Dadi is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the

Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the North Chotanagpur division in the state of Jharkhand, India. History During the period of Muslim rule, the thickly forested plateau area was ruled by ...

of the

Hazaribagh district Hazaribagh district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India and the district headquarter located in Hazaribagh town. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor. Etymology The district is named after its headquarters, the t ...

in the

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Overview

Hazaribagh district is spread over a part of the

Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the ...

. The central plateau, averaging a height of , occupies the central part of the district. On all sides, except on the western side, it is surrounded by the lower plateau, averaging a height of , the surface being undulating. In the north and the north-west the lower plateau forms a fairly level tableland till the

ghat Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could refer either to a range of stepped hills with valleys (ghati in Hindi), such as the Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of ...

s, when the height drops to about and slopes down gradually. The Damodar and the

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form the two main watersheds in the district. DVC has constructed the Konar Dam across the Konar River. It is a forested district with cultivation as the main occupation of the people. Coal is the main mineral found in this district. China clay is also found in this district. Inaugurating the

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in 2016,

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, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23

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BPL families in Jharkhand. There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%.

Maoist activities

Right from its inception in 2000. Jharkhand was a “laboratory” for Naxalites to experiment with their ideas of establishing a parallel government. As of 2005, 16 of the 22 districts in the state, including Hazaribagh district, was transformed into a “guerrilla zone”. The movement was not restricted to armed operations but included

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s called Jan adalats, elected village bodies and people's police. Jharkhand, with a dense forest cover over a large part of the state, offers a favourable terrain for the Naxalites to build their bases and operate. Annual fatalities in Jharkhand were 117 in 2003 and 150 in 2004. In 2013 Jharkhand was considered one of the two states in the country most affected by

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and Jharkhand police set up an exclusive cell to deal with Maoist activities. However, in the same year, when Jharkhand police identified 13 focus areas for combating Maoist extremism, Hazaribagh district was not one of them.

Geography

Dari, a census town in Dadi CD Block, is located at . Dadi CD block is bounded by Churchu CD block on the north, Mandu CD block, in Ramgarh district, on the east, Ramgarh and

Patratu Patratu is a census town in the Patratu (community development block) in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Patratu is located at . It has an average elevation of 405 ...

CD blocks, in Ramgarh district, on the south and Barkagaon CD block on the west. Dadi CD block has an area of 145.43 km². As of 2011, Dadi CD block had 14

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s, 24 inhabited villages and 3

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s (Dari, Religara alias Pachhiara, Gidi). Gidi police station serves this CD block, Headquarters of this CD block is at

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Demographics

Population

According to the

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, Dadi CD block had a total population of 77,770, of which 49,770 were rural and 2,800 were urban. There were 40,012 (51%) males and 37,758 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 10,913.

Scheduled Castes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

numbered 10,134 (13.03%) and

Scheduled Tribes The Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The terms are recognized in the Constitution of India and the groups are designa ...

numbered 20,959 (26.95%).

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s in Dadi CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets):

(6,405),

Religara Religara, also called Pachhiari, is a census town in the Dadi CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Religara is located at . Religara is a beautiful ...

alias Pachiari (8,239) and Gidi (13,356). Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Dadi CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Hesalong (4,085), Balsogra (4,647) and Huang (4,421).

Literacy

census, the total number of literate persons in Dadi CD block was 46,973 (70.26% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 27,515 (79.91% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 19,458 (60.01% of the female population over 6 years). The

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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.91%. census, literacy in Hazaribagh district was 70.48%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%. See also –

List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate This is a list of districts in the Indian state of Jharkhand ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. With a literacy rate of 67.63%, below the national average of 74.04%, as per the 2011 Census, Jharkhand ranks 32nd amongs ...

