Potka block is a CD block that forms an

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in the

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 ...

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 India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions. History Pre-indepen ...

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 ...

Kalimati in

Singhbhum Singhbhum was a district of India during the British Raj, part of the Chota Nagpur Division of the Bengal Presidency. It was located in the present-day Indian state of Jharkhand. Chaibasa was the district headquarters. Located in the southern l ...

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 ...

. 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 was created in 1920 with

as headquarters. Jamshedpur Notified Area was established in 1924. East Singhbhum district, with Jamshedpur as headquarters, was set up in 1990.

Geography

Potka is located at . “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. 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. Potka CD block is bounded by the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block on the north, 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 ...

, Musabani and Dumaria CD blocks on the east, Tiring and Bahalda CD block/tehsils in the Mayurbahnj district of the Odisha state on the south, and the Gobindpur CD block in the Seraikela Kharsawan district on the west. Potka CD block has an area of 592.14 km².

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 ...

police station serves Potka CD block. The headquarters of Potka CD block is located at

village.

Demographics

Population

According to the

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, Potka CD block had a total population of 199,612, of which 189,127 were rural and 10,485 were urban. There were 99,918 (50%) males and 99,694 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 30,391.

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numbered 7,773 (3.89%) 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 104,706 (52.45%).
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 Potka CD block is (2011 population figure in brackets):

Haludpukur Haludpukur (also referred to as Haludpukhur, Haldipokhar) is a census town in the Potka CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location ...

(10,485).

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Potka CD block was 108,462 (64.09% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 64,425 (76.40% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 44,037 (51.87% of the female population over 6 years). The

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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 24.53%. 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 Potka 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 90,722 persons forming 45.41% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Santali (52,011/ 26.02%), Mundari (20,918/ 10.46%),

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 ...

(14,209/ 7.11%),

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Bhumij (5,693/ 2.85),

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 ...

(5,178/ 2.59%), Ho (3,557/ 1.78%), Kharia (978/ 0.49%) and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (855/ 0.43%). Other languages included 419 persons having Munda 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

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in Jharkhand and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

According to the ''Population by Religious Communities 2011'' data, in the Potka 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 108,657 and formed 54.43% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Other religious communities (84,119/ 42.14%),

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 ...

(6,202/ 3.11%),

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 ...

(377/ 0.19%), and persons who did not state their religion (257/ 0.13%).

Economy

Overview

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(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 Potka CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 22,526 and formed 28.56%, agricultural labourers numbered 30,858 and formed 39.12%, household industry workers numbered 2,192 and formed 2.78% and other workers numbered 23,304 and formed 29.54%. Total workers numbered 78,880 and formed 39.52% of the total population non-workers numbered 120,732 and formed 60.48% of the population.

Infrastructure

There are 283 inhabited villages in Potka CD block. In 2011, 252 villages had power supply. 57 villages had tap water, 273 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 253 villages had hand pumps, and 1 village did not have drinking water facility. 46 villages had post offices, 35 villages had sub post offices, 32 villages had telephone (land line), 94 villages had mobile phone coverage. 280 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 48 villages had bus service (public/ private), 8 villages had autos/ modified autos, 10 villages had taxi/ vans, 87 villages had tractors. 27 villages had bank branches, 24 villages had agricultural credit societies, 8 villages had cinema/ video halls, 25 villages had availability of newspapers, 178 villages had ration shops, 130 villages had weekly

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, 175 villages had

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polling stations.

Education

Potka CD block had 11 villages with pre-primary schools, 247 villages with primary schools, 89 villages with middle schools, 14 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 36 villages with no educational facility.
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Healthcare

Potka CD block had 3 villages with primary health centres, 29 villages with primary health subcentres, 2 villages with maternity and child welfares centre, 4 villages with dispensaries, 3 villages with family welfare centres, 18 villages with medicine shops.
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included,

Notable people

Amulya Sardar Amulya Sardar (23 August 1968 – 1 March 2017) was an Indian politician who represented Potka Assembly constituency from 2005 to 2010 as a Member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. Sardar was a member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a po ...

- Ex-MLA, Potka, Jharkhand *

Hari Ram Sardar Hari Ram Sardar was an Indian politician and member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Sardar was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from the Potka constituency in Purbi Singhbhum district in 1990 and 1995. See also * Sanatan Sardar * Amul ...

- Ex-MLA, Potka, Bihar *

Maneka Sardar Maneka Sardar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Sardar was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Potka constituency in Purbi Singhbhum district. See also * Potka (Vidhan Sabha constituency) * ...

- Three-term Ex-MLA, Potka, Jharkhand *

Sanatan Sardar Sanatan Sardar was a veteran Indian politician and a tribal leader. Sardar was a minor irrigation minister from 1985-87 in undivided Bihar, he thrice represented Potka as Janata Dal (1977–82), Bhartiya Janata Party, BJP (1982-85) and Indian Na ...

- Ex-Irrigation Minister, Bihar and three-term Ex-MLA, Potka, Bihar *

Sanjib Sardar Sanjib Sardar is an Indian politician and member of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha. Sardar is a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Potka constituency in Purbi Singhbhum district. See also *Maneka Sardar *Amulya Sardar *Sanatan ...

- MLA Potka, Jharkhand

References

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