Boarijore (also spelled Boarijor) is a

community development block In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...

that forms an administrative division in the Godda subdivision of the

Godda district Godda district (Hindi: गोड्डा जिला, Santali: ᱜᱚᱰᱰᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ) is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India It lies in the northeastern part of the state. The geographical area that n ...

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Geography

Bara Boarijore Bara Boarijore is a village in the Boarijore CD block in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Bara Boarijor is loca ...

, the CD Block headquarters, is located at . Boarijore is located from

Godda Godda is a Silk City with a municipal Council in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the headquarter of the Godda district. History As a consequence of the Santhal rebellion of 1845-55 the dist ...

, the district headquarters. Godda district is a plateau region with undulating uplands, long ridges and depressions. The western portion of the

Rajmahal hills The Rajmahal Hills are located in the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand, India. They were located on the northern margin of the Gondwana supercontinent, and its hills are today inhabited by the Sauria Paharia people whilst its valleys are dom ...

passes through the district. The plain areas have lost its once rich forests but the hills still retain some. Kajhia, Sunder and Sakri rivers flow through the district. The

Rajmahal Hills The Rajmahal Hills are located in the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand, India. They were located on the northern margin of the Gondwana supercontinent, and its hills are today inhabited by the Sauria Paharia people whilst its valleys are dom ...

cover most of the Boarijore and Sunderpahari CD blocks in Godda district. Boarijore CD block is bounded by

Meharama Meharama (also spelled Meharma, Mehrma) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district, Jharkhand state, India. Geography Mehrma, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is loc ...

and Thakurgangti CD blocks on the north, Mandro, Borio and Barhait CD blocks in Sahibganj district on the east,

Sunderpahari Sunderpahari (also spelled Sundarpahari, Sundar Pahari) is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district, Jharkhand States and territories ...

CD block on the south, and

Pathargama Pathargama is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Godda subdivision of the Godda district, Jharkhand state, India. Geography Pathargama, the eponymous CD block headquarters, is located at . It is located ...

, Mahagama and

CD blocks on the west. Boarijore CD block has an area of . Boarijore and Lalmatia police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Boarijore village.

Demographics

Population

According to the

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 ...

, Boarijore CD block had a total population of 138,330, all of which were rural. There were 70,106 (51%) males and 68,224 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 25,352.

Scheduled Castes 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 designa ...

numbered 4,409 (3.19%) 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 designa ...

numbered 76,935 (55.62%). In 2011 census Bara Boarijor (village) had a population of 2,423 and Chota Boarijor (village) had 295 persons.

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literates in Boarijor CD block was 51,609 (45.68% of the population over 6 years) out of which 32,949 (64%) were males and 18,660 (36%) were females. The

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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 28%. See also –

List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate This is a list of districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. With a literacy rate of 67.63%, below the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, Jharkhand ranks 32nd amongst ...

Language and religion

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Godda, 2011 census,'' as of 2001,

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was the mother-tongue of 603,295 persons forming 57.57% of the population of Godda district, followed by Santali 203,186 persons (19.39%),

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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is the official language in Jharkhand and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Godda, 2011 census,''

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism.Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

numbered 937,126 and formed 71.34% of the population of Godda district, followed by

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abraha ...

289.182 (22.02%),

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

37,795 (3.88%), other religions 47,407 (3.61%), religion not stated 2,041 (0.16%).

Rural poverty

40-50% of the population of Godda district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Giridih, Koderma and Hazaribagh 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 Boarijore CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 18,675 and formed 28.54%, agricultural labourers numbered 36,753 and formed 56.16%, household industry workers numbered 1,771 and formed 2.71% and other workers numbered 8,244 and formed 12.60%. Total workers numbered 65,443 and formed 47.31% of the total population. Non-workers numbered 72,887 and formed 52.69% of total 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 and entertainment artistes.

Infrastructure

There are 309 inhabited villages in Boarijore CD block. In 2011, 25 villages had power supply. 8 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 268 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 190 villages had hand pumps, and 22 villages did not have drinking water facility. 15 villages had post offices, 18 villages had sub post offices, 10 villages had telephones (land lines), 13 villages had public call offices and 140 villages had mobile phone coverage. 253 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 31 villages had bus service (public/ private), 8 villages had autos/ modified autos, 14 villages had taxis/ vans, 65 villages had tractors, 7 villages had navigable waterways. 8 villages had bank branches, 2 villages had ATMs, 4 villages had agricultural credit societies, 48 villages had cinema/ video halls, 46 villages had public libraries, public reading room. 105 villages had

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, 76 villages had weekly haat (market) and 134 villages had

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polling stations.

Coal mining

Godda district is rich in coal. A major

coal mining Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely used to generate electricity. Steel and cement industries use coal as a fuel for extraction of iron from ...

project of

Eastern Coalfields Limited Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It operates coal mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India. It inherited all the priv ...

(Rajmahal open cast project, a part of

Rajmahal coalfield The Rajmahal Coalfield is a large coal field located in the east of India in Jharkhand. Geography Location Rajmahal coalfield is centred around . Area of Operations Five relatively small coal basins – Hura, Chuperbhita, Pachwara, Mahuagarhi ...

) is going on in Boarijore, Mahagama and

CD blocks. The Rajmahal Opencast project came up in the early 1980s with an annual cpapcity of 5 million tonnes. The capacity was raised to 10.5 million tonnes with Canadian collaboration in 1994. The capacity is being expanded to 17 million tonnes. EMIL the mining arm of the

Aditya Birla Group Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, headquartered in Mumbai. It operates in 100 countries with more than 1,40,000 employees directly and indirectly. The group was founded by Seth Shiv Narayan Birla in 1857. The group ha ...

has been involved in the functioning of Rajmahal Opencast Mines of

Eastern Coalfields Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) is a coal producer based in India. The company was founded in 1975 after nationalisation of coal mines in India. It operates coal mines in Jharkhand and West Bengal states of India. It inherited all the priv ...

. Mining operations started in July 2013. It is expected to produce 200 million tonnes of coal over 12.5 years. With the involvement of the Essel Mining and Industries Limited (EMIL) in the Rajmahal Opencast project, supplies to the 2,340 MW

Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station (KhSTPP)is located in Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district of Bihar. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. The coal for the power plant is sourced from Rajmahal coalfield of Eastern Coalfie ...

and the 2,100 MW

Farakka Super Thermal Power Station Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at Nabarun in Murshidabad district in Indian state of West Bengal. The power plant is one of the coal based power plants of NTPC. Geography Location Farakka Super Thermal Power Plant is located at ...

of NTPC were expected to improve. In the Boarijore CD block, major activity is going on near Lalmatia village. Please see satellite view of the Google map.

Agriculture

Around 80% of the population depends on agriculture, the main economic activity of the district but lack of irrigation facilities is a major constraint in raising the existing low levels of productivity. A sizable population is also engaged in animal husbandry and cottage industries. The livelihood scenario presented above indicates that a large population depends on agriculture. In Boarijore CD block 49.32% of the total area is cultivable area and 8.71% of the cultivable area is irrigated area.

Backward Regions Grant Fund

Godda district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the

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. 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.

Education

Boarijore CD block had 20 villages with pre-primary schools, 183 villages with primary schools, 79 villages with middle schools, 12 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 2 vocational training schools/ ITI, 1 village with non-formal training centre, 125 villages with no educational facility.
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Healthcare

Boarijore CD block had 8 villages with primary health centres, 16 villages with primary health subcentres, 10 village with maternity and child welfare centre, 3 villages with allopathic hospitals, 4 villages with dispensaries, 1 village with family welfare centre, 18 villages with medicine shops.
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

References

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