Burudi is a village in the

Ghatshila Ghatshila is a census town in the Ghatshila CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Legend says that the royal family of the Kingdom of Dhalbhum had originated from t ...

CD block in the

Ghatshila subdivision Ghatshila subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the East Singhbhum district in the Kolhan division in the state of Jharkhand, India. Administration The district consists of two subdivisions - (1) Dhalbhum subdivision with Patamda, Bor ...

of the

East Singhbhum district East Singhbhum is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand, India. It was created on 16 January 1990. More than 50% of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely. It is known for being a centre of ind ...

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Geography

Location

Burudi is located at . Burudi Dam is from

Ghatsila railway station Ghatsila Railway Station is a railway station on Howrah–Nagpur–Mumbai line under Kharagpur railway division of South Eastern Railway zone. It is situated at Ghatsila in East Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand Jharkha ...

, from

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (, ) or Tatanagar is the largest and most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city in India. It is a Notified Area Council and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district. It ...

, and from

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

Burudi Dam

Burudi Dam was built in the scenic surroundings of

Dalma Hills Dalma range refers to the continuation of an assemblage of hills stretching over Jharkhand and West Bengal states in India. Tourism * Hanuman Temple * Shiva Temple * Pindrabera FRH * Majhlabandh * Nichlabandh * Bamboo hut * Natural Interpret ...

during the

British Raj The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent; * * it is also called Crown rule in India, * * * * or Direct rule in India, * Quote: "Mill, who was himsel ...

. Binda Mela (fair), held for a fortnight in October, presents Santali handicrafts, paintings, jewellery, lamps, pots and other rural items. Dharagiri Falls, about in height, and Phuldungri Hills, both popular tourist spots, are in the same direction as Burudi from

Area overview

The area shown in the map “forms a part of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the bas ...

and is a hilly upland tract”. The main rivers draining the district are the Subarnarekha and the

Kharkai Kharkai is an administrative unit, known as Union council, of Malakand District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Its population is near 50000 District Malakand has 2 Tehsils i.e. Swat Ranizai and Sam Ranizai. Each Tehsil comprises ...

. The area lying between Jamshedpur and Ghatshila is the main industrial mining zone. The rest of the district is primarily agricultural. In the district, as of 2011, 56.9% of the population lives in the rural areas and a high 43.1% lives in the urban areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

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 ...

, Burudi had a total population of 293, of which 145 (49%) were males and 148 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 43. The total number of literate persons in Burudi was 182 (72.80% of the population over 6 years). (*For language details see Ghatshila block#Language and religion)

References

Villages in East Singhbhum district {{Jharkhand-geo-stub