Jaldega Block

Jaldega block is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Simdega subdivision of Simdega district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History

Gumla district was carved out of Ranchi district in 1983. Till 30 April 2001, Simdega was a subdivision of Gumla district and was made a separate district from that date.

Maoist activities

According to a PIB release in 2018, Simdega is one of the thirty districts most affected by Left wing extremism in the country (along with twelve other districts of Jharkhand). “The terrain of the district is very tough and geography is favourable for naxal activities.” All police stations in the district are well fortified and equipped to handle the situation. Community policing activities are being prioritised to involve the simple village folk.

Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that as a result of the effective action against Left wing extremism, the “presence of hardcore Maoists has been limited to mainly four regions, namely Parasnath Pahar, Budha Pahar, Tri-junction of Seraikela-Khunti-Chaibasa district in Kolhan division and some of the areas along the Bihar border”.

Geography

Simdega district lies in the south-western part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. It has been described as “a dissected upland of ancient crystalline rocks” The general elevation of the district is above mean sea level. The landscape is formed of hills and undulating plateau. The Major rivers of this area are Sankh, Deo, Girwa, and Palamara.

Jaldega CD block has an area of 441.61 km².Jaldega police station serves Jaldega CD block. The headquarters of Jaldega CD block is located at Jaldega village.

Jaldega CD block is bounded by Kolebira CD block on the north, Bano CD block on the east, Nuagaon CD block in Sundargarh district in Odisha and Bansjore CD block on the south, and Thethaitangar CD block on the west.

Demographics

Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, Jaldega CD block had a total population of 64,286, all of which were rural. There were 32,167 (50%) males and 32,119 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 10,540. Scheduled Castes numbered 2,317 (3.60%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 53,309 (82.92%).

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Jaldega CD block was 34,875 (64.89% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 19,806 (73.71% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 15,069 (56.07% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 17.64%.

census, literacy in Simdega district was 67.59%. 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

Language and religion

According to the ''Population by Mother Tongue 2011'' data, in the Jaldega subdistrict, Mundari was the mother-tongue of 36,264 persons forming 56.42% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Hindi (23,807/ 37.04%), Kharia (3,193/ 4.79%), Odia (468/ 0.73%), Kurukh (335/ 0.52%), and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (209/ 0.33%). Persons with Hindi as mother-tongue included 18,184 persons having Sadri/ Sadan, 4,877 persons having Nagpuri as mother-tongue.

Note: An attempt has been made to include all language groups each with at least 300 persons as their mother-tongue and only those groups with less than 300 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.

Hindi is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu