Maithili and 1.54%
Santali as their first language.
Rural poverty
40-50% of the population of Hazaribagh district were in the
BPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Giridih and Koderma districts. Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.
Economy
Livelihood
In Barhi CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 23,152 and formed 45.62%, agricultural labourers numbered 10,673 and formed 21.03%, household industry workers numbered 995 and formed 1.96% and other workers numbered 15,935 and formed 33.40%. Total workers numbered 50,755 and formed 38.55% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 80,914 and formed 61.45% of the population.
Note: In the census records, a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the Factories Act. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.
Infrastructure
There are 100 inhabited villages in Barhi CD block. In 2011, 83 villages had power supply. 7 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 23 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 98 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 7 villages had post offices, 5 villages had sub post offices, 13 villages had telephones (land lines) and 73 villages had mobile phone coverage. 97 villages had pucca (hard top) village roads, 20 villages had bus service (public/ private), 10 villages had
autos/ modified autos, and 46 villages had tractors. 10 villages had bank branches, 21 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, no village had public library and public reading room. 31 villages had
public distribution system
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, 6 villages had weekly haat (market) and 43 villages had
assembly
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polling stations.
Forestry and agriculture
The main occupation of the people of Hazaribagh district is cultivation. While forests occupy around 45% of the total area, the cultivable area forms about 39% of the total area. The forests are uniformly spread across the district. Sal is the predominant species in the jungles. Other species are: bamboo, khair, sali, semal, mahua, tamarind, mango, black-berry (jamun), peepal, karnaj, jack-fruit, margosa (neem), kusum, palas, kend, asan, piar and (?''
Semecarpus anacardium
''Semecarpus anacardium'', commonly known as the marking nut tree, phobi nut tree and varnish tree, is a native of India, found in the outer Himalayas to the Coromandel Coast. It is closely related to the cashew.
Etymology
''Semecarpus anacardi ...
'').
Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary is located around 19 km north of
Hazaribag
Hazaribagh is a city and a municipality, municipal corporation in Hazaribagh district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Jharkhand. It is the divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is considered as a he ...
. Irrigation facilities in this hilly area are inadequate and generally farmers depend on rain for their cultivation. The land situated along the river banks, or low land, is fertile but the uplands are generally barren. May to October is
Kharif season, followed by
Rabi season. Rice is the main crop of the district. Other important crops grown are: bazra, maize, pulses (mainly arhar and gram) and oilseeds. Limited quantities of cash crops, such as sugar cane, are grown.
Backward Regions Grant Fund
Hazaribagh district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the
Backward Regions Grant Fund
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** ''Backwards'' (novel), a nov ...
. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.
Transport
National Highway 19
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(old NH 2) /
Grand Trunk Road
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and
NH 20 cross at Barhi.
The 79.7 km long first stage railway project from Koderma to Hazaribagh costing 936 crore was inaugurated by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi
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on 20 February 2015. The railway line passes through the Barhi CD Block and there is a station at Barhi.
Education
In 2011, amongst the 100 inhabited villages in Barhi CD Block, 25 villages had no primary school, 64 villages had one primary school and 11 villages had more than one primary school. 32 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 9 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school.
RNYM College, a degree college, established at Barhi in 1985, is affiliated to
Vinoba Bhave University
Vinoba Bhave University is a central university (India), state university located at Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India, about 100 km from Ranchi, the state capital. The university offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels, ...
. It offers courses in arts and commerce.
There is a special institution in this CD block.
Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya
The Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya or KGBV is a residential girls’ secondary school run by the Government of India for the weaker sections in India.
History
The plan was introduced by the Government of India in August 2004. It was then integr ...
was established at
Nagar Barsot
Nagar Barsot (also called Barsot) is a village in the Barhi CD block in the Barhi subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Nagar Barsot is located at .
Area overview
Hazaribagh district is ...
in 2006. It offers arts and commerce courses in classes XI and XII. No fees are payable. The ''Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya'' scheme was launched in 2004 by the
Government of India
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for setting up of upper primary level residential schools for girls belonging to
Scheduled Castes
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,
Scheduled Tribes
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,
Other Backward Class
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es, minority communities and families below the
poverty line
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in educationally backward blocks where rural female literacy was low and the gender gap in literacy was high.
Healthcare
In 2011, amongst the 100 inhabited villages in Barhi CD block, 6 villages had
primary health centres, 14 villages had primary health sub-centres, 2 villages had maternity and child welfare centres, 2 villages had allopathic hospitals, 3 villages had alternative medicine hospitals, 4 villages had dispensaries, 7 villages had medicine shops and 73 villages had no medical facilities.
References
{{North Chotanagpur Division topics
Community development blocks in Hazaribagh district