Ghatshila block is a CD block that forms an

administrative division Administrative division, administrative unit,Article 3(1). country subdivision, administrative region, subnational entity, constituent state, as well as many similar terms, are generic names for geographical areas into which a particular, ind ...

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 ...

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 ...

, in the Indian state of

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 ...

History

The laying of the foundation stone of the steel plant by

Tata Steel Tata Steel Limited is an Indian multinational steel-making company, based in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand and headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is a part of the Tata Group. Formerly known as Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), Tata ...

(then known as Tata Iron and Steel Company) in 1907 at

Sakchi Sakchi was the village in north eastern India territory of Singhbhum which was selected by Jamsetji Tata to be the location of a planned steel city, which in 1919 became Jamshedpur. Sakchi is now part of the city between the Tata Steel site a ...

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 Jugsalai is a township and business center adjacent to Tatanagar Railway Station, Jamshedpur and a municipality in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is often referred as a wholesale mar ...

. The Kalimati Sakchi village was renamed ‘

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 ...

’ in 1917.

Dhalbhum subdivision Dhalbhum subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the East Singhbhum district in the Kolhan division in the state of Jharkhand, India. History Dhalbhum subdivision was created in 1920 with Jamshedpur as headquarters. Administrative se ...

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. Ghatshila was earlier the headquarters of the Rajas of

Dhalbhum Dhalbhum was the name given to parganas Supur and Ambikanagar in the Khatra area of present Bankura district in the Indian state of West Bengal.O’Malley, L.S.S., ICS, ''Bankura'', ''Bengal District Gazetteers'', pp. 194-195, 1995 reprint, firs ...

. Ghatshila block was established in 1962 with headquarters at Ghatshila.

Geography

Ghatshila is located at . Subarnarekha river in Ghatshila, Jharkhand

“The district 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 Seraikela Dhalbhumgarh upland and the Dalma range are natural divisions of the district. The main rivers 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 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. Ghatshila CD block is bounded by the

Bandwan Bandwan is a census town in the Bandwan CD block in the Manbazar subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Bandwan is located at . Area overview Purulia district forms the lowest step of t ...

CD block in the Purulia district and

Binpur II Binpur II is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Jhargram subdivision of Jhargram district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Lalgarh movement The Lalgarh movement started attracting attention after t ...

CD block in the Jhargram district of the West Bengal state on the north, the

Dhalbhumgarh Dhalbhumargh is a village in the Dhalbhumgarh CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum District in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Dhalbhum was first written about when the British Army attacked the Dhalbhum and Gha ...

CD block on the east, the

Musabani Musabani, also spelt as Mosabani or Mushabani, is a census town in the Musabani CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Origin of the town dates backs before the indepen ...

CD block on the south, and the

Potka Potka is a village in the Potka CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Potka is located at . Area overview The area shown in the map “forms a part of the C ...

and the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD blocks 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. Ghatshila CD block has an area of 349.12 km².

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 ...

and

Galudih Galudih is a village in the Ghatshila CD block in the Ghatshila subdivision of the East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand, India. Geography Location Galudih is located at . Galudih Barrage The Galudih barrage across the Subarnarekha is a par ...

police stations serve Ghatshila CD block. The headquarters of Ghatshila CD block is located at

town.

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 ...

, Ghatshila CD block had a total population of 129,905, of which 89,281 were rural and 40,624 were urban. There were 65,918 (51%) males and 63,987 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 16,571.

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 8,473 (6.52%) 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 54,664 (42.08%).
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. The only

Census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

in the Ghatshila CD block is (2011 population figure in brackets):

(40,624).

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Ghatshila CD block was 80,151 (70.72% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 46,291 (80.54% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 33,860 (60.61% of the female population over 6 years). The

gender disparity Sex differences in humans have been studied in a variety of fields. Sex determination occurs by the presence or absence of a Y in the 23rd pair of chromosomes in the human genome. Phenotypic sex refers to an individual's sex as determined by the ...

(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.93%. 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 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 ''Population by Mother Tongue 2011'' data, in the Ghatshila subdistrict,

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

was the mother-tongue of 70,318 persons forming 54.13% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Santali (36,374/ 28.00%),

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

(11,188/ 8.61%),

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Mundari (2,519/ 1.94%),

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

(2,412/ 1.86%), Ho (1,617/ 1.24%),

Punjabi Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to: * Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan * Punjabi language * Punjabi people * Punjabi dialects and languages Punjabi may also refer to: * Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...

