Khunti block: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox settlement  

| name                    = Khunti

| nickname                = <!-- Please do not add any Indic script in this infobox, per Wikipedia:INDISCRIPT policy -->  

| settlement_type        = Community development block  

| pushpin_map            = India Jharkhand#India3  

| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Jharkhand      

| coordinates            = {{coord|23.082402|N|85.277636|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      = [[Khunti district|Khunti]]  

| government_type        = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]  

| unit_pref              = Metric  

| area_total_km2          = 448.96  

| population_total        = 87998

| population_as_of        = 2011  

| population_density_km2  = auto  

| 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            = 835210  

| area_code_type          = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code  

| area_code              = 06528  

| registration_plate      = JH 23  

| blank1_name_sec1        = Literacy  

| blank1_info_sec1        = 58.40%  

| blank2_name_sec1        = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency  

| blank2_info_sec1        = [[Khunti (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khunti]]  

| blank3_name_sec1        = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency  

| blank3_info_sec1        = [[Khunti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khunti]]  

| website                = {{URL|khunti.nic.in/}}    

| footnotes              =  

}}    

==History==  

Khunti subdivsion was formed in Ranchi district in 1905 and Khunti district was created on 12 September 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://khunti.nic.in/history/ | title =  Khunti |work= About District - History| publisher =  Khunti district administration | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://khunti.nic.in/map-of-district/| title = Khunti |work= About District – Map of District| publisher =  Khunti district administration | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref>  

==Maoist activities==  

[[Hemant Soren]], Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that effective action against [[Far-left politics|Left wing extremism]] has reduced the active involvement of such groups to only a few areas that includes the tri-junction of Khunti, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts. Khunti has been a Maoist-hit district. Well co-ordinated efforts by Jharkhand police, including community policing programmes in remote areas, have shown positive results.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/sep/26/presence-of-maoists-limited-to-only-four-regions-in-jharkhand-claims-cm-hemant-soren-2364060.html | title= Presence of Maoists limited to only four regions in Jharkhand, claims CM Hemant Soren | publisher =  The New Indian Express, 26 Septemeber 2021  | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Ranchi/Villagers-unite-against-Maoists-in-Khunti/articleshow/52454895.cms | title = Villagers unite against Maoists in Khunti| publisher =  The Times of India, 26 May 2016 | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://jhpolice.gov.in/khunti | title =  District Police Prrofile - Khunti| publisher =  Jharkhand Police | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref>  

==Geography==  

==Demographics==  

According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Khunti CD block had a total population of 87,998, all of which were rural. There were 43,835 (50%) males and 44,163 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 14,936. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 3,905 (4.44%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 67,815 (77.06%).<ref name=census2011/>  

===Literacy===  

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Khunti CD block was 42,667 (58.40% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 25,374 (69.89% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 17,293(47.05% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 22.83%.<ref name=census2011/>  

{{As of|2011}} census, literacy in Khunti district was 64.51%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_jharkhand.html | title= Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011: Jharkhand |work= Provisional Population Totals, Literacy Rate in 2011 column |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India  | access-date =  14 October 2021}}</ref> Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter6.pdf |title=Ranking of states and union territories by literacy rate: 2011|work= Page 110| publisher=Government of India| access-date = 14 October 2021}}</ref>  

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]  

===Language and religion===  

[[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 |access-date=15 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |archive-date= 8 July 2016 }}</ref>  

[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 389,626 and formed 73.25% of the total population of Khunti district in 2011. Within the scheduled tribes the more populous tribes were (percentage of ST population in 2011 in brackets): [[Munda people|Munda, Patars]] (83.66%),[[Oraon people|Oraon, Dhangars]] (8.52%), Lohras (3.85%) , [[Chik Baraik]] (0.65%) and [[Mahli tribe|Mahli]] (0.46). Other smaller tribal groups were Bhumij, Banjara, Chero, Khond and Kol.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Khunti, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census|work = page 32: Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref> “The place has been in recorded annals of history for its long drawn struggle against the British under the aegis of [[Birsa Munda]], the revolutionary hero of Jharkhand.”<ref>{{cite web| url= https://khunti.nic.in/history/  |title = Khunti |work = History| publisher= Khunti district administration| access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>

==Rural poverty==  

60-70% of the population of Ranchi district, of which the present Khunti district was then a part, were in the [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] category in 2004–2005.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/1/MPRA_paper_45258.pdf  | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India| work = Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Munich Personal RePEc Archive | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>In 2011-12, the proportion of BPL population in Khunti district came down to 35.45%.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.livemint.com/Specials/bqVly6xj4usB3DiTibS3DK/Spatial-poverty-in-Jharkhand.html | title = Spatial poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Mint | accessdate = 15 October 2021}}</ref>According to a study in 2013 (modified in 2019), the incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%, but 60% of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are still below poverty line. More than 75% of the work force is engaged in agriculture, although only 23% of the area is under cultivation. The study opines, "Despite the abundance of industrial production, rural population has not benefited and majority are earning their livelihoods through agriculture. During last ten years agriculture could not grow in the state as per expectations, resulting higher [[rural poverty]]."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/#:~:text=The%20incidence%20of%20poverty%20in%20Jharkhand%20is%20estimated,are%20main%20causes%20for%20poverty%20in%20Jharkhand%20state.  | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India: An Empirical Study based on Panel Data | publisher = MPRA | accessdate = 15 October 2021}}</ref>  

==Economy==  

{{Pie chart  

|caption= '''Livelihood<br/>in Khunti CD block'''  

|value1 = 53.53  

|label1 = Cultivators  

|label2 = Agricultural labourers  

|value3 = 4.08  

|label3 = Household industries  

|value4 = 28.85  

|label4 = Other Workers}}  

In Khunti CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 29,456 and formed 53.53%, agricultural labourers numbered 7,448 and formed 13.54%, household industry workers numbered 2,243 and formed 4.08% and other workers numbered 15,077 and formed 28.85%. Total workers numbered 55,024 and formed 44.24% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 69,364 and formed 55.76% of the population.<ref>{{cite web  | url =  https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf | title = District Census Handbook 2011 Khunti, Series 21, Part XII A| work = Tables 30 and 33, pages 49 and 51 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>  

 

===Infrastructure===  

==Education==

Khunti CD block had 39 villages with pre-primary schools, 96 villages with primary schools, 48 villages with middle schools, 4 villages with secondary schools, 4 village with senior secondary school, 47 villages had no educational facility.<ref name=directory>{{cite web| url =https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf  | title= District Census Handbook Khunti 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work= Pages 315-317 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| access-date = 10 October 2021}}</ref>  

<br/><small>.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand</small>  

==Healthcare==  

Khunti CD block had 4 villages with [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]], 25 villages with primary health subcentres, 78 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 7 villages with allopathic hospitals, 15 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/>  

==References==  

{{Reflist}}  

{{Blocks of Khunti district}}  

{{South Chotanagpur Division topics}}  

[[Category:Community development blocks in Khunti district]]