Sariya Ṣariyā Suriya
Community Development Block
Location in Giridih District
Sariya Block
Coordinates:24°10′27.7″N85°53′29.5″E / 24.174361°N 85.891528°E /24.174361; 85.891528
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Subdivision	Bagodar-Saria
Headquarters	Sariya
Panchayat	23 (9th)
Government
• Type	Federal democracy
• Block Development Officer	Lalit Narayan Tiwari
• Circle Officer	Santosh Kumar
Area
• Total	193.40 km2 (74.67 sq mi)
• Rank	13th
Elevation	308 m (1,010 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	149,068
• Rank	9th
• Density	770.78/km2 (1,996.3/sq mi)
• Rank	2nd
Languages
• Official	Hindi,Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	825320 (Sariya)
Telephone/STD code	06557
Vehicle registration	JH-11
Panchayats	23
Lok Sabha constituency	Kodarma
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Bagodar
Literacy	66.25%
Sex Ratio	943
Website	giridih.nic.in

Sariya Mahraj Mathur is acommunity development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in theBagodar-Saria subdivision of theGiridih district in theIndianstate ofJharkhand.

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 orShikharji 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.^[1][2] Inaugurating thePradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016,Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23lakhBPL families in Jharkhand.^[3] There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%.^[4]

Jharkhand is one of the states affected byMaoist activities. As of 2012^[update], Giridih was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state.^[5]As of 2016^[update], Giridih was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities.^[6] In 2017, the Maoists, in Giridih district, have torched more than 50 vehicles engaged in road construction or carrying goods.^[7]

Sariya CD block is bounded byBirni CD block on the north,Dumri CD block on the east,Bagodar CD block on the south andChalkusha CD block, in Hazaribagh district, on the west.^[8][9]

Sariya CD block has an area of 193.40 km². It has 23gram panchayats, 67 inhabited villages and 1census town.Suriya police station serves this block.^[10] Headquarters of this CD Block is at Suriya. n/a % of the area has forest cover.^[8][11]

Barakar River flows through this block.^[12]

Gram panchayats in Sariya CD block are: Parsiya, Amnari, Ghutiyapesra, Koerdih, Purnidih, Mokamo, Kailatand, Nagar Keshwari, Keshwari, Barwadih, Sablpur, Bagodih, Nawadih, Sariya (N), Sariya (E), Sariya (W), Sariya Khurd, Mandramo (E), Mandramo (W), Chirua, Chichaki, Kusmadih, and Bandkharo.^[12]

According to the2011 Census of India, Sariya CD block had a total population of 149,068, of which 130,135 were rural and 18,993 were urban. There were 76,936 (52%) males and 72,132 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 27,583.Scheduled Castes numbered 18,097 (12.14%) andScheduled Tribes numbered 4,355 (2.92%).^[13]

The onlycensus town in Sariya CD block is (2011 census population figure in brackets):Barki Sarayia (18,933).^[13]

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Sariya CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Amnari (4,023), Nagar Keswari (4,841), Keshwai (9,625), Saria Khurd (5,156), Sabalpur (5,179), Bagodih (5,955), Nawadih (4,048) and Mandramo (11,558).^[13]

As of 2011^[update] census the total number of literate persons in Sariya CD block was 80,489 (66.25% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 50,520 (70.04% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 29,969 (50.72% of the female population over 6 years). Thegender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.32%.^[13]

As of 2011^[update] census, literacy in Giridih district was 63.14%^[14] Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011.^[14] Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.^[15]

See also –List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Khortha is the main spoken language. Hindi is the official language. Urdu and Santali are also spoken.

40-50% of the population of Giridih district were in theBPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Koderma and Hazaribagh districts.^[18] Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.^[19]

In Sariya CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 38,058 and formed 53.23%, agricultural labourers numbered 15,440 and formed 21.60%, household industry workers numbered 1,572 and formed 2.20% and other workers numbered 16,427 and formed 22.98%. Total workers numbered 71,497 and formed 47.96% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 77,571 and formed 52.04% of the population.^[20]

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.^[21]

There are 67 inhabited villages in Sariya CD block. In 2011, 16 villages had power supply. 2 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 65 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 58 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 13 villages had post offices, 3 villages had a sub post office, 3 villages had telephones (land lines) and 23 villages had mobile phone coverage. 65 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 6 villages had bus service (public/ private), 3 villages hadautos/ modified autos, and 32 villages had tractors. 3 villages had bank branches, 3 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, 3 villages had public library and public reading room. 25 villages hadpublic distribution system, 8 villages had weekly haat (market) and 24 villages hadassemblypolling stations.^[22]

