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'''Karra block''' is a [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] that forms an administrative division in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of [[Khunti district]], in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]].
 
==History==
Khunti subdivision 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 September 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 | archive-date =  23 October 2021 | archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20211023221241/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/khunti | url-status =  dead }}</ref>
 
==Geography==
Khunti district occupies a part of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau|Ranchi Plateau]] with hills and undulating terrain. A major part of the district is in the altitude range of {{convert|500-700|m}}, with up to ± 200 m for some parts.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://jsac.jharkhand.gov.in/Report_PDF/Slope/Khunti_Slope_Report.pdf | title =  Report on Slope, Aspect and Altitude of Khunti District, Jharkhand State | work =  Page 9: Physiography, Page 17: Altitude | publisher =  Jharkhand Space Applications Centre, Department of Information Technology, Government of Jharkhand | accessdate =  13 October 2021 | archive-date =  7 March 2022 | archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20220307214801/https://jsac.jharkhand.gov.in/Report_PDF/Slope/Khunti_Slope_Report.pdf | url-status =  dead }}</ref>
 
Karra CD block is bounded by [[Itki block|Itki]], [[Nagri block|Nagri]] and [[Namkum]] CD blocks in Ranchi district on the north, [[Khunti block|Khunti]] and [[Murhu block|Murhu]] CD blocks on the east, [[Torpa block|Torpa]] CD block and [[Kamdara block|Kamdara]] CD block in Gumla district on the south, and [[Lapung block|Lapung]] CD block in Ranchi district on the west.<ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/khunti.html | title = Khunti CD block/ Tehsil map  | publisher = Maps of India  | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/ranchi.html | title = Ranchi CD block/ Tehsil map | publisher = Maps of India | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url =  https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/gumla.html | title = Gumla CD block/ Tehsil map | publisher = Maps of India | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref>
 
Karra CD block has an area of 507.10&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2020_PART_B_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Khunti, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Pages 26-27: District primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 12 October 2021}}</ref>[[Karra, Khunti#Police station|Karra]]  police station serves Karra CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url =  https://jhpolice.gov.in/khunti| title =  District Police Profile - Khunti| publisher =  Jharkhand Police| access-date =  12 October 2021| archive-date =  23 October 2021| archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20211023221241/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/khunti| url-status =  dead}}</ref> The headquarters of Karra CD block is located at [[Karra, Khunti|Karra]] village.<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 21, Part XII A| work= Map of Khunti district on the fourth page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 12 October 2021}}</ref>
 
==Demographics==
===Population=== 
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Karra CD block had a total population of 109,082, all of which were rural. There were 54,615 (50%) males and 54,467 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 18,141. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 4,325 (3.96%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 80,930 (74.19%).<ref name=census2011/>
 
===Literacy===
According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Karra CD block was 56,423 (62.04% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 32,665 (72.08% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 23,758 (52.08% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 20.00%.<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]]
{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Khunti district|collapsible=y}}
 
===Language and religion===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 61.72% of the population in the district spoke [[Mundari language|Mundari]], 27.79% [[Sadri language|Sadri]], 5.78% [[Hindi]] and 2.9% [[Kurmali language|Kurmali]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</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 |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>
 
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Khunti, 2011 census,'' ‘Other Religions’ formed 45.37% of the population, followed by [[Hindus]] (26.11%), [[Christians]] (25.65%), [[Muslims]] (2.47%), and those with negligible percentages of the population - Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs and religion not stated.<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: Note on Religion| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</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 | date = 6 October 2014 | 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."<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 | date = 23 August 2012 | publisher = MPRA | accessdate = 15 October 2021}}</ref>
 
==Economy==
===Livelihood===
 
{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood<br/>in Karra CD block'''
|value1 = 70.55
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 18.97
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 2.36
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 8.12
|label4 = Other Workers}}
 
