Godda district




This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Godda.

District of Jharkhand in Jharkhand, India

























































Godda district
District of Jharkhand

Location of Godda district in Jharkhand
Location of Godda district in Jharkhand

Country India
State Jharkhand
Administrative division Santhal Pargana division
Headquarters Godda
Government

 • Lok Sabha constituencies
Godda (shared with Deoghar and Dumka districts)
 • Assembly seats 3
Area

 • Total 2,110 km2 (810 sq mi)
Population
(2011)

 • Total 1,311,382
 • Density 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Demographics

 • Literacy
 57.68 per cent
 • Sex ratio 933
Website Official website

Godda district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India. It lies in the northeastern part of the state. The geographical area that now comprises Godda district used to be part of the erstwhile Santhal Parganas district. Godda town is the headquarters of Godda district.


The area of the district is 2110 km², with a population of around 861,000. The district is without any rail link, the nearest railway station being hansdiha. The main economic activity of the people is agriculture, and major crops are paddy, wheat and maize.


Godda is the land of a tribe called Santhals. Godda is not only a land of tribes, the local inhabitants also include the non-tribal and urban people.




Contents






  • 1 Economy


  • 2 Administration


    • 2.1 Blocks/Mandals




  • 3 Divisions


  • 4 Demographics


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links





Economy


Godda is mostly famous for the Rajmahal coalfield in Lalmatia. It is an integral part of Jharkhand and is known for its hills and small forests. The mine present here is an integral part of ECL coalfields and is among the biggest in whole Asia.


Until the late 1980s Godda was full of forests and was a remote place far from science and technology and was living in a dark age as other districts of Jharkhand. The entire scenario changed after coal was first discovered in abundance under the Rajmahal Hills by a team of the Geological Survey of India. Central Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd. conducted a detailed survey of the area. The Rajmahal Opencast Coal mine project was conceived in early 1980s, initially to supply coal to Farakka Super Thermal Power Project of NTPC, with an initial annual capacity of 5 million tonne. For expansion of this coal mine project to 10.5 million tonne per annum, an agreement was signed between Coal India Limited and Canadian Commercial Corporation in January 1989 where MET-CHEM Canada Inc. was designated as the Canadian Executing Agency for implementing the project. The Project was completed in July 1994 and is being run by Eastern Coalfileds Limited personnel. This mine is producing 11.5 million tonne coal per annum. This is being expanded further to 17 million tonne.


Two more opencast coal mine of Eastern Coalfields Limited are coming in Godda district, Chuperbhita opencast coal mine project (capacity - 4 million tonne) and Hurra 'C' opencast coal mine project (capacity - 3 million tonne).
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya Lalmatia, DAV Public School Urja Nagar, St. Thomas School Godda and High School Godda are among famous and best school in godda district.


In 2006 the Indian government named Godda one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).[1] It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).[1]



Administration



Blocks/Mandals


Godda district consists of 09 Blocks. The following are the list of the Blocks in Godda district:




  1. Boarijore

  2. Godda

  3. Mahagama

  4. Meharama

  5. Pathargama

  6. Poraiyahat

  7. Sunderpahari

  8. Thakurgangti


  9. Basantrai.




Divisions


There are three Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Poreyahat, Godda and Mahagama. All of these are part of Godda (Lok Sabha constituency).



Demographics


According to the 2011 census Godda district has a population of 1,311,382,[2] roughly equal to the nation of Mauritius[3] or the US state of New Hampshire.[4] This gives it a ranking of 372nd in India (out of a total of 640).[2]
The district has a population density of 622 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,610/sq mi) .[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.14%.[2] Godda has a sex ratio of 933 females for every 1000 males,[2] and a literacy rate of 57.68%.[2]



References





  1. ^ ab Ministry of Panchayati Raj (September 8, 2009). "A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme" (PDF). National Institute of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 5, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abcdef "District Census 2011". Census2011.co.in. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-30.


  3. ^ US Directorate of Intelligence. "Country Comparison:Population". Retrieved 2011-10-01. Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.


  4. ^ "2010 Resident Population Data". U. S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2011-09-30. New Hampshire 1,316,470




External links


  • Official district government website







Coordinates: 24°49′N 87°13′E / 24.817°N 87.217°E / 24.817; 87.217







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