Geography
Location
Mandu is located at . It has an average elevation of . Mandu is surrounded by hills. Gandhauniya is natural hot water spring which is popular among local people. Dhoodhi nadi is a picnic spot for new year celebration. Other sight seeing places include elephant stone, Dear's foot print, Tapin Dam is also famous here. Jhoda Talab (two ponds) are situated at both sides of NH-33 Highway which is a noted identification mark.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 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 theCivic administration
Police station
Mandu police station serves Mandu CD block.CD block HQ
The headquarters of Mandu CD block is located at Mandu town.Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Mandu had a total population of 10,223, of which 5,450 (53%) were males and 4,773 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,457. The total number of literate persons in Mandu was 6,383 (72.82% of the population over 6 years).Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh'', Mandu covered an area of 17.052 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 27 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, overhead tank. It had 1,043 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 6 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 3 family welfare centres, 6 maternity and child welfare centres, 4 maternity homes, 1 nursing home, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, 4 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 1 general degree college. It had 1 non-formal educational centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 3 working women’s hostels. One important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.Transport
National Highway 33 passes through Mandu. The nearest railway station is at Imli tand.Education
Although there is an adequate number of schools like DCA, MKPS, SSVM, High School, MS, DAV AGRASEN, DAV GHATO, DAV TAPIN nearby, the literacy rate is quite low here.References
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