In Karra CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 37,071 and formed 70.55%, agricultural labourers numbered 9,968 and formed 18.97%, household industry workers numbered 1,239 and formed 2.36% and other workers numbered 4,267 and formed 8.12%. Total workers numbered 56,545 and formed 48.17% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 56,537 and formed 51.83% 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===
There are 178 inhabited villages in Karra CD block. In 2011, 68 villages had power supply. 11 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 173 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 172 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 25 villages had post offices, 11 villages had sub post offices, 7 villages had telephones (land lines), 88 villages had mobile phone coverage. 178 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 32 villages had bus service (public/ private), 29 villages had [[Auto rickshaw|autos]]/ modified autos, 13 villages had taxi/vans, 35 villages had tractors. 14 villages had bank branches, 10 villages had agricultural credit societies, 3 villages had public library and reading rooms, 104 villages had [[public distribution system]], 90 villages had [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] [[Polling place|polling stations]].<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, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 315 –317 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | access-date = 16 October 2021}}</ref>
 
==Education==
Karra CD block had 42 villages with pre-primary schools, 129 villages with primary schools, 37 villages with middle schools, 7 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 36 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 lso known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand</small>
 
==Healthcare==
Karra CD block had 3 villages with [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]], 28 villages with primary health subcentres, 6 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 8 villages with allopathic hospitals, 3 villages with dispensaries, 3 villages with veterinary hospitals, 4 villages with family welfare centres, 24 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/>
<br/><small>.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included</small>
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Blocks of Khunti district}}
{{South Chotanagpur Division topics}}
 
[[Category:Community development blocks in Khunti district]]

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Karra
Community development block
Karra is located in Jharkhand
Karra
Karra
Location in Jharkhand
Karra is located in India
Karra
Karra
Karra (India)
Coordinates: 23°07′49″N 85°07′35″E / 23.130402°N 85.126446°E / 23.130402; 85.126446
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictKhunti
Government
 • TypeFederal democracy
Area
 • Total507.10 km2 (195.79 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total109,082
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
835210
Telephone/STD code06528
Vehicle registrationJH 23
Literacy62.04%
Lok Sabha constituencyKhunti
Vidhan Sabha constituencyKhunti
Websitekhunti.nic.in

Karra block is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of Khunti district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

History[edit | edit source]

Khunti subdivision was formed in Ranchi district in 1905 and Khunti district was created on 12 September 2007.[1][2]

Maoist activities[edit | edit source]

Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that effective action against 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.[3][4][5]

Geography[edit | edit source]

Khunti district occupies a part of the Ranchi Plateau with hills and undulating terrain. A major part of the district is in the altitude range of 500–700 metres (1,600–2,300 ft), with up to ± 200 m for some parts.[6]

Karra CD block is bounded by Itki, Nagri and Namkum CD blocks in Ranchi district on the north, Khunti and Murhu CD blocks on the east, Torpa CD block and Kamdara CD block in Gumla district on the south, and Lapung CD block in Ranchi district on the west.[7][8][9]

Karra CD block has an area of 507.10 km2.[10]Karra police station serves Karra CD block.[11] The headquarters of Karra CD block is located at Karra village.[12]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Population[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census of India, Karra CD block had a total population of 109,082, all of which were rural. There were 54,615 (50%) males and 54,467 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 18,141. Scheduled Castes numbered 4,325 (3.96%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 80,930 (74.19%).[10]

Literacy[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Karra CD block was 56,423 (62.04% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 32,665 (72.08% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 23,758 (52.08% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 20.00%.[10] As of 2011 census, literacy in Khunti district was 64.51%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011.[13] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.[14]

See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Template:Literacy in CD Blocks of Khunti district

Language and religion[edit | edit source]

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 61.72% of the population in the district spoke Mundari, 27.79% Sadri, 5.78% Hindi and 2.9% Kurmali as their first language.[15]

Hindi is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu has been declared as an additional official language.[16]

