Dumri, Giridih (community development block) explained

Dumri
Settlement Type:Community development block
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand#India
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates:23.9915°N 86.0043°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jharkhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Giridih
Government Type:Federal democracy
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:430.58
Elevation M:332
Population Total:179114
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi, Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:825106 (Dumri)
825167 (Isri Bazar)
Area Code Type:Telephone/STD code
Area Code:06558
Registration Plate:JH
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Giridih
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Dumri
Blank3 Name Sec1:Panchayats
Blank3 Info Sec1:37

Dumri (Hindi: script=Latn|ḍūmri, in Hindi pronounced as /ɖuːmri/) is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Dumri sub-division[1] of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Overview

Giridih is a plateau region. The western portion of the district is part of a larger central plateau. The rest of the district is a lower plateau, a flat table land with an elevation of about 1,300 feet. At the edges, the ghats drop to about 700 feet. The Pareshnath Hills or Shikharji rises to a height of 4,480 feet in the south-eastern part of the district. The district is thickly forested. Amongst the natural resources, it has coal and mica.[2] [3] Inaugurating the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016, Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23 lakh BPL families in Jharkhand.[4] There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%.[5]

Maoist activities

Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities., Giridih was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state.[6], Giridih was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities.[7] In 2017, the Moists, in Giridih district, have torched more than 50 vehicles engaged in road construction or carrying goods.[8]

Geography

Dumri is located at 23.9915°N 86.0043°W.

Dumri CD block is bounded by Sariya, Birni and Giridih CD blocks on the north, Pirtand CD block on the east, Nawadih CD block, in Bokaro district, on the south and Bagodar CD block on the west.[9] [10]

Dumri CD block has an area of 430.58 km2. It has 37 gram panchayats, 181 inhabited villages and 2 census towns. Dumri and Nimiyaghat police stations serve this block.[11] Headquarters of this CD block is at Dumri. 4.48% of the area has forest cover.[9] [12]

The Jamunia River runs near the Grand Trunk Road from around Bagodar to past Dumri and then turns south, forms the border between Dhanbad and Bokaro districts and joins the Damodar.[13] [14]

Gram panchayats in Dumri CD block are: Sasarkho, Nagabad, Khudisar, Jitkundi, Jaridih, Barki Bergi, Behra Suiadih, Parsabeda, Atki, Chhachhando, Chainpur, Kalhawawar, Chengro, Chino, Kulgo (N), Kulgo (S), Dumri, Amra, Bharkhar, Tengra Khurd, Asurbadh, Dumarchutio, Madh Gopali, JamRtara, Isri Bazar (N), Isri Bazar (S), Ranga Matti, Laxmantunda, Kheratunda, Roshnatunda, Balutunda, Lohedih, Nagri, Poraiya, Balthariya, Shankardih and Thakurchak.[12]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India Dumri CD block had a total population of 226,006, of which 210,002 were rural and 16,004 were urban. There were 116,397 (52%) males and 109,609 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 40,281. Scheduled Castes numbered 23,045 (10.20%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 23,547 (10.42%).[15]

Census towns in Dumri CD block are (2011 census population figure in brackets): Isri (9,749) and Jamtara (6,255).[15]

Literacy

census the total number of literate persons in Dumri CD block was 118,024 (63.55% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 74,181 (67.68% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 43,483 (48.66% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.02%.[15]

census, literacy in Giridih district was 63.14% [16] Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011.[16] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.[17]

See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Language and religion

Khortha is the main spoken language. Hindi is the official language. Urdu and Santali are also spoken.

Rural poverty

40-50% of the population of Giridih district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Koderma and Hazaribagh districts.[18] Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.[19]

Economy

Livelihood

In Dumri CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 23,113 and formed 24.43%, agricultural labourers numbered 45,113 and formed 47.69%, household industry workers numbered 2,164 and formed 2.29% and other workers numbered 24,203 and formed 25.59%. Total workers numbered 94,593 and formed 41.85% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 131,493 and formed 58.15% of the population.[20]

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the Factories Act. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.[21]

Infrastructure

There are 181 inhabited villages in Dumri CD block. In 2011, 117 villages had power supply. 4 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 176 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 163 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 23 villages had post offices, 13 villages had a sub post office, 12 villages had telephones (land lines) and 98 villages had mobile phone coverage. 178 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 30 villages had bus service (public/ private), 30 villages had autos/ modified autos, and 46 villages had tractors. 20 villages had bank branches, 6 villages had agricultural credit societies, 1 village had cinema/ video hall, 3 villages had public library and public reading room. 68 villages had public distribution system, 20 villages had weekly haat (market) and 98 villages had assembly polling stations.[22]

Agriculture

Hills occupy a large portion of Giridih district. The soil is generally rocky and sandy and that helps jungles and bushes to grow. The forest area, forming a large portion of total area, in the district is evenly distributed all over. Some areas near the rivers have alluvial soil. In Dumri CD block, the percentage of cultivable area to total area is 22.87%. The percentage of cultivable area to the total area for the district, as a whole, is 27.04%. Irrigation is inadequate. The percentage of irrigated area to cultivable area in Dumri CD block is 8.98%. May to October is the Kharif season, followed by the Rabi season. Rice, sown in 50% of the gross sown area, is the main crop in the district. Other important crops grown are: maize, wheat, sugar cane, pulses and vegetables.[23]

