districts of Jharkhand
Jharkhand, a state of India, has twenty-four administrative districts.
Administration
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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 town of Hazaribagh. The name, Hazaribagh consists of two Persian words, ''hazar'' meaning "one thousand", and ''bagh'' meaning "garden" - so, the literal meaning of Hazaribagh is 'a city of one thousand gardens'. According to Sir John Houlton, a veteran British administrator, the town takes its name from the small villages of Okni and Hazari – shown in old maps as Ocunhazry. The last syllable in its name probably originated in a mango-grove, which formed a camping ground for troops and travellers marching along the ‘new military road’ from Kolkata to Varanasi, constructed in 1782 and the following years.
History
There are ancient Cave Paintings in Isko, Hazaribagh district which are from Meso-chalcolithic period (9,000-5,000 BC). There is a group of megaliths found close to Barkagaon that is about 25 km from Hazaribagh town at Punkri Barwadih, which has been proven to date back to beyond 3000 BCE.
In 6 December 1972,
Giridih district
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was split from Hazaribagh. In 1999 this happened again with the creation of Chatra and Koderma. Hazaribagh left
Bihar
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when
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 . I ...
was formed on 15 November 2000. On 12 September 2007, yet another district was created from Hazaribagh's territory: Ramgarh.
Economy
Coal is the major mineral found in this district. This significant coal deposit reserves of this district include Charhi, Kuju, Ghato Tand and Barkagaon of North Karanpura Coalfield. The coal mines are the main source of livelihood for the residents of this district. People of this district are known to be very hard working.
Patratu and Bhurkunda was also coal mines areas of Hazaribagh but it is now in Ramgarh district.
In 2006, the Indian government named Hazaribagh one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
Administration
Blocks/Mandals
Hazaribag district consists of 16 Blocks. The following are the list of the Blocks in Hazaribagh district:
The district is divided into two sub-divisions: Hazaribagh and Barhi.
Hazaribagh sub-division comprises 11 blocks: Sadar, Hazaribagh,
Katkamsandi
Katkamsandi is a village in the Katkamsandi CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Katkamsandi is located at .
Area overview
Hazaribagh district is a plat ...
Keredari
Keredari is a village in the Keredari CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Keredari is located at .
Area overview
Hazaribagh district is a plateau area ...
Katkamdag
Katkamdag is a village in the Katkamdag CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Katkamdag is located at .
Area overview
Hazaribagh district is a plateau ar ...
Barkatha
Barakatha (also spelled Barahkatha) is a village in the Barkatha CD block in the Barhi subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Barkatha is located at .
Surajkund hot spring is from Bark ...
and
Chalkusha
Chalkusha (also spelled Chalkusa) is a village in the Chalkusha CD block in the Barhi subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Chalkusha is located at .
Area overview
Hazaribagh district i ...
.
There are 5
Vidhan Sabha
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constituencies in this district: Barkatha, Barhi, Barkagaon, Mandu and Hazaribagh. All of these are part of Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, Hazaribagh district has a
population
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of 1,734,495, roughly equal to the nation of
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or the US state of
Nebraska
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. This gives it a ranking of 279th in India (out of a total of 640).
The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.75%. Hazaribagh has a
sex ratio
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literacy rate
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of 70.48%. Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 17.50% and 7.02% of the total population respectively.
Hindus make up 80.56% of the population, while Muslims make up 16.21%. Sarna makes 1.97% of the population, Christians are 0.99%.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
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, 61.58% of the population in the district spoke Khortha, 23.59%
Hindi
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Charowa dam
Charowa dam, (also known as Charwa dam), is situated in the midst of four hills in Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand, India. The Charawa dam reservoir is known to fill up beyond the safe level during the monsoon, most recently in 2017, when spill ga ...