Kuju is a

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CD block in the

Ramgarh subdivision Ramgarh subdivision is an administrative subdivision of Ramgarh district in the North Chotanagpur division in the Indian state of Jharkhand. History Around 1740, Ramgarh was "Jungle District of Ramgarh". With the East India Company acquiring the ' ...

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Ramgarh district Ramgarh district is one of the 24 districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It was also a military district during the British Regime, referred to then as Ramgarh district. It is the part of State Capital Region (SCR). Ramgarh was made a di ...

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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, 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 ...

Geography

Location

Kuju is located at . It has an average elevation of 426

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Area overview

Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of Central Coalfields spread across South Karanpura Coalfield,

Ramgarh Coalfield Ramgarh Coalfield are located in Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that ...

and West Bokaro Coalfield. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...

. The Damodar valley covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas). "Chotanagpur has a charm of its own… The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours." 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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Kuju had a total population of 21,356, of which 11,246 (53%) were males and 10,110 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 3,123. The total number of literate persons in Kuju was 14,365 (78.79% of the population over 6 years). India

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, Kuju had a population of 18,049. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Kuju has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 69%, and female literacy is 50%. In Kuju, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Civic administration

There is a Police Outpost at Kuju.

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh'', Kuju covered an area of 13.483 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered wells, hand pumps. It had 3,526 domestic electric connections, 10 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 11 maternity and child welfare centres, 11 maternity homes, 5 nursing homes, 14 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 8 primary schools, 5 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at

Ramgarh Cantonment Ramgarh Cantonment, usually referred to as Ramgarh Cantt or just Ramgarh is a cantonment town, belonging to the Ramgarh district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Historically, a subdivision of the larger Hazaribag district, Ramgarh was ...

11 km away. It had 6 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 auditorium/ community hall. Three important commodities it produced were coal, chuna, spunz. It had the branch offices of 3 nationalised banks, 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultural credit society.

Economy

Projects in the Kuju Area of Central Coalfields Limited (as in 2015) were: Surubera Underground and Open Cast, Ara OC, Kuju UG, Topa UG & OC, Pindra UG & OC, Pundi OC and Karma OC.

Transport

There is a station at Kuju on the

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. Kuju is on National Highway 33.Google maps

Healthcare

Medistyle pain clinic & diagnostics located on the Main Road is integral healthcare service provider in the region.

Famous people

In Kuju, there are prominent people, famous, amongst the locals. * IP Gupta. * BP Gupta * Kishori Lal Mehta * Lalit Narayan Mishra * Ramkant Jha * Sunil Kumar Singh IP Gupta is famous amongst the locals, for -- ''"Solving the dispute amongst people, and being good at his work."'' BP Gupta is famous amongst the locals for creating a girls' school, for underprivileged girls. Kishori Lala Mehta was an Indian Independence activist, and politician. He was alive from 1888 - 1965. He was part of the Quit India Movement. Remakant Jha was an Indian politician, and was born in 1945, and is currently the Member of Parliament for Ramgarh. Sunil Kumar Singh is an Indian Politician, and Lawyer. He was born in Kuju in 1955, and is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kuju.

References

{{Ramgarh District Cities and towns in Ramgarh district