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III. BACK GROUND INFORMATION

OF THE DISTRICT

 

3.1 GENERAL FEATURES OF THE DISTRICT

West Singhbhum came into being in the year 1989-90, after East Singhbhum, district was carved out of the erstwhile-undivided Singhbhum district. Again in April 2001 the West Singhbhum was divided into two districts, North part of the West Singhbhum i.e. eight Blocks of Seraikela division was separated and became Seraikela-Kharswan district. Geographically, the district is situated between north latitude 210 58’ and 230 56’and East longitude 850 & 860. The district forms part of the southern fringe of the Chhotanagpur plateau and is highly upland tract. There are hills alternating with plains, steep mountains, and deep forests on the mountain slope. The altitude varies 205 to 610 meters above mean sea level with hills and hillocks, valleys and rivers. The average elevation (altitude) is 244 meters above mean sea level. In the North side of the district is Seraikella-Kharswan district, south side of the district in surrounded by parts of Orissa state in its east side East Singhbhum and parts of orissa state and in the West side it has Ranchi district and part of orissa state. The geographical area of the district is 5.19 lakh hectare.

              For administrative convenience, the district has been divided into two subdivisions namely Chaibasa Sadar and Chakradharpur. Chaibasa being the districts headquarter all district level office are located here. The district has 15 blocks, 204 Panachayats and 1692 revenue villages .The detailed description was given in the table No. 3.1 The important towns of the district are Chaibasa and Chakradharpur.

            Agriculture is the main stay of the economy of the district. However, the agriculture is mainly for subsistence and it is yet to be taken up on a commercial basis due to lack of irrigation and other infrastructure bottlenecks.

            The district is endowed with abundant mineral and forest resources. Iron ore mines are located in Noamundi, Manoharpur blocks. Other minerals those are available in the district include limestone, china clay, Manganese, soapstones etc.

            West Singhbhum is one of the richest districts of Jharkhand in forest resources.

The species of forest trees, which are found in the district, include Sal, Dhaura, Mahua ,

Kendu, Bamboo, Asan, Karan etc. The major products of forest include timber, poles, firewood, Sal Seed, Mahua Seed, Sabai grass.

            The district prominently figures in the industrial map of Jharkhand .The industrial centers include Jhinkpani (ACC cement Plant) , Chakradharpur (SSI industy like LOC Industry , Biscuit Manufacturing Industry etc.)

 

Table 3.1 Block Wise Geographical Information of Villages & Panchayat

Sl. No.

Name of the Block

Geographical Area

No. of Gram Panchayat

No. of villages

1

Chaibasa

15778.36

9

77

2

Khuntpani

35129.65

12

116

3

Tantnagar

20808.10

11

76

4

Manjhari

31371.64

12

64

5

Manjhgaon

27988.18

12

88

6

Kumardungi

37801.30

12

83

7

Jhinkpani

27874.48

10

51

8

Jagannathpur

30891.96

14

89

9

Tonto

38934.04

11

84

10

Noamundi

41130.32

11

71

11

Chakradharpur

38756.25

18

183

12

Sonua

47215.86

18

172

13

Goilkera`

31583.26

18

166

14

Manoharpur

56046.74

20

156

15

Bandgaon

38515.22

16

216

 

Total

519825.36

204

1692

  

3.2       Socio-Economic Features

Demographic Pattern :  The total population of the district is 12,31,958 as per 2001 census, of which 6,18,073 are male 6,13,885 are female. The population density per square KM is 237 with sex ratio of 993 per 1000 males. The scheduled tribe population constitutes 65.31% and scheduled cast constitutes 4.68% of the total population of the district. The block wise demographic pattern of the district is given in table 3.2

 

Table 3.2 Block Wise Area Demographic Pattern Of West Singhbhum

Sl.No

Block

Total Population (Census 2001)

% of Literacy

Sex wise

Workers No.

Category wise

 

Total No. of Male

Total No. of Female

Agriculture

Non-Agriculture

SC

ST

Others

1

Sadar Chaibasa

136006

57.84

69844

66162

19929

18086

5788

59615

48667

2

Khuntpani

63544

33.85

31431

32113

20309

2473

779

47642

8904

3

Tantnagar

48654

33.45

24183

24471

14630

870

647

32966

9786

4

Manjhgaon

54093

28.43

26751

27342

19015

859

1005

37555

4839

5

Manjhari

56670

32.70

27953

28717

19100

1698

1124

35275

12504

6

Kumardungi

66696

28.76

32793

33903

23239

1476

1385

44269

2846

7

Jhinkpani

72901

34.58

36200

36701

18455

5091

2619

40421

21237

8

Jagannathpur

84565

39.09

42252

42313

22039

5370

4714

41493

26686

9

Tonto

53911

24.52

26921

26990

16584

1287

1520

38143

6739

10

Nuamundi

99812

44.85

50986

48826

14578

13400

7105

46520

32607

11

Chakradharpur

168922

49.73

85099

83823

35910

16237

9214

69313

71813

12

Sonua

81266

33.20

40649

40617

25633

4148

4432

48529

20319

13

Goelkera

76535

25.91

38278

38257

23897

2121

1318

56223

8821

14

Manoharpur

103096

36.75

51925

51171

27824

5786

5295

59787

24649

15

Bandgaon

65287

31.17

32808

32479

20958

1723

3549

48419

8566

TOTAL

1231958

35.66

618073

613885

322100

80625

50494

706170

308983

 

LITERACY :  The block wise literacy rate was given in table 3.2. The overall literacy rate of the district is 38.54%

 

OCCUPATION : The percentage of main workers to total population of the district is 37.2 and the percentage of agricultural labour to total main workers is 79.98%. The block wise information on workforce engaged in different occupations is given in table 3.2

 

HOUSEHOLDS :  There are total 1692 villages in the district in which 47 villages are un-inhabited. The block wise details are given in table 3.3

 

Table 3.3 Block wise Information on Villages

Sl. No.

Block

No. of Villages

Total

Inhabited

Un-inhabited

1

Sadar Chaibasa

76

01

77

2

Khuntpani

116

-

116

3

Tantnagar

76

-

76

4

Manjhgaon

87

01

88

5

Manjhari

64

-