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Raghunathpur II is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the
Raghunathpur subdivision Raghunathpur subdivision is a subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. History Purulia district was divided into four subdivisions, viz., Purulia Sadar, Manbazar, Jhalda and Raghunathpur, with effect from 6 April 20 ...
of the
Purulia district Purulia district () is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Purulia is the administrative headquarters of the district. Some of the other important towns of Purulia district are Raghunathpur- Adra, Manbazar ...
in the
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of
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.


History


Background

The ''Jaina Bhagavati-Sutra'' of the 5th century AD mentions that Purulia was one of the sixteen
mahajanapadas The Mahājanapadas were sixteen Realm, kingdoms and aristocracy, aristocratic republics that existed in ancient India from the sixth to fourth centuries BCE, during the History of India#Second urbanisation (c. 600 – 200 BCE), second urbanis ...
and was a part of the kingdom known as Vajra-bhumi in ancient times. In 1833, the Manbhum district was carved out of the
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district, with headquarters at Manbazar. In 1838, the headquarters was transferred to
Purulia Purulia, officially Purulia Sadar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purulia district. It is located on the north of the Kangsabati River. Geography Location Purulia is locate ...
. After independence, when Manbhum district was a part of
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, efforts were made to impose Hindi on the Bengali-speaking majority of the district and it led to the
Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum) The Bengali Language Movement of Manbhum was a cultural and political movement that took place in the then Bihar Province from 1912 to 1956. Post independence, between 1948 and 1956, the Bengali nationalism, language movement spread intensely am ...
. In 1956, the Manbhum district was partitioned between Bihar and West Bengal under the States Reorganization Act and the Bihar and West Bengal (Transfer of Territories) Act 1956.


Geography

Cheliyama Cheliyama (also referred to as Cheyama) is a village in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Cheliyama is located at . Area overview P ...
is located at . The Raghunathpur II CD block is located in the north-western part of the district. The
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marks the northern boundary of the CD block. The Damodar Dwaraka upland is an extension 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 th ...
. The area is undulating with hillocks of hard rocks. The Raghunathpur II CD block is bounded by the Jharia area of the
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and the Baliapur CD block, in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand, both across the
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, on the north, the Neturia and
Raghunathpur I Raghunathpur I is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. History Background The ''Jaina Bhagavati-Sutra'' of the ...
CD blocks on the east, the
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CD block on the south and the
Chandankiyari Chandnakiyari is a suburb in Bokaro, Jharkhand, India. It is a village in the Chandankiyari CD block in the Chas subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is planned to be a part of Greater Bokaro. It is also a ...
CD block, in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand, on the west. The Raghunathpur II CD block has an area of 197.67 km2. It has one panchayat samity, six gram panchayats, 80 gram sansads (village councils), 106
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s, 90 inhabited villages and one census town.
Santaldih Santaldih is a census town in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Santaldih Thermal Power Project Town is shown in the Para CD block ...
police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at
Cheliyama Cheliyama (also referred to as Cheyama) is a village in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Cheliyama is located at . Area overview P ...
(Cheyama). Gram panchayats of the Raghunathpur II block/
panchayat samiti Panchayat samiti or block panchayat is a rural local government ( panchayat) body at the intermediate tehsil (taluka/mandal) or block level in India. It works for the villages of the tehsil that together are called a development block. It has b ...
are: Barrah, Chelyama, Joradih, Mangalda-Moutore, Nildih and Nutandih.


Demographics


Population

According to the 2011 Census of India, the Raghunathpur II CD block had a total population of 113,790, of which 107,827 were rural and 5,963 were urban. There were 58,568 (51%) males and 55,222 (49%) females. There were 15,806 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The Scheduled Castes numbered 41,460 (36.44%) and the Scheduled Tribes numbered 7,302 (6.42%). According to the 2001 census, the Raghunathpur II block had a total population of 99,152, out of which 50,929 were males and 48,223 were females. The Raghunathpur II CD block registered a population growth of 15.94 per cent during the 1991–2001 decade. Decadal growth for the Purulia district was 13.96 per cent. Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.
Census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
s in the Raghunathpur II CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Nabagram (5,963). Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in the Raghunathpur II CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Ichhar (6,494) and Cheyama (7,413). Other villages in the Raghunathpur II CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Nutandi (3,275), Telkupi (510), Mangalda (3,187), Usir (2,430), Nildi (838) and Barra (3,302).


Literacy

According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in the Raghunathpur II CD block was 65,936 (67.29% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 40,847 (80.95% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 25,089 (52.79%) of the female population over 6 years). The
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(the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 28.16%. See also –
List of West Bengal districts ranked by literacy rate This is a list of districts in the Indian state of West Bengal ranked by literacy rate as per provisional data of 2011 census. With a literacy rate of 96.26% (male 90.69% and female 96.54%), above the national average of 90.04%, as per the 2011 C ...