Coal mining

Coal is mined in Dumri CD block.[12]

Backward Regions Grant Fund

Giridih district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund. The fund created by the Government of India is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.[24] [25]

Transport

The Asansol-Gaya section, a part of the Grand Chord, Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line and Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line, passes through this block. Parasnath railway station and Nimiaghat railway station are on this line.[26]

NH 19 (old numbering NH 2)/ Grand Trunk Road passes through this CD block.[27] [28]

Education

Dumri CD block had 30 villages with pre-primary schools, 165 villages with primary schools, 91 villages with middle schools, 12 villages with secondary schools, 5 villages with senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college, 15 villages with no educational facility.[29]
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Healthcare

Dumri CD block had 1 village with community health centre, 1 village with primary health centre, 12 villages with primary health subcentres, 4 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 5 villages with allopathic hospitals, 6 villages with dispensaries, 4 villages with family welfare centres, 26 villages with medicine shops.[29]
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Giridih district . Welcome to Giridih . Giridih district administration . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170911194232/http://www.giridih.nic.in/more_gir.html . 11 September 2017 . dead .
  3. Web site: Parashnath Hill, Giridih. Native Planet . 23 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Chief Minister launches Ujjwal scheme in Hazaribag. The Times of India, 2 November 2016. 1 November 2017.
  5. Web site: State 12th Five Year Plan: State Annual Plan 2012-13. State of Jharkhand . Jharkhand Planning Commission . 1 November 2017.
  6. Web site: Jharkhand Assessment 2013 . Satp . 23 September 2017.
  7. Web site: 13 focus areas identified in Jharkhand to check Maoist activities . Eenadu Jndia, 14 June 2016 . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170927113900/http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/east/jharkhand/ranchi/2016/06/14073809/13-focus-areas-identified-in-Jharkhand-to-check-Maoist.vpf . 27 September 2017 . dead .
  8. Web site: Maoista torch 9 vehicles, assault labourers in Jharkhand's Giridih district . India TV. 23 September 2017.
  9. Web site: 2011 District Census Handbook Giridih, Series 21, Part XII B. Map on Page 3 . Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. 23 September 2017.
  10. Web site: CD Block/ Tehsil Map of Giridih. Maps of India. 23 September 2017.
  11. Web site: District Statistical Handbook, Giridih . Tables 2.1, 2.4 . Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand . 23 September 2017 .
  12. Web site: Giridih . District Administration, Giridih . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110527171358/http://giridih.nic.in/block.html . 27 May 2011 . dead .
  13. Book: Lister, Edward. Hazaribagh . p. 9 . October 2009 . BiblioBazaar . 9781115792776 . 2010-06-06 .
  14. Web site: Name and Situation . Jharkhand Forest Division . 2010-06-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713104807/http://www.jharkhandforest.com/files/dhanbad_ns.pdf . 2011-07-13 . dead .
  15. Web site: 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) . Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India . 23 September 2017.
  16. Web site: District Census Handbook Giridih 2011 Series- 21, Part XII B. Page 17 . Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 23 September 2017.
  17. Web site: Literacy in India. Census 2011 . Census population 2015 data . 23 September 2017.
  18. Web site: Rural Poverty in Jharkhad, India. Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand . Munich Personal RePEc Archive . 8 December 2020.
  19. Web site: Eliminating poverty . Jharkhand government . 8 December 2020.
  20. Web site: District Census Handbook 2011 Giridih, Series 21, Part XII A. Tables 30 and 33, pages 52 and 58 . Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand . 16 November 2017.
  21. Web site: District Census Handbook 2011 Giridih, Series 21 Part XII A . Pages 17-18 . Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. 16 November 2017.
  22. Web site: District Census Handbook, Giridih, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A . Pages 1176-1178 Appendix I: Village Directory . Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. . 21 November 2017.
  23. Web site: District Census Handbook, Giridih, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A . Page 9: Forest, flora and fauna, Page 11, Soil and cropping pattern, and Land use pattern, Page 73, Table 41: Distribution of villages according to land use . Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. . 21 November 2017.
  24. Web site: Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines . Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India . 23 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171030225317/http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf . 30 October 2017 . dead .
  25. Web site: Backward Regions Grant Fund. Press Release, 14 June 2012 . Press Information Bureau, Government of India . 23 September 2017.
  26. Web site: 53521 => 63553 Asansol-Varanasi MEMU . Time Table . Indiarailinfo . 23 September 2017.
  27. Web site: Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways. Department of Road Transport and Highways. 23 September 2017. New Delhi. https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf. 1 February 2016. dead.
  28. Google maps
  29. Web site: District Census Handbook Giridih, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A . Page 1175-1176 . Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. 8 December 2020.
  30. Web site: Self study report of Parashnath Mahavidyalaya . PM. 2 December 2017.
  31. Web site: Jharkhand College, Dumri. JCD. 17 December 2020.
  32. Web site: Colleges under VBU . 17 December 2020 . Vinoba Bhave University.