Barhi
Community development block
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Coordinates:24°18′N85°25′E / 24.3°N 85.42°E /24.3; 85.42
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Government
• Type	Federal democracy
Area
• Total	365.47 km2 (141.11 sq mi)
Elevation	374 m (1,227 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	131,669
• Density	360.27/km2 (933.10/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	825405 (Barhi)
Telephone code/ STD	06543
Vehicle registration	JH 02
Lok Sabha constituency	Hazaribagh
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Barhi
Website	hazaribag.nic.in

Barhi is acommunity development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in theBarhi subdivision of theHazaribagh district in theIndianstate ofJharkhand.

Hazaribagh district is spread over a part of theChota Nagpur Plateau. The central plateau, averaging a height of 2,000 ft (610 m), 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 1,300 ft (396 m), the surface being undulating. In the north and the north-west the lower plateau forms a fairly level tableland till theghats, when the height drops to about 700 ft (213 m) and slopes down gradually. TheDamodar and theBarakar form the two mainwatersheds in the district.DVC has constructed theKonar Dam across theKonar 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.^[1][2][3] Inaugurating thePradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016,Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23lakhBPL families in Jharkhand.^[4] There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%.^[5]

Right from its inception in 2000. Jharkhand was a “laboratory” forNaxalites 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 includedkangaroo courts calledJan adalats, elected village bodies and people's police.^[6] 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.^[7] In 2013 Jharkhand was considered one of the two states in the country most affected byLeft wing extremism and Jharkhand police set up an exclusive cell to deal with Maoist activities.^[8] However, in the same year, when Jharkhand police identified 13 focus areas for combating Maoist extremism, Hazaribagh district was not one of them.^[9]

Barhi is located at24°18′N85°25′E / 24.3°N 85.42°E /24.3; 85.42. It has an average elevation of 374 metres (1,227 ft).^[10]

Barhi CD Block is bounded byChandwara CD block, in Koderma district, on the north,Barkatha CD block on the east,Ichak andPadma CD blocks, on the south andMayurhand CD block, in Chatra district, andChauparan CD block on the west.^[11][12]

Barhi CD block has an area of 365.47 km².^[13] As of 2011, Barhi CD Block had 20gram panchayats,^[14] 100 inhabited villages^[15] and twocensus towns (Barhi,Konra).^[16]Barhi police station serves this CD block,^[17] Headquarters of this CD block is at Barhi.^[18]

According to the2011 Census of India, Barhi CD block had a total population of 131,660, of which 111,544 were rural and 20,125 were urban. There were 67,918 (52%) males and 63,751 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 23,612.Scheduled Castes numbered 22,696 (17.24%) andScheduled Tribes numbered 3,513 (2.67%).^[16]

Census towns in Barhi CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets):Barhi (11,867) andKonra (8,258).^[16]

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Barhi CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Gauria Karma (5,964), Rasoia Dhamna (5,065),Nagar Barsot (5,974) and Dhanwar (4,345).^[16]

As of 2011^[update] census, the total number of literate persons in Barhi CD block was 73,904 (68.39% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 44,398 (79.87% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 29,506 (56.23% of the female population over 6 years). Thegender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 23.64%.^[16]

As of 2011^[update] census, literacy in Hazaribagh district was 70.48%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011.^[19] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.^[20][21]

See also –List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

At the time of the 2011 census, 55.92% of the population spokeKhortha, 31.59%Hindi, 4.91%Urdu, 4.78%Maithili and 1.54%Santali as their first language.^[23]

40-50% of the population of Hazaribagh district were in theBPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Giridih and Koderma districts.^[24] Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.^[25]

In Barhi CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 23,152 and formed 45.62%, agricultural labourers numbered 10,673 and formed 21.03%, household industry workers numbered 995 and formed 1.96% and other workers numbered 15,935 and formed 33.40%. Total workers numbered 50,755 and formed 38.55% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 80,914 and formed 61.45% of the population.^[26]