Language and religion

In the 2011 census, Hindus numbered 96,433 and formed 84.75% of the population in the Raghunathpur II CD block. Muslims numbered 12,720 and formed 11.18% of the population. Jains are 1,386 and formed 1.22% of the population. Others numbered 3,241 and formed 2.85% of the population. Others include Addi Bassi, Marang Boro, Santal, Saranath, Sari Dharma, Sarna, Alchchi, Bidin, Sant, Saevdharm, Seran, Saran, Sarin, Kheria, and other religious communities. In 2001, Hindus were 89.16%, Muslims 9.93% and Jains 0.51% of the population respectively. At the time of the 2011 census, 92.92% of the population spoke
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, 4.28% Santali and 1.24%
Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...
as their first language.


Rural Poverty

According to the Rural Household Survey in 2005, 32.85% of total number of families were BPL families in Purulia district. According to a World Bank report, as of 2012, 31–38% of the population in Purulia, Murshidabad and Uttar Dinajpur districts were below poverty level, the highest among the districts of West Bengal, which had an average 20% of the population below poverty line.


Economy


Livelihood

In the Raghunathpur II CD block in 2011, among the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 5,709 and formed 13.89%, agricultural labourers numbered 12,361 and formed 30.37%, household industry workers numbered 1,284 and formed 3.12% and other workers numbered 21,760 and formed 59.14%. Total workers numbered 41,114 and formed 36.13% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 72,676 and formed 63.87% 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 by self/government/institution. 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 90 inhabited villages in the Raghunathpur II CD block, as per the ''District Census Handbook'', Puruliya, 2011, 100% villages have power supply. 100% villages have drinking water supply. 14 villages (15.56%) have post offices. 71 villages (78.89%) have telephones (including landlines, public call offices and mobile phones). 29 villages (32.22%) have ''pucca'' (paved) approach roads and 39 villages (43.33%) have transport communication (includes bus service, rail facility and navigable waterways). four villages (4.44%) have agricultural credit societies and three villages (3.33%) have banks.


Industry

Santaldih Thermal Power Station Santaldih Thermal Power Station () of West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited is a power station with an installed capacity of 500 MW (2x250 MW). Location Santaldih Thermal Power Station is located at , at Santaldih, in Para (communi ...
of the
West Bengal Power Development Corporation The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) is a non-listed company wholly owned and controlled by the Government of the Indian state of West Bengal and tasked with thermal power generation in the state. Its thermal power plant ...
has a total capacity of 980 MW (4x120, 2x250). Ispat Damodar of the Eurasia group producing sponge iron, mild steel billets and ferro alloys have their manufacturing facilities at Nabagram.


Agriculture

In 2013–14, persons engaged in agriculture in the Raghunathpur II CD block could be classified as follows: bargadars 12.35%, ''patta'' (document) holders 13.45%, small farmers (possessing land between one and two hectares) 2.98%, marginal farmers (possessing land up to one hectare) 23.68% and agricultural labourers 47.54%. In 2013–14, the total area irrigated in the Raghunathpur II CD block was 4,087.13 hectares, out of which 1,547.00 hectares were by canals, 1,303.94 hectares by tank water, 18.89 hectares by river lift irrigation, 225.60 hectares by open dug wells and 991.70 hectares by other means. In 2013–14, the Raghunathpur II CD block produced 16,218 tonnes of Aman paddy, the main winter crop from 6,901 hectares. It also produced wheat, maize, maskalai and mustard.


Banking

In 2013–14, the Raghunathpur II CD block had offices of four commercial banks and five gramin banks.


Backward Regions Grant Fund

The Purulia district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the
Backward Regions Grant Fund The Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) is an Indian government program designed to "address regional imbalances in development." The programme was launched by Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at Barpeta, Assam on 19 February 2007. The BRG ...
. 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 11 districts of West Bengal.


Transport

In 2013–14, the Raghunathpur II CD block had two ferry services and five originating/terminating bus routes.


Education

In 2013–14, the Raghunathpur II CD block had 99 primary schools with 9,098 students, nine middle schools with 1,115 students, four high schools with 2,084 students and nine higher secondary schools with 6,330 students. Raghunathpur II CD Block had one general college with 719 students and 261 institutions with 7,583 students for special and non-formal education. Raghunathpur (municipal town, outside the CD Block) had one general college with 3,140 students. According to the 2011 census, in Raghunathpur II CD block, amongst the 90 inhabited villages, nine villages did not have a school, 17 villages had two or more primary schools, 18 villages had at least one primary and one middle school and eight villages had at least one middle and one secondary school. Santaldih College was established in 2008 at Usir, PO Chatarmahul.


Healthcare

In 2014, the Raghunathpur II CD block had one block primary health centre and two primary health centres, with total 44 beds and five doctors. 7,344 patients were treated indoors and 116,687 patients were treated outdoors in the health centres and subcentres of the CD Block. Banda (Cheliyama) Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at
Cheliyama Cheliyama (also referred to as Cheyama) is a village in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Cheliyama is located at . Area overview P ...
, is the major government medical facility in the Raghunathpur II CD block. There are primary health centres at Bogra (with 10 beds) and Nildih (with four beds). Santaldih Thermal Hospital at
Santaldih Santaldih is a census town in the Raghunathpur II CD block in the Raghunathpur subdivision of the Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Location Santaldih Thermal Power Project Town is shown in the Para CD block ...
functions with 10 beds.


References

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