Padma
Community development block
Padma Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Padma Padma (India) Show map of India
Coordinates:24°12′00″N85°22′00″E / 24.2000°N 85.3667°E /24.2000; 85.3667
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Government
• Type	Federal democracy
Area
• Total	126.54 km2 (48.86 sq mi)
Elevation	398 m (1,306 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	56,014
• Density	442.66/km2 (1,146.5/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	825411 (Padma)
Telephone/STD code	06543
Vehicle registration	JH 02
Lok Sabha constituency	Hazaribagh
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Barhi
Website	hazaribag.nic.in

Padma 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]

The Padma Palace (also referred to as Padma Fort) ofRamgarh Raj is located at Padma. The Shivgarh gate is one of its main attractions. There is a photo gallery displaying the history of Ramgarh Raj.^[6]

Padma block was established on 27 September 1995.^[7]

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 called Jan adalats, elected village bodies and people's police.^[8] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] However, in the same year, when Jharkhand police identified 13 focus areas for combating Maoist extremism, Hazaribagh district was not one of them.^[11]

Padma is located at24°12′00″N85°22′00″E / 24.2000°N 85.3667°E /24.2000; 85.3667.^[12]

Padma CD block is bounded byBarhi CD block, on the north and a part of the east,Ichak CD block on a part of the east and the south, andMayurhand CD block, in Chatra district, andKatkmsandi CD block on the west.^[13][14]

Padma CD block has an area of 126.54 km².^[15] As of 2011, Padma CD block had eightgram panchayats,^[16] 40 inhabited villages^[17] and nocensus towns.^[18]Barhi police station andPadma police out-post serve this CD block,^[19] Headquarters of this CD block is at Padma.^[20]

Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary is 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Padma.^[7]

TheGram Panchayats covered by Padma intermediate panchayat are: Bandarbela, Bihari, Kutipisi, Padma, Pindarkon, Romi, Saraiya, and Suryapura.^[21]

According to the2011 Census of India, Padma CD block had a total population of 56,014, all of which were rural. There were 28,941 (52%) males and 27,073 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 9,378.Scheduled Castes numbered 9,928 (17.72%) andScheduled Tribes numbered 843 (1.50%).^[18]

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Padma CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets):Padma (7,896) and Saria (4,855).^[18]

As of 2011^[update] census, the total number of literate persons in Padma CD block was 32,133 (68.90% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 19,195 (79.92% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 12,938 (57.20% of the female population over 6 years). Thegender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 22.71%.^[18]

As of 2011^[update] census, literacy in Hazaribag district was 70.48%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011.^[22] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.^[23][24]

See also –List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

At the time of the 2011 census, 51.70% of the population spokeHindi, 43.88%Khortha, 2.43%Magahi and 1.01%Urdu as their first language.^[26]

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.^[27] Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.^[28]

In Padma CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 9,137 and formed 37.92%, agricultural labourers numbered 8,106 and formed 33.64%, household industry workers numbered 256 and formed 1.06% and other workers numbered 6,598 and formed 27.38%. Total workers numbered 24,097 and formed 43.02% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 31,917 and formed 56.98% of the population.^[29]

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.^[30]

There are 40 inhabited villages in Padma CD Block. In 2011, 37 villages had power supply. 2 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 4 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 40 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 5 villages had post offices, 4 villages had sub post offices, 4 villages had telephones (land lines) and 38 villages had mobile phone coverage. 40 villages had pucca (hard top) village roads, 12 villages had bus service (public/ private), 1 village hadautos/ modified autos, and 12 villages had tractors. 4 villages had bank branches, 4 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, no village had public library and public reading room. 22 villages hadpublic distribution system, 5 villages had weekly haat (market) and 26 villages hadassemblypolling stations.^[31]

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 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.^[32]

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.^[33][34]

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 20 passes through Padma CD block.^[35]

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. TheKoderma-Hazaribagh-Barkakana-Ranchi line passes through Padma CD block and there is a station at Padma.^[36]

In 2011, amongst the 40 inhabited villages in Padma CD block, 5 villages had no primary school, 27 villages had one primary school and 8 villages had more than one primary school. 29 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 4 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school.^[37]

In 2011, amongst the 40 inhabited villages in Padma CD block, 1 village had a community health centre, 1 village hadprimary health centre, 6 villages had primary health sub-centres, 5 villages had medicine shops and 30 villages had no medical facilities.^[38]

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