Language and religion

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is the official language in Jharkhand and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Jharkhand legislature had passed a bill according the status of a second official language to several languages in 2011 but the same was turned down by the Governor. The three most populous mother-tongues (spoken language which is medium of conversation with the mother of children), as per data available from 2001 census in a Note on mother-tongue of earlier census, published in District Census Handbook Hazaribag, 2011, were: Khortha,

and

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Numerically, five important scheduled tribes in the district were: Santali, Oraon, Munda, Karmali and Bedia. According to the ''District Census Handbook, Hazaribagh, 2011 census,''

Hindus Hindus (; ) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pages 35–37 Historically, the term has also been used as a geographical, cultural, and later religious identifier for ...

numbered 1,397,227 and formed 80.56% of the population of Hazaribagh district, followed by

Muslims Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

281,287 (16.21%),

Christians Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρ� ...

17,137 (0.99%), religion not stated 1,671 (0.10%), other religions 37,213 (2.15%).

Rural poverty

40-50% of the population of Hazaribagh district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Giridih and Koderma districts. Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.

Economy

Livelihood

In Dadi CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 8,408 and formed 30.24%, agricultural labourers numbered 5,142 and formed 18.49%, household industry workers numbered 618 and formed 2.22% and other workers numbered 13,640 and formed 49.05%. Total workers numbered 27,808 and formed 35.76% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 49,962 and formed 64.24% of the population. 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. 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.

Infrastructure

There are 24 inhabited villages in Dadi CD block. In 2011, all villages had power supply. 9 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 24 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 21 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 4 villages had post offices, 1 village had a sub post office, 3 villages had telephones (land lines) and 16 villages had mobile phone coverage. 23 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 2 villages had bus service (public/ private), 4 villages had autos/ modified autos, and 15 villages had tractors. 1 village had a bank branch, 1 village had an agricultural credit society, 1 village had a cinema/ video hall, no village had public library and public reading room. 12 villages had public distribution system, 6 villages had weekly ''haat'' (market) and 11 villages had assembly polling stations.

Forestry and agriculture

The main occupation of the people of Hazaribagh district is cultivation. While forests occupy around 45% of the total area, the cultivable area forms about 39% of the total area. The forests are uniformly spread across the district. Sal is the predominant species in the jungles. Other species are: bamboo, khair, sali, semal, mahua, tamarind, mango, black-berry (jamun), peepal, karnaj, jack-fruit, margosa (neem), kusum, palas, kend, asan, piar and bhelwa.

Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary (earlier called Hazaribagh National Park) is a wildlife sanctuary in Jharkhand, India, about north of Ranchi. It was established in 1955. Nestling in low hilly terrain, at an average altitude of , it has an area ...

is located around 19 km north of

Hazaribag Hazaribagh is a city and a municipal corporation in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the divisional headquarters of North Chotanagpur division. It is considered as a health resort and is also popular for Hazaribagh ...

. Irrigation facilities in this hilly area are inadequate and generally farmers depend on the rains for their cultivation. The land situated along the river banks, or low land, is fertile but the uplands are generally barren. May to October is Kharif season, followed by Rabi season. Rice is the main crop of the district. Other important crops grown are: bazra, maize, pulses (mainly arhar and gram) and oilseeds. Limited quantities of cash crops, such as sugar cane, are grown.

Coal mining

Projects in the Argada Area of

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are: Gidi A OC, Gidi C OC, Religara OC & UG, Sirka OC, Sirka UG, Argada UG and Gidi Washery.

Backward Regions Grant Fund

Hazaribagh district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the

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. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.

Transport

The Kuju-Giddi Road links this area to Kuju on

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Education

In 2011, amongst the 24 inhabited villages in Dadi CD block, 1 village had no primary school, 13 villages had one primary school and 10 villages had more than one primary school. 15 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 6 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school.

Healthcare

In 2011, amongst the 24 inhabited villages in Dadi CD block, 4 villages had primary health sub-centres and 16 villages had no medical facilities. There is a Regional Hospital of

, with 31 beds, at Gidi.

References

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