Chharwa is a village in the
Katkamsandi
Katkamsandi is a village in the Katkamsandi CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Katkamsandi is located at .
Area overview
Hazaribagh district is a pla ...
CD block in the
Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the
Hazaribagh district
Hazaribagh district is one of the oldest districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is located in the north east part of North Chotanagpur Division. The boundary of this district consists of dis ...
in the
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state
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of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
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Geography
Location
Chharwa is located at .
Chharwa Dam
Chharwa Dam, constructed in 1954, is the life line of the
Hazaribagh
Hazaribagh is a city and a municipal corporation in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is also the administrative headquarters of Hazaribagh district and divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is known ...
town water supply system. Even with "mammoth" efforts to rejuvenate Chharwa and other water supply reservoirs in Jharkhand, in the parched-dry Hazaribagh summer it often reaches the dying stage, only to be revived by the onset of the monsoons.
As per the Wetlands International Asian Waterbirds Census 2016, there were 1,462 water birds in Chharwa Dam.
Chharwa Dam is home to various vulture species, including the largest and the smallest vultures, the
Himalayan griffon vulture and the
Egyptian vulture respectively. Critically Endangered species like the
Indian Vulture and White Rumped Vulture are also found here.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India, Chharwa had a total population of 843, of which 449 (53%) were males and 394 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 135. The total number of literate persons in Chharwa was 521 (73.59% of the population over 6 years).
Transport
The Hazaribagh-Katkamsandi Road passes over a part of/ near the Chharwa Dam. The
Koderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana-Ranchi line, running from Katkamsandi to Hazaribagh in this sector, passes in between the Chharwa Dam and
Gonda Dam[Google maps]
References
{{Hazaribagh city
Villages in Hazaribagh district