Urimari is a

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Barkagaon Barkagaon is a village in the Barkagaon CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Barkagaon is located at . Area overview Hazaribagh district is a plateau ar ...

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Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the North Chotanagpur division in the state of Jharkhand, India. History During the period of Muslim rule, the thickly forested plateau area was ruled by ...

Hazaribagh district Hazaribagh district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor. Etymology The district is named after its headquarters, the tow ...

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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 ...

Geography

Location

Urimari is located at . The Damodar flows past Urimari.

Area overview

Hazaribagh district is a

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area and forests occupy around about 45% of the total area. It is a predominantly rural area with 92.34% of the population living in rural areas against 7.66% in the urban areas. There are many

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in the district, as can be seen in the map alongside. Agriculture is the main occupation of the people but with the extension of coal mines, particularly in the southern part of the district, employment in coal mines is increasing. However, it has to be borne in mind that modern mining operations are highly mechanised. Four operational areas of

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are marked on the map. All these areas are spread across partly this district and partly the neighbouring districts. 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. Urbanisation data calculated on the basis of census data for CD blocks and may vary a little against unpublished official data.

Civic administration

Police out-post

Urimari police out-post serves the Barkagaon CD block.

Demographics

According to the

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, Urimari had a total population of 4,948, of which 2,640 (53%) were males and 2,308 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 638. The total number of literate persons in Urimari was 3,392 (78.70% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Hazaribagh'', Urimari covered an area of 4.93 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered well, overhead tank. It had 947 domestic electric connections, 40 road lighting points. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, 1 middle school, 3 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at

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10 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had 1 stadium, 1 public library, reading room. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.

Economy

Projects in the Barka Sayal Area of

are: Bhurkunda U/G, Central Saunda U/G, Saunda-D U/G, Saunda U/G, Sayal-D U/G, Urimari U/G, Urimari O/C, North Urimari/ Birsa O/C and Bhurkunda O/C.

Education

DAV Public School was established at Urimari in 1994.The school has classes up to senior secondary level. It is a co-educational school affiliated to CBSE.

References

Cities and towns in Hazaribagh district {{Jharkhand-geo-stub