According to the District Census Handbook, Khunti, 2011 census, ‘Other Religions’ formed 45.37% of the population, followed by Hindus (26.11%), Christians (25.65%), Muslims (2.47%), and those with negligible percentages of the population - Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs and religion not stated.[17]

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, Patars (83.66%), Oraon, Dhangars (8.52%), Lohras (3.85%), Chik Baraik (0.65%) and Mahli (0.46). Other smaller tribal groups were Bhumij, Banjara, Chero, Khond and Kol.[18] "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."[19]

Rural poverty[edit | edit source]

60-70% of the population of Ranchi district, of which the present Khunti district was then a part, were in the BPL category in 2004–2005.[20] In 2011-12, the proportion of BPL population in Khunti district came down to 35.45%.[21] 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."[22]

Economy[edit | edit source]

Livelihood[edit | edit source]

Livelihood
in Karra CD block

  Cultivators (70.55%)
  Agricultural labourers (18.97%)
  Household industries (2.36%)
  Other Workers (8.12%)

In Karra CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 37,071 and formed 70.55%, agricultural labourers numbered 9,968 and formed 18.97%, household industry workers numbered 1,239 and formed 2.36% and other workers numbered 4,267 and formed 8.12%. Total workers numbered 56,545 and formed 48.17% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 56,537 and formed 51.83% of the population.[23]

Infrastructure[edit | edit source]

There are 178 inhabited villages in Karra CD block. In 2011, 68 villages had power supply. 11 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 173 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 172 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 25 villages had post offices, 11 villages had sub post offices, 7 villages had telephones (land lines), 88 villages had mobile phone coverage. 178 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 32 villages had bus service (public/ private), 29 villages had autos/ modified autos, 13 villages had taxi/vans, 35 villages had tractors. 14 villages had bank branches, 10 villages had agricultural credit societies, 3 villages had public library and reading rooms, 104 villages had public distribution system, 90 villages had assembly polling stations.[24]

Education[edit | edit source]

Karra CD block had 42 villages with pre-primary schools, 129 villages with primary schools, 37 villages with middle schools, 7 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 36 villages had no educational facility.[25]
.*Senior secondary schools are lso known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Healthcare[edit | edit source]

Karra CD block had 3 villages with primary health centres, 28 villages with primary health subcentres, 6 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 8 villages with allopathic hospitals, 3 villages with dispensaries, 3 villages with veterinary hospitals, 4 villages with family welfare centres, 24 villages with medicine shops.[25]
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Khunti". About District - History. Khunti district administration. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. "Khunti". About District – Map of District. Khunti district administration. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. "Presence of Maoists limited to only four regions in Jharkhand, claims CM Hemant Soren". The New Indian Express, 26 September 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. "Villagers unite against Maoists in Khunti". The Times of India, 26 May 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "District Police Prrofile - Khunti". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. "Report on Slope, Aspect and Altitude of Khunti District, Jharkhand State" (PDF). Page 9: Physiography, Page 17: Altitude. Jharkhand Space Applications Centre, Department of Information Technology, Government of Jharkhand. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. "Khunti CD block/ Tehsil map". Maps of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  8. "Ranchi CD block/ Tehsil map". Maps of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  9. "Gumla CD block/ Tehsil map". Maps of India. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 "District Census Handbook, Khunti, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Pages 26-27: District primary census abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  11. "District Police Profile - Khunti". Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  12. "District Census Handbook, Khunti, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Khunti district on the fourth page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  13. "Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011: Jharkhand". Provisional Population Totals, Literacy Rate in 2011 column. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  14. "Ranking of states and union territories by literacy rate: 2011" (PDF). Page 110. Government of India. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  15. 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue
  16. "Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013)" (PDF). Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India. p. 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  17. "District Census Handbook Khunti, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census" (PDF). page 32: Note on Religion. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  18. "District Census Handbook Khunti, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census" (PDF). page 32: Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  19. "Khunti". History. Khunti district administration. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  20. "Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India" (PDF). Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand. Munich Personal RePEc Archive. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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