Gobindpur is a village located in southern part of

Karra block Karra block is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of Khunti district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Khunti subdivision was formed in Ranchi district in 1905 and Khunti district was crea ...

Khunti district Khunti district is one of the twenty-four districts in South Chotanagpur division of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 September 2007. , it is the second least populous district of Jhark ...

. It is 50 kilometres from

Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Odisha, western West Bengal and the eastern area ...

, the capital 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 ...

state.

Geography

Location

Gobindpur is located at . Geographically, Govindpur Road is located on southern 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 ...

which forms the eastern edge of the

Deccan plateau The large Deccan Plateau in southern India is located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada river. To the north, it is bounded by the ...

system. The

North Karo river The North Karo River ( hi, ऊत्त्तरि कारो नदी) drains the Indian state of Jharkhand. It originates on the Ranchi Plateau. It forms a high scarp falls, Pheruaghaugh, at the southern margin of the Ranchi plateau. ...

and its tributaries constitute the local river system. The local tributaries includes Chhata river, Kurid

nala Nala (Sanskrit: नल) is a character in the ''Vana Parva'' book of the ''Mahabharata''. He was the king of Nishadha Kingdom and the son of Veerasena. Nala was known for his skill with horses and for his culinary expertise. He married prince ...

and Fulco

Area overview

In the adjacent map the area shown is “undulating and covered with hills, hillocks and jungles (jungles/ forests are shown as shaded area in the map). The soil of the area is rocky, sandy and red loam upland. There are paddy fields only in the depressions. It has a gentle slope adjacent to the streams.” A major part of the district is in the altitude range of , with up to ± 200 m for some parts. In 2011, it had a density of population of 210 persons per sq km. Khunti is an overwhelmingly rural district with 91.5% of the population living in rural areas. Famous places in this area are

Ulihatu Ulihatu is a village in the Arki CD block in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of the Khunti district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Ulihatu is located at The place is surrounded by hills providing great scenic beauty. It i ...

, the birth place of Bhagwan Birsa Munda, and Dombari Buru, the central point of his activity. 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.

Geology

Geologically, it belongs to the

Archean The Archean Eon ( , also spelled Archaean or Archæan) is the second of four geologic eons of Earth's history, representing the time from . The Archean was preceded by the Hadean Eon and followed by the Proterozoic. The Earth Earth ...

age of

granite Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...

gneiss Gneiss ( ) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. It is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes acting on formations composed of igneous or sedimentary rocks. Gneiss forms at higher temperatures an ...

formation. Other include

amphibolite Amphibolite () is a metamorphic rock that contains amphibole, especially hornblende and actinolite, as well as plagioclase feldspar, but with little or no quartz. It is typically dark-colored and dense, with a weakly foliated or schistose (flaky ...

khondalite Khondalite is a foliated metamorphic rock. In India, it is also called ''Bezwada Gneiss'' and ''Kailasa Gneiss''. It was named after the Khond tribe of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh because well-formed examples of the rock were found in the inha ...

and

mica schist Schist ( ) is a medium-grained metamorphic rock showing pronounced schistosity. This means that the rock is composed of mineral grains easily seen with a low-power hand lens, oriented in such a way that the rock is easily split into thin flakes o ...

Climate

Govindpur Road has a

subtropical climate The subtropical zones or subtropics are geographical and climate zones to the north and south of the tropics. Geographically part of the temperate zones of both hemispheres, they cover the middle latitudes from to approximately 35° north and ...

. Temperatures range from maximum 42 to 25 °C during summer, and a minimum 18 to 4 °C during winter. The annual rainfall is about 1240 millimeters.

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 ...

, Gobindpur had a total population of 2,499, of which 1,294 (52%) were males and 1,209 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 342. The total number of literate persons in Gobindpur was 1,742 (80.76% of the population over 6 years). (*For language details see Karra block#Language and religion)

Transport

There is a station at Govindpur Road on the Hatia–Rourkela line.

Education

Primary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary e ...

- Govt. Primary school Jamhar, Govt. Primary School Jalanga. *

Middle school A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...

- Govt. Middle School Dehkela, D.A.V. school Govindpur Road. *

High School A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

. - Govt. Kisan High School Dehkela.

Healthcare

There is a Primary Health Centre in Gobindpur.

Trade

The trade of local goods such as Mahua,

Tamarind Tamarind (''Tamarindus indica'') is a Legume, leguminous tree bearing edible fruit that is probably indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus ''Tamarindus'' is monotypic taxon, monotypic, meaning that it contains only this species. It belongs ...

, Madua (ragi), Dhan (paddy) and sakar kand. These commodities are supplied wholesale markets in Ranchi as well as to other places.

References

* https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999 * http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Ranchi.html * http://www.ranchi.nic.in/ *http://www.keshawkrpathak.blogspot.com/ {{South Chotanagpur Division Villages in Khunti district