Gandey block
Gandey block is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Giridih Sadar subdivision of Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Overview
Giridih is a plateau region. The western portion of the district is part of a larger central plateau. The rest of the district is a lower plateau, a flat table land with an elevation of about 1,300 feet. At the edges, the ghats drop to about 700 feet. The Pareshnath Hills or Shikharji rises to a height of 4,480 feet in the south-eastern part of the district. The district is thickly forested. Amongst the natural resources, it has coal and mica. Inaugurating the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016, Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23 lakh BPL families in Jharkhand. There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%.Maoist activities
Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities., Giridih was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state., Giridih was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities. In 2017, the Moists, in Giridih district, have torched more than 50 vehicles engaged in road construction or carrying goods.Geography
Gandey is located at.Gandey CD Block is bounded by Bengabad CD Block on the north, Margomunda CD Block in Deoghar district and Narayanpur CD Block in Jamtara district, on the east, Tundi CD Block, in Dhanbad district, across the Barakar River, on the south and Giridih CD Block on the west.
Gandey CD Block has an area of 393.2 km2. It has 26 gram panchayats, 266 inhabited villages. Gandey, Ahilyapur and Taratanr police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this CD Block is at Gandey. 29.45% of the area has forest cover.
Rivers in Gandey CD Block are Usri, Pichri, Barki and Jaithi.
Gram panchayats in Gandey CD Block are: Badkitand, Jharghatta, Dasdih, Barmasiya 1, Fuljori, Ghatkul, Mednisare, Gandey, Udaypur, Champapur, Dokidih, Karribank, Barmasiya 2, Fulchi, Pandri, Taratand, Kunselwadah, Badkunda, Parwatpur, Ahiliyapur, Budhudih, Jamjori, Rasanjori, Gajkunda, Fuljhariya and Banki Kala.
Demographics
Population
As per the 2011 Census of India Gandey CD Block had a total population of 175,087, all of which were rural. There were 90,407 males and 84,640 females. Population below 6 years was 37,094. Scheduled Castes numbered 14,020 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 41,591.Literacy
census the total number of literates in Gandey CD Block was 77,685 out of which males numbered 49,994 and females numbered 27,691. The gender disparity was 28.24%.census, literacy in Giridih district was 63.14% Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.
See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate
Language
is the official language in Jharkhand and Urdu has been declared as an additional official language. 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, as per data available from 2001 census in a Note on mother-tongue of earlier census, published in District Census Handbook Giridih, 2011, were: Khortha, Hindi and Urdu.
Numerically, five important languages spoken by scheduled tribes in the district were: Santali, Kol, Mahli, Kora, Muddi-Kora and Munda, Munda Patar.
As per the 2001 census, major languages spoken in Jharkhand : Hindi, Santali, Bengali, Urdu, Kurukh, Mundari, Ho and Odia. According to a survey, Khortha is the dominant mother-tongue in North Chotanagpur Division.
Economy
Livelihood
In Gandey CD Block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 17,656 and formed 24.96%, agricultural labourers numbered 37,447 and formed 52.93%, household industry workers numbered 1,955 and formed 2.76% and other workers numbered 13,684 and formed 19.34%. Total workers numbered 70,742 and formed 40.40% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 104,345 and formed 59.60% 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 266 inhabited villages in Gandey CD Block. In 2011, 143 villages had power supply. 1 village had tap water, 260 villages had well water, 260 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 25 villages had post offices, 8 villages had a sub post office, 17 villages had telephones and 179 villages had mobile phone coverage. 263 villages had pucca village roads, 47 villages had bus service, 22 villages had autos/ modified autos, and 57 villages had tractors. 23 villages had bank branches, 11 villages had agricultural credit societies, 2 villages had cinema/ video halls, 7 villages had public library and public reading room. 77 villages had public distribution system, 29 villages had weekly haat and 108 villages had assembly polling stations.Agriculture
Hills occupy a large portion of Giridih district. The soil is generally rocky and sandy and that helps jungles and bushes to grow. The forest area, forming a large portion of total area, in the district is evenly distributed all over. Some areas near the rivers have alluvial soil. In Gandey CD Block, the percentage of cultivable area to total area is 23.87%. The percentage of cultivable area to the total area for the district, as a whole, is 27.04%. Irrigation is inadequate. The percentage of irrigated area to cultivable area in Gandey CD Block is 13.35%. May to October is the Kharif season, followed by the Rabi season. Rice, sown in 50% of the gross sown area, is the main crop in the district. Other important crops grown are: maize, wheat, sugar cane, pulses and vegetables.Backward Regions Grant Fund
Giridih district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund. 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.Education
Gandey CD Block has 111 primary schools, 10 middle schools and 3 high schools including Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya at Gandey.In 2011, amongst the 266 inhabited villages in Gandey CD Block, 51 villages had no primary school, 188 villages had one primary school and 27 villages had more than one primary school. 78 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 7 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school. Gandey CD Block had 2 senior secondary schools.