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 theFactories 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.^[27]

There are 100 inhabited villages in Barhi CD block. In 2011, 83 villages had power supply. 7 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 23 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 98 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 7 villages had post offices, 5 villages had sub post offices, 13 villages had telephones (land lines) and 73 villages had mobile phone coverage. 97 villages had pucca (hard top) village roads, 20 villages had bus service (public/ private), 10 villages hadautos/ modified autos, and 46 villages had tractors. 10 villages had bank branches, 21 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, no village had public library and public reading room. 31 villages hadpublic distribution system, 6 villages had weekly haat (market) and 43 villages hadassemblypolling stations.^[28]

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 andbhelwa (?Semecarpus anacardium).Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary is located around 19 km north ofHazaribag. Irrigation facilities in this hilly area are inadequate and generally farmers depend on rain for their cultivation. The land situated along the river banks, or low land, is fertile but the uplands are generally barren. May to October isKharif season, followed byRabi 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.^[29]

Hazaribagh district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from theBackward 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.^[30][31]

v t e Koderma–Hazaribagh–Barkakana-Ranchi line
Legend
km Hatia–Rourkela line Ranchi–Tori line toTori 211 Ranchi Junction 207 Namkon to Kandra (planned) Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line 200 Tatisilwai Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line 191 Mesra 183 Hundur Halt 177 Jhanjhitoli Halt 170 Shanki 156 Daridag Tunnel T1 147 Hehal Tunnel T2 Tunnel T3 143 Sidhwar Barkakana–Muri–Chandil line 137 Barkakana Junction Barkakana–Son Nagar line Damodar River 134 Arigada Gomoh–Barkakana branch line 123 Kuju NH 20 113 Mandu NH 20 107 Charhi 90 Bes Bandag Siding 80 Hazaribagh Town 73 Kansar Nawada 56 Katkamsandi Barkakana–Son Nagar line Ranchi–Tori line toRanchi ' 0 Tori Barkakana–Son Nagar line 7 Biratoli 15 Kusmahi 19 Balumath 27 Bukru 32 Phulbasia 37 Manatu 42 Shivpoor under construction 50/87 Kathautia 43 Kurhagada 35 Padma 23 Barhi NH 19 Barakar River 14 Urwan 8 Pipradih Asansol–Gaya section Madhupur–Giridih–Koderma line 0 Koderma Junction Asansol–Gaya section to Tilaiya (under construction)
Source: Google Maps Koderma–Barkakana Passenger

National Highway 19 (old NH 2) /Grand Trunk Road andNH 20 cross at Barhi.^[32]

The 79.7 km long first stage railway project from Koderma to Hazaribagh costing₹ 936 crore was inaugurated by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on 20 February 2015. The railway line passes through the Barhi CD Block and there is a station at Barhi.^[33]

In 2011, amongst the 100 inhabited villages in Barhi CD Block, 25 villages had no primary school, 64 villages had one primary school and 11 villages had more than one primary school. 32 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 9 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school.^[34]

RNYM College, a degree college, established at Barhi in 1985, is affiliated toVinoba Bhave University. It offers courses in arts and commerce.^[35][36]

There is a special institution in this CD block.Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya was established atNagar Barsot in 2006. It offers arts and commerce courses in classes XI and XII. No fees are payable.^[37] TheKasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya scheme was launched in 2004 by theGovernment of India for setting up of upper primary level residential schools for girls belonging toScheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes,Other Backward Classes, minority communities and families below thepoverty line in educationally backward blocks where rural female literacy was low and the gender gap in literacy was high.^[38]

In 2011, amongst the 100 inhabited villages in Barhi CD block, 6 villages hadprimary health centres, 14 villages had primary health sub-centres, 2 villages had maternity and child welfare centres, 2 villages had allopathic hospitals, 3 villages had alternative medicine hospitals, 4 villages had dispensaries, 7 villages had medicine shops and 73 villages had no medical facilities.^[39]

• Community development blocks in Hazaribagh district

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