578/ 44.23%), Kharia (1,731/ 2.15%), and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (564/ 0.70%). Persons with Hindi as mother-tongue included 25,315 persons having Sadri/ Sadan, 8,575 persons having Nagpuri as mother-tongue.

Note: An attempt has been made to include all language groups each with at least 300 persons as their mother-tongue and only those groups with less than 300 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