Simdega district is one of the twenty-four districts of
Jharkhand
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Simdega
Simdega is a city in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Simdega is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and Subdivision. The city stands at an elevation of approximately 418 metres (1371 feet) above sea level and cov ...
town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is the least population density district of jharkhand(2011).This district was carved out from erstwhile
Gumla district
Gumla district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Gumla town is the administrative headquarters of this district.
Etymology
For centuries, the place was a meeting center for people from the hinterland who flocked ...
on 30 April 2001. It is currently a part of the
Red Corridor
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.
As of 2011 it is the third least populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after
Lohardaga
Lohardaga is a town and the district headquarters of Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand, west of Ranchi, the state capital. Earlier (early 1900s) Lohardaga was the commissionary headquarters for Chotanagpur. It was only lat ...
and
Khunti district
Khunti district is one of the twenty-four districts in South Chotanagpur division of the Indian state of Jharkhand. The district of Khunti was carved out of Ranchi district on 12 September 2007. , it is the second least populous district of Jhark ...
s.
Economy
In 2006 the
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
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named Simdega 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).
Politics
Administration
Blocks/Mandals
The following are the list of blocks (10 blocks) in Simdega district.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census Simdega district has a
population
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of 599,578, roughly equal to the nation of
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or the US state of
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. This gives it a ranking of 526th in India (out of a total of 640).
The district has a population density of . Its
population growth rate
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over the decade 2001-2011 was 16.62%. Simdega has a
sex ratio
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of 1000
females
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A female has larger gametes than a male. Females a ...
for every 1000 males, and a
literacy rate
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of 67.59%. It is the only Christian majority district in Jharkhand.Simdega District Population Census 2011, Jharkhand literacy sex ratio and density /ref> Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.5% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 70.8% of total population.
At the time of the
2011 Census of India
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, 53.91% of the population in the district spoke
Sadri
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Hindi
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* Chhinda Dam
* Ramrekha dham - it is commonly believed by the tribals in the area that Lord Rama had visited this place in his exile years.
* Ramjanki Mandir
* Gandhi Maidan
* Kelaghagh
* Kobang Dam
* sarna mandir
* Dhangadi- It is a picnic place of Shankh river in bolba block. Where naturally rocks cut by river water looked very attractive.
See also
*
Districts of Jharkhand
Jharkhand, a state of India, has twenty-four administrative districts.
Administration
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