Maoist activities, dissent
Jharkhand is one of the states affected byGeography
Tamar is located at . Tamar CD block is located on the Lower Chota Nagpur Plateau. It has an average elevation of above mean sea level. Tamar CD block is bounded by theDemographics
Population
According to theLiteracy
census, the total number of literate persons in Tamar CD block was 70,845 (62.76% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 43,881 (76.98% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 26,964 (48.25% of the female population over 6 years). TheLanguage and religion
Rural poverty
60-70% of the population of Ranchi district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005. In 2011-12, the proportion of BPL population in Ranchi district came down to 27.82%. 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."Economy
Livelihood
In Tamar CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 24,238 and formed 33.66%, agricultural labourers numbered 39,137 and formed 54.35%, household industry workers numbered 2,147 and formed 2.98% and other workers numbered 6,487 and formed 9.01%. Total workers numbered 72,009 and formed 54.28% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 60,663 and formed 45.72% of the population.Infrastructure
There are 128 inhabited villages in Tamar CD block. In 2011, 8 villages had power supply. 16 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 128 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 125 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 5 villages had post offices, 12 villages had sub post offices, 3 village had telephones (land lines), 38 villages had mobile phone coverage. 115 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 8 villages had bus service (public/ private), 6 villages had autos/ modified autos, 5 villages had taxi/vans, 62 villages had tractors. 5 villages had bank branches, 5 villages had agricultural credit societies, 2 villages hadAgriculture
In Ranchi district, 23% of the total area is covered with forests. "With the gradual deforestation of the district, more and more land is being brought under cultivation." Terraced low lands are called ''don'' and the uplands are called ''tanr''. The hill streams remain almost dry, except in the rainy season, and does not offer much scope for irrigation. In Tamar CD block, 49.15% of the total area was cultivable, in 2011. Out of this, 3.00% was irrigated land.Backward Regions Grant Fund
Ranchi district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from theTransport
National Highway 43 (earlier NH 33) (Ranchi-Bundu-Tamar-Chandil-Jamshedpur), an important roadway in Ranchi district, passes through Tamar block.Google mapsEducation
Tamar CD block had 6 villages with pre-primary schools, 115 villages with primary schools, 58 villages with middle schools, 9 villages with secondary schools, 3 villages with senior secondary schools, 1 village had vocational training centre/ ITI, 4 villages had non-formal training centres, 13 villages with no educational facility.Healthcare
Tamar CD block had 2 villages with primary health centres, 26 villages with primary health subcentres, 9 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 1 village with allopathic hospital, 1 village with dispensary, 1 village with veterinary hospital, 7 villages with family welfare centres, 29 villages with medicine shops .References
{{South Chotanagpur Division topics Community development blocks in Ranchi district