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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chitarpur
| native_name =
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| settlement_type = Community development block
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| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India3
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand
| coordinates = {{coord|23.5749|N|85.6548|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jharkhand|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ramgarh district|Ramgarh]]
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| government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 64.85
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 364
| population_total = 70,701
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 825101
| area_code_type = Telephone/ [[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
| area_code = 06553
| registration_plate = JH
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Ramgarh (Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ramgarh]]
| website = {{URL|ramgarh.nic.in/}}
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'''Chitarpur (community development block)''' is an administrative division in the [[Ramgarh subdivision]] of the [[Ramgarh district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Maoist activities==
Jharkhand is one of the states affected by [[Naxalite|Maoist]] activities. {{As of|2012}}, Ramgarh was not among the highly affected districts in the state.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/maoist/Assessment/2013/Jharkhand.htm |title = Jharkhand Assessment 2013 | publisher= Satp | access-date = 23 September 2017}}</ref>According to the Jharkhand Police spokesperson and Inspector General (IG) Saket Singh, as reported on December 8, 2020, “The activities of CPI-Maoist are now confined to small pockets in the state because of our efforts.” Civilian fatalities, a key index of security in a region, declined from 20 in 2019, to 8 in 2020, the lowest in this category since 2000, when there were 13 such fatalities. The 28 total fatalities recorded in 2020 are also the lowest overall fatalities recorded in the state in a year since 2000, when they stood at 36.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.indiablooms.com/news-details/O/68556/jharkhand-dying-embers.html | title= Jharkhand: Dying Embers |publisher= India Blooms| accessdate = 30 January 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Chitarpur is located at {{coord|23.5749|N|85.6548|E}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Chitarpur.html|title= Chitarpur, India|publisher=fallingrain.com|accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 364 [[metre]]s (1167 [[foot (length)|feet]]).

A major portion of the district is a part of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Damodar trough|Damodar trough]] on the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]]. The [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Ranchi Plateau|Ranchi Plateau]], the largest part of the Chotanagpur Plateau is on the south and the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Hazaribagh Plateau|Hazaribagh Plateau]] is on the north. The [[Damodar River|Damodar]] is the principal river of the district. The main tributaries of Damodar in the area are Naikari, Bhairavi/ Bhera and [[Bokaro River|Bokaro]]. The [[Subarnarekha River|Subarnarekha]] flows through the south-eastern part of the district. The [[Rajrappa]] falls and Naikari dam are important landmarks.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 7-8: Physiography, Drainage|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | accessdate = 28 January 2021}}</ref>

Chitarpur CD block is bounded by the [[Gomia block|Gomia]] CD block in Bokaro district on the north, the [[Gola (community development block)|Gola]] on the east, the [[Dulmi (community development block)|Dulmi]] on the south and the [[Ramgarh (community development block)|Ramgrh]] CD block on the west.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/ramgarh.html| title= CD block/tehsil map of Ramgarh |publisher= MapsofIndia| accessdate = 29 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/bokaro.html| title= CD blocks/ tehsils of Bokaro |publisher= MapsofIndia | accessdate = 29 January 2021}}</ref>

Chitarpur CD block has an area of 64.85 km2.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2016_PART_B_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Page 24: District primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | accessdate = 28 January 2021}}</ref>[[Rajrappa#Police station|Rajrappa]] police station serves Chitarpur CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/ramgarh| title= District Police Profile - Ramgarh |publisher= Jharkhand Police| accessdate = 29 January 2021}}</ref>The headquarters of Chitarpur CD block is located at [[Chitarpur]] town.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2016_PART_B_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Map of Ramgarh district on the third page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | accessdate = 28 January 2021}}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Chitarpur CD block had a total population of 70,701, of which 39,990 were rural and 30,711 were urban. There were 36,737 (52%) males and 33,964 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 10,169. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 3,794 (5.37%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 7,150 (10.11%).<ref name=census2011/>

[[Sewai]] and [[Chitarpur]] are [[census town]]s in the Chitarpur CD block. <ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-JK.html |title = 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= Jharkhand – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 15 November 2015}}</ref>

===Literacy===
According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in the Chitarpur CD block was 47,576 (78.60% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 27,352 (87.09% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 20,224 (69.43% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 17.66%.<ref name=census2011/>