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 havealluvial soil. In Sariya CD block, the percentage of cultivable area to total area is 22.38%. 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 Sariya CD block is 6.52%. May to October is theKharif season, followed by theRabi 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.^[23]

Giridih 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.^[24][25]

There is a road linking Hazaribagh Road station at Suriya toHazaribagh. It passes throughBagodar onNH 19 (old NH 2) /Grand Trunk Road. Suriya-Rajdhanwar Road connects Suriya toRajdhanwar andKhori Mahua on State Highway 13 (Jharkhand), running fromKoderma toGobindpur. Suriya-Parasiya Road links to the Keshwari-Chaube-Markacho Road.^[26]

Asansol–Gaya section
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km   Gaya–Mughalsarai section of Grand Chord,Howrah–Gaya–Delhi line andHowrah–Allahabad–Mumbai line 0 Gaya Junction Patna–Gaya line Falgu River 3 Saheed Iswar Choudhery (halt) 5 Manpur Gaya–Kiul line 12 Bandhua 19 Tankuppa 25 Bansinala 32 Paharpur 34 Gurpa 39 Dilwa Jharkhand Bihar border 46 Gujhandi 56 Koderma to Hazaribagh &Barkakana toGiridih &Madhupur 64 Hirodih 72 Samatanr 77 Jadudih 81 Parsabd Barakar River 92 Chaube 103 Hazaribagh Road 113 Chichaki 121 Chaudhuribandh 130 Parasnath Parasnath Hill ( 1350 m 1476 yd ) NH 19 Grand Trunk Road 138 Nimiaghat 148 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh to Bokaro & Barkakana Tatanagar-Barkakana section 72 Barkakana toSon Nagar to Hazaribagh Damodar River 69 Argada 63 Ranchi Road NH 33 55 Karmahat 51 Chainpur 46 Jogeshwar Bokaro River 38 Danea Tenughat Thermal Power Station 27 Dumari Indian Explosives Limited 20 Gomia Gomia Airport Konar River 15 Bokaro (Thermal) Bokaro Thermal Power Station B (Damodar Valley Corporation) 9 Jarangdih 6 Bermo 3 Amlo (halt) Kargali colliery and washery 0 Phusro 5 Bhandaridah Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh–Hatia line Bokaro airport Bokaro Steel Plant (Steel Authority of India Limited) 0 Bokaro Steel City Adra-Bokaro Steel City branch line 5 Tupkadih Damodar River 12 Rajabera Chandrapura TPS (Damodar Valley Corporation) 16 12 Chandrapura Dugda Adra–Gomoh branch line 23 Telo Jamunia River 33 Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh 157 Matari 162 Nichitpur to Katrasgarh ( Jharia Coalfield rail network ) 168 Tetulmari 173 Bhuli (halt) to Jharia ( Jharia Coalfield rail network ) 177 Dhanbad Junction 182 Dokra (halt) to Katrasgarh ( Jharia Coalfield rail network ) 187 Pradhankhunta to Pathardih ( Jharia Coalfield rail network ) 193 Chota Ambana 202 Kalubathan 206 Thapar Nagar 212 Mugma Grand Trunk Road 216 Kumardubi Barakar River Jharkhand West Bengal border 219 Barakar 222 Kulti toMughalsarai Junction viaHowrah–Delhi main line 227 Sitarampur 231 Barachak Asansol–Tatanagar–Kharagpur line 236 Asansol Junction Bardhaman–Asansol section km
Sources: Google maps Indian Railway Time Table (Indiarailinfo) Hatia-Bardhaman Passenger 53062 Gomoh-Barkakana Passenger 461EC
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TheAsansol-Gaya section, a part of theGrand Chord,Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line andHowrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line, passes through this block.Hazaribagh Road railway station is on this line.^[27]

Sariya CD block had 24 villages with pre-primary schools, 63 villages with primary schools, 41 villages with middle schools, 9 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with no educational facility.^[28]
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

• Sariya College was established atSuriya in 1984. It is affiliated withVinoba Bhave University and offers courses in arts and commerce.^[29][30][31]

Sariya CD block had 1 village with community health centre, 10 villages with primary health subcentres, 8 villages with family welfare centres, 6 villages with medicine shops.^[28]
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

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