Sandesh (
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
: संदेश) is a
Gram Panchayat and corresponding
community development block
In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of District, administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). T ...
in
Bhojpur district of
Bihar
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, India. As of 2011, its population was 6,874, in 1,037 households. The total block population was 109,712, in 17,011 households.
Demographics
Sandesh is a rural block with no large urban centres. In 2011, its
sex ratio
A sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. However, many species deviate from an even sex ratio, ei ...
was 912 females to every 1000 males, which was higher than the Bhojpur district average of 907. The sex ratio was slightly higher in the 0-6 age group, with a ratio of 914, which was below the district ratio of 918. Members of
scheduled castes made up 14.98% of block residents (compared with the district-wide 15.59%) and members of
scheduled tribes made up 0.04% (district-wide 0.51%). The block's
literacy rate
Literacy is the ability to read and write, while illiteracy refers to an inability to read and write. Some researchers suggest that the study of "literacy" as a concept can be divided into two periods: the period before 1950, when literacy was ...
was 66.73%, which was lower than the district-wide 70.47%. There was a 28.64% gender literacy gap in the block, with 80.39% of men but only 51.75% of women able to read and write (the district-wide gap was 23.71%).
Most of Sandesh block's workforce was employed in
agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
in 2011, with 21.55% of workers being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and another 53.26% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages. 5.78% were household industry workers, and the remaining 19.41% were other workers. Most workers in the block were men: 25,844 were male and 8,944 were female.
List of Villages
Sandesh block contains the following 54 villages, ordered by population:
(GP =
Gram Panchayat)
References
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Villages in Bhojpur district, India