(927/ 0.71%), and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (1,399/ 1.08%). Other languages included 489 persons having Maithili as mother-tongue.
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.

is the

official language An official language is a language given supreme status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically the term "official language" does not refer to the language used by a people or country, but by its government (e.g. judiciary, ...

in Jharkhand and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

According to the ''Population by Religious Communities 2011'' data, in the Ghatshila subdistrict,

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 83,327 and formed 64.14% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Other religious communities (39,423/ 30.35%),

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 ...

(5,882/ 4.53%),

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 ...

(1,187/ 0.91%), and persons who did not state their religion (86/ 0.07%).

Economy

Overview

NITI Aayog The NITI Aayog (; abbreviation for National Institution for Transforming India) serves as the apex public policy think tank of the Government of India, and the nodal agency tasked with catalyzing economic development, and fostering cooperative ...

(National Institution for Transforming India) has released the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (NMPI) baseline report in November 2021. “MPI is calculated using 12 segments - nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, antenatal care, years of schooling, school attendance, cooking fuel, sanitation, drinking water, electricity, housing, assets and bank account, as compared to the previous approach of just considering the poverty line”. Approximately 25.01% population of the country was multidimensionally poor. State-wise Bihar was the poorest with 51.91% of the population being poor, followed by Jharkhand with 42.16% of the population being poor. The silver lining in this scenario is that within Jharkhand, the richest districts are East Singhbhum, Dhanbad, Bokaro, and Ranchi. These districts are having industries and/or mining activity. However, CD blocks still largely dependent on agriculture have remained traditional.

Livelihood

In Ghatshila CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 11,532 and formed 22.60%, agricultural labourers numbered 13,745 and formed 26.94%, household industry workers numbered 1,829 and formed 3.58% and other workers numbered 23,924 and formed 46.88%. Total workers numbered 51,030 and formed 39.28% of the total population non-workers numbered 78,875 and formed 60.72% of the population.

Infrastructure

There are 152 inhabited villages in Ghatshila CD block. In 2011, 136 villages had power supply. 23 villages had tap water, 135 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 143 villages had hand pumps, and 3 villages did not have drinking water facility. 13 villages had post offices, 5 villages had sub post offices, 23 villages had telephone (land line), 75 villages had mobile phone coverage. 148 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 42 villages had bus service (public/ private), 18 villages had

autos A car or automobile is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of ''cars'' say that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people instead of goods. The year 1886 is regarded as t ...

/ modified autos, 15 villages had taxi/ vans, 54 villages had tractors. 21 villages had bank branches, 17 village had agricultural credit society, 15 villages had cinema/ video halls, 30 villages had availability of newspapers, 102 villages had ration shops, 79 villages had weekly

haat Haat or hat, even haat bazaar, is an open-air market that serves as a trading venue for local people in rural areas and towns of Indian subcontinent, especially in India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. Haat bazaars are conducted on a regular ba ...

, 90 villages had

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polling stations.

Copper industry

The Indian Copper Corporation, a British company, set up the Indian Copper Complex at Ghatshila in 1930. It was nationalised in 1972 and merged with

Hindustan Copper Limited Hindustan Copper Ltd. is a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Ministry of Mines, Government of India. HCL is the only vertically integrated government-owned-copper producer in India engaged in a wide spectrum of activ ...

. It has copper mines at Surda, Siddheswari Chapri, Kendadih, Patharbera and Rakha and processing plants such as conentrator and smelter at Moubhander, about a mile Ghatshila. Owing to a sharp decline in the price of copper in the international market in 1989, mining operations were stopped. However, as of 2021, with price rise in the international market, operations are being revived in the mines.

Transport

Ghatsila 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 ...

and

railway stations are on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar line, which is a part of both Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line and Asansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line.

Education

Ghatshila CD block had 26 villages with pre-primary schools, 103 villages with primary schools, 41 villages with middle schools, 8 villages with secondary schools, 3 villages with senior secondary schools, 44 villages with no educational facility.
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Ghatshila College Ghatshila College, established in 1961, is a general degree college in the East Singhbhum district. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Kolhan University. See also * Education in ...

was established at

in 1961.

Healthcare

Ghatshila CD block had 2 villages with primary health centres, 26 villages with primary health subcentres, 9 villages with maternity and child welfares centre, 3 villages with dispensaries, 6 villages with family welfare centres, 8 villages with medicine shops.
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

References

{{Kolhan Division topics Community development blocks in East Singhbhum district