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]
{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Ramgarh district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===
Ramgarh district was carved out of Hazaribagh district in 2007. The mother-tongue data for Ramgarh district in 2001 is not available in the census handbook for 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 5, 29|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | accessdate = 29 January 2021}}</ref>

[[Hindi]] is the official language in Jharkhand and [[Urdu]] has been declared as an additional official language.<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013) |pages= 35 |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |accessdate=3 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |archivedate= 8 July 2016 }}</ref>

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, 2011 census,'' Hindus numbered 774,251 and formed 81.55% of the population of Chatra district, followed by Muslims 129,037 (13.59%), Christians 7,260 (0.76%), Sikhs 5,093 (0.54%), religion not stated 818 (0.09%), other religions 32,984 (3.47%).<ref>{{cite web| url= https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf|title = District Census Handbook Ramgarh, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census|work = page 29: Note on religion | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 29 January 2021}}</ref>

==Rural poverty==
Ramgarh district was carved out of Hazaribagh district in 2007. In 2004–2005, 40-50% of the population of Hazaribagh district were in the [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] category, being in the same category as Godda, Giridih and Koderma districts.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/1/MPRA_paper_45258.pdf | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhad, India| work = Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Munich Personal RePEc Archive | access-date = 25 January 2021}}</ref> [[Rural poverty]] in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Jharkhand%20presentation.pdf | title = Eliminating poverty | publisher = Jharkhand government | access-date = 25 January 2021}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood in Chitarpur CD block'''
|value1 = 29.83
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 12.08
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 4.68
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 53.41
|label4 = Other Workers}}

In the Chitarpur CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 5,875 and formed 29.83%, agricultural labourers numbered 2,379 and formed 12.08%, household industry workers numbered 921 and formed 4.68% and other workers numbered 10,518 and formed 53.41%. Total workers numbered 19,693 and formed 27.85% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 51,008 and formed 72.15% of the population.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf | title = District Census Handbook 2011 Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII A| work = Tables 47 and 51, pages 48 and 51 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | accessdate = 30 January 2021}}</ref>

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,1948, India|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.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf| title= District Census Handbook 2011 Ramgarh, Series 21 Part XII A | work= Census Concepts, Pages 18-30 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| accessdate = 30 January 2021}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 20 inhabited villages in the Chitarpur CD block. In 2011, 17 villages had power supply. 4 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 19 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 19 villages had hand pumps, and 1 village did not have drinking water facility. 3 villages had post offices, 3 villages had sub post offices, 2 villages had telephones (land lines), 13 villages had mobile phone coverage. 20 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 6 villages had bus service (public/ private), 3 villages had [[Auto rickshaw|autos]]/ modified autos, 9 villages had taxi/vans and 8 villages had tractors. 2 villages had bank branches, 1 village had agricultural credit society, 1 village had cinema/ video hall. 6 villages had [[public distribution system]], 2 villages had weekly haat (market) and 9 villages had [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] [[Polling place|polling stations]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 196-97, Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | accessdate = 30 January 2021 }}</ref>

===Coal mining===
The projects of the [[Rajrappa Area]] are: Rajrappa OCP and Rajrappa Washery. The area office is at [[Rajrappa#Economy|Rajrappa]] 829101.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.centralcoalfields.in/areas/rjrpa.php | title= Central Coalfields Limited| work= Areas - Rajrappa |publisher= CCL| accessdate = 27 December 2020}}</ref>

==Transport==
{{Barkakana-Muri-Chandil line|collapse=y}}
The [[Barkakana-Muri-Chandil line]] passes through this block. There are stations at Barkipona and Mael.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/tatanagar-barkakana-passenger-58023/6494/168/1219 | title= Tatanagar-Barkakana Passenger | work= Time Table |publisher= IndiaRailInfo| accessdate = 31 January 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
Chitarpur CD block had 9 villages with pre-primary schools, 15 villages with primary schools, 8 villages with middle schools, 4 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 1 village with general degree college.<ref name=directory>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf | title= District Census Handbook Ramgarh, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work= Page 195 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| access-date = 30 January 2021}}</ref>
 .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

==Healthcare==
Chitarpur CD block had 1 village with [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]], 5 villages with primary health subcentres.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

==References==
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[[Category:Community development blocks in Ramgarh district]]

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