Seraikela block (also spelled as Saraikela or Seraikella) 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

Seraikela Sadar subdivision Seraikela Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Kolhan division in the state of Jharkhand, India. Administrative set up Seraikela Kharsawan district has two subdivisions – (1) Seraikela ...

of Seraikela Kharsawan district, 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 British conquered

Kolhan Kolhan is a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Dahanu taluka. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, h ...

in 1837 and consequently formed a new district

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 ...

with headquarters at

Chaibasa Chaibasa is a town and a municipality in West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Chaibasa is the district headquarters of West Singhbhum district. It is also the headquarter of Singhbhum Kolhan division headed by the Divisiona ...

. In 1854, Singhbhum “became a non-regulation district under the jurisdiction of the Lt. Governor of Bengal”. The Rajas of Porhat/ Singhbhum, Seraikela and Kharswan held sway over their kingdoms under British protection. The native states of

Seraikela Saraikela (also spelled Seraikella) is the district headquarters and a nagar panchayat in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was formerly the capital of the Odia Saraikela Sta ...

and

Kharsawan Kharsawan garh is a town and a notified area in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Kharsawan (also spelt as Kharsuan) was founded around 1650. It was one of the Oriya P ...

acceded to the Indian Union in 1948. Subsequently, Singhbhum district was divided into three subdivisions – Sadar, Dhalbhum and Seraikela. In 1956, along with the reorganisation of the states, three police stations of

Manbhum district Manbhum District was one of the districts of the East India during the British Raj. After India's independence, the district became a part of Bihar State. Upon re-organisation of the Indian states in the mid-1950s, present Purulia district was ca ...

, namely

Patamda Patamda is a village in the Patamda CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History In 1956, along with the reorganisation of the states, three police stations of Manbhum district, ...

Ichagarh Ichagarh is a village in the Ichagarh CD block in the Chandil subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Ichagarh is located at . Area overview ...

and

Chandil Chandil is a census town in the Chandil CD block in the Chandil subdivision of Seraikela Kharsawan district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Geography Location Chandil is located at . It has an average elevation of 246 metres (807&nb ...

were transferred to Singhbhum district. While Patamda was added to

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 ...

, Ichagarh and Chandil to

. Seraikela Kharsawan district was carved out of

West Singhbhum district West Singhbhum or Pashchimi Singhbhum is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand state, India. It came into existence on 16 January 1990, when the old Singhbhum district (then in Bihar) was bifurcated. Chaibasa is the district headquarters. The dis ...

in 2001. The district has two subdivisions – Seraikela Sadar and

. The headquarters of the district is at

town.

Maoist activities

According to a PIB release in 2018, Seraikela Kharswan was not included in the list of the thirty districts most affected by

Left wing extremism Far-left politics, also known as the radical left or the extreme left, are politics further to the left on the left–right political spectrum than the standard political left. The term does not have a single definition. Some scholars consider ...

in the country. The list includes thirteen districts of Jharkhand. Jharkhand Police has mentioned “Nimdih, Chandil, Chowka, Ichagarh, Tiruldih, Kharsawan and Kuchai” police station areas of Seraikela Kharsawan district as Naxalite affected.

Hemant Soren Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is currently the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Previously, he had also served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand from July 2013 to December 2014. He is also the presid ...

, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that as a result of the effective action against

, 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

Sini, a census town in Seraikela CD block, is located at . The old and undivided Singhbhum district, of which the present Seraikela Kharsawan district was a part, has been described as “part of the southern fringe of the Chotanagpur plateau and is a hilly upland tract. There are hills alternating with valleys, steep mountains, deep forests on the mountain slopes, and, in the river basins, some stretches of comparatively level or undulating country.” It has an elevation range of . Subarnarekha and

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 ...

are important rivers in the district. Chandil Dam has been built across the Subarnarekha, after Karkari River joins it. Seraikela CD block is bounded by

CD block on the north,

Adityapur Adityapur is a city and suburb in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. It is a nagar parishad in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision in the Seraikela Kharsawan district. Adityapur is part of the Greater Jamshedpur, under the Indian government's ...

CD block on the east, Gobindpur CD block on the south, and Khuntpani CD block in West Singhbhum district and

CD block on the west. Seraikela CD block has an area of 268.53 km². Seraikella police station serves Seraikela CD block. The headquarters of Seraikela CD block is located at

Saraikela Saraikela (also spelled Seraikella) is the district headquarters and a nagar panchayat in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was formerly the capital of the Odia Saraikela St ...

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 ...

, Seraikela CD block had a total population of 79,507, of which 73,125 were rural and 6,383 were urban. There were 39,989 (50%) males and 39,518 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 12,179.

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 5,558 (6.99%) 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 38,194 (48.04%). The only

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in Seraikela CD block is (2011 population figure in brackets): Sini (6,382).

Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Seraikela CD block was 43,502 (64.61% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 25,999 (77.00% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 17,503 (52.15% of the female population over 6 years). The

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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 24.84%. census, literacy in Seraikela Kharsawan district was 68.85%. 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 Seraikela subdistrict (including Seraikela statutory town),

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 27,970 persons forming 29.83% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets)

Odiya 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 ...

(21,070/ 22.47), Ho (20,906/ 22.30), Santali (12,699/ 13.54%),

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(6,095 / 6.50%), Mundari (2,091/ 2.23%),

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Bhumij Bhumij may refer to: *Bhumij people, tribal ethnic group of India * Bhumij language, the language of Bhumij people *Bhumija Bhumija is a variety of north Indian temple architecture marked by how the rotating square-circle principle is applied to ...

, (1,125/ 1.20%), and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (674/ 0.72%). ‘Other languages ‘ included 207 persons having Maithili, 218 persons having

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India *Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language ** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode S ...

as mother-tongue. Persons with Hindi as their mother-tongue included 475 persons having

Bhojpuri Bhojpuri (;Bhojpuri entry, Oxford Dictionaries
, Oxford U ...

, 218 persons having Magadhi/Magahi 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 Seraikela subdistrict (including Seraikela statutory town),

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 60,126 and formed 64.13% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets)

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 ...

(3,581/ 3.82%), Other religious communities (29,111/ 31.05),

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 ...

(762/ 0.81%), and persons who did not state their religion (179/ 0.19%). In Seraikela Kharsawan district,

numbered 255,626 and formed 24.00% of the total population. The larger groups within the scheduled tribes, with percentage of the ST population, were

Santals The Santal or Santhal are an Austroasiatic speaking Munda ethnic group in South Asia. Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal state of India in terms of population and are also found in the states of Odisha, Bihar and A ...

50.80%, Ho 34.87%, Mundas, Patars 17.60% and Oraons, Bhangar Oraons 4.12%.

Economy

Overview

In Seraikela Kharsawan district, 70-80% of the population were in the BPL category in 2004–2005. In 2011-12, the proportion of BPL population in Seraikela Kharsawan district came down to 33.6%. According to a study in 2013 (modified in 2019), "the incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%, but 60% of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are still below poverty line.”

Livelihood

In Seraikela CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 9,881 and formed 26.74%, agricultural labourers numbered 12,201 and formed 33.02%, household industry workers numbered 1,020 and formed 2.76% and other workers numbered 13,851 and formed 37.48%. Total workers numbered 36,953 and formed 39.41% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 56,806 and formed 60.59% of the population.

Infrastructure

There are 168 inhabited villages in Seraikela CD block. In 2011, 149 villages had power supply. 56 villages had tap water, 165 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 153 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 7 villages had post offices, 6 villages had sub post offices, 5 villages had telephone (land line), 101 villages had mobile phone coverage. 167 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 2 villages had bus service (public/ private), 1 village had autos/ modified autos, 2 villages had taxi/ vans, 17 villages had tractors. 5 villages had bank branches, 4 villages had agricultural credit societies, 1 village had public library and reading room, 43 villages had availability of newspapers, 19 villages had ration shops, 6 villages had weekly

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, 55 villages had

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polling stations.

Backward Regions Grant Fund

Seraikela Kharsawan district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the

Backward Regions Grant Fund Backward or Backwards is a relative direction. Backwards or Sdrawkcab (the word "backwards" with its letters reversed) may also refer to: * "Backwards" (''Red Dwarf''), episode of sci-fi TV sitcom ''Red Dwarf'' ** ''Backwards'' (novel), a nov ...

. The fund, created by the Government of India, is ”designed to redress regional imbalances in development”. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.

Transport

The Tatanagar-Bilaspur section of the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line passes through

, Seraikela and

CD blocks of Seraikela Kharsawan district. There are stations at Adityapur, Gamharia, Birbans, Sini, Mahali Marup and Rajkharsawan.

Education

Seraikela CD block had 33 villages with pre-primary schools, 134 villages with primary schools, 62 villages with middle schools, 12 villages with secondary schools, 4 villages with senior secondary schools, 28 villages with no educational facility.
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Culture

Seraikela

Chhau dance Chhau dance, also spelled Chhou dance, is a semi classical Indian dance with martial and folk traditions. It is found in three styles named after the location where they are performed, i.e. the ''Purulia Chhau'' of West Bengal, the ''Seraikell ...

is one of the popular folk dance forms. It “has been approved by UNESCO in the year 2010 as intangible Heritage of India”. The royal family of Seraikela has contributed enormously to the development of the traditional dance form.

Healthcare

Seraikela CD block had 2 villages with primary health centres, 6 villages with primary health subcentres, 3 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 2 villages with allopathic hospitals, 1 village with dispensary, 1 village with veterinary hospital, 30 villages with medicine shops.
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

References

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