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Census Data 2011

District Highlights – 2011 Census

Giridih district ranks third in terms of total population in the state and fourth in regard to decadal population growth rate(2001-11) among the twenty-four districts. With a sex ratio of 944, it ranks seventh in the state. The district comprises of thirteen blocks Gawan, Tisri, Deori, Dhanwar, Jamua, bengabad, Gandey, Giridih, Birni, Bagdar, Sariya, Dumri and Pirtand. As per Census 2011, the district has 2558 villages and 5 towns dustrubuted in four assembly constituencies. Census 2011 figures indicated that the percentage share of scheduled caste population to total population was 13.31 percent while that of sheduled tribes was 9.74 percent. ased on the number of total rural households in Census 2011 and BPL Revision Survey of 2010-11 the percentage of BPL households in rural area ia 63.77 percent.

Basic Indicators
S.N. Basic indicators Giridih Jharkhand Source year
1 Population 2445474 32988134 Census of India 2011
2 Male 1258098 16930315 Census of India 2011
3 Female 1187376 16930315 Census of India 2011
4 Rural 2237450 25055073 Census of India 2011
5 Urban 208024 7933061 Census of India 2011
6 SC Population 325493 3985644 Census of India 2011
7 SC Population Male 166447 2043458 Census of India 2011
8 SC Population Female 159046 1942186 Census of India 2011
9 ST Population 238188 8645042 Census of India 2011
10 ST Population Male 120646 4315407 Census of India 2011
11 ST Population Female 117542 4329635 Census of India 2011
12 Population Growth rate,2001-11(%) 28.33 22.34 Census of India 2011
13 Child Population(0-6Years) 460251 5389495 Census of India 2011
14 Child Population(0-6Years) to total Population(%) 18.82 16.33 Census of India 2011
15 Sex Ratio(females per 1000males) 944 949 Census of India 2011
16 Sex Ratio at Birth, Total 994 949 AHS 2012-13
17 Sex Ratio at Birth, Urban 1206 884 AHS 2012-13
18 Child Sex ratio(0-6 years;girls per 1000boys) 942 948 Census of India 2011
19 Gross Enrolment Ratio(Primary) 175.0 155.8 DISE 2010-11
20 Crude Birth Rate, Total(per 1000) 21.6 23.0 AHS 2012-13
21 Crude Birth Rate, Rural(per 1000) 21.8 24.3 AHS 2012-13
22 Crude Birth Rate, Urbon(per 1000) 18.5 19.4 AHS 2012-13
23 Crude Death Rate, Total(per 1000) 4.1 6.0 AHS 2012-13
24 Crude Death Rate, Rural(per 1000) 4.6 6.4 AHS 2012-13
25 Crude Death Rate, Urbon(per 1000) 3.6 5.7 AHS 2012-13
26 Total Fertility Rate 205 207 AHS 2012-13
27 Wealth Index-lowest(20%) 18.1 20.0 AHS 2010-11
28 Wealth Index-highest(20%) 9.4 20.0 AHS 2010-11
29 Wor Participation(15 Years and above) 38.1 45.7 AHS 2012-13
Block at a Glance
Indicator / Blocks population Male Female Child Population sex Ratio Child sex Ratio Literacy Rate(%)
Gawan 115962 59039 56923 22682 964 945 60.94
Tisri 95081 47423 47658 19292 1005 949 55.27
Deori 182527 94686 87841 33133 928 963 62.54
Dhanwar 267352 138380 128972 50403 932 946 65.44
Jamua 271563 139892 131671 51706 941 940 64.02
Bengabad 153198 79018 74180 30080 939 928 59.33
Gandey 175087 90407 84680 37094 937 964 56.3
Giridih 372570 193311 179259 65235 927 933 70.12
Birni 169451 85970 83481 32912 971 953 61.47
Bagodar 158094 80722 77372 28182 958 925 64.43
Sariya 149068 76936 72132 27583 938 897 66.25
Dumri 226006 116397 109609 40281 942 938 63.55
Pirtand 109515 55917 53598 21668 959 959 52.6
Maternal Health
SL Indicator Giridih Jharkhand Source year
1 Mothers who received  any ANC (%) 86.1 92.4 AHS 2012-13
2 Mothers who received 3 or more  ANC (%) 56.7 60.2 AHS 2012-13
3 Mothers who receved full  ANC (%) 8.3 13.6 AHS 2012-13
4 Mothers who recived ANC from  government source (%) 11.6 16.9 AHS 2012-13
5 Mothers who consumed IFA of 100 days or more (%) 11.3 16.9 AHS 2012-13
6 Mothers who received at least one TT injection (%) 85.4 91.8 AHS 2012-13
7 Institutional  delivery (%) 45.1 46.2 AHS 2012-13
8 Delivery  at home (%) 46.8 56.2 AHS 2012-13
9 Delivery  at home (%) 64.4 53.4 AHS 2012-13
10 delivery at home conducted by skilledd health personnel (%) 27 27.4 AHS 2012-13
11 Mothers who  received post-natal check -up within 48 hours of delivery (%) 69.4 68.4 AHS 2012-13
12 maternal  Mortality Ratio ( for uttari chotanagpur divison ) 182 245 AHS 2012-13
Education
SL Indicator Giridih Jharkhand Source year
1 Literacy Rate &7+years) (%) 63.1 66.8 Census of India 2011
2 Literacy Rate – Male (7+years)(%) 76.8 76.8 Census of India 2011
3 Literacy Rate- Female(7+years)(%) 48.7 55.4 AHS 2011
4 Boys age 6-17 years currently attending school (%) 92.9 91.6 AHS 2012-13
5 Girls age 6-17 years currently attending school (%) 92 91.8 ASER 2012-13
6 % children (6-14 years)out of school 3.2 4.4 ASER 2011
7  %children (6-14 years) in private school 19.6 15.5 ASER 2011
8 % children (std I-II) who  can read letters . Words or more 70.4 66.1 ASER 2011
9 % children (std I-II) who can recognize numbers  (1-9) or more 68.7 68.3 ASER 2011
10 % childeren (std I-II) who  can read level  I(std I) text or more 47.1 44.8 ASER 2011
11 % childeren (std III-V)  who  can do subtraction  or more 40.4 36.2 ASER 2011
Water, Sanitation & Hygiene
SL Indicator Giridih Jharkhand Source year
1 Household having improved of drinking water (%)
Excluding Institutional Houselholds
30.94 62.02 Census of India 2011
2 Scheduled CasteHousehold having improved source of
drinking water facility (%) Excluding institutional
Households
33.21 64.21 Census of India 2011
3 Scheduled Tribe Household having improved source of
drinking water facillity (%) Excluding Institutional
Households
30.42 54.71 Census of India 2011
4 Household having improved toilet facility (%) Cxcluding
Institutional Households
10.43 21.42 Census of India 2011
5 Scheduled CasteHousehold having improved toilet facility
(%) Excluding Institutional Househoids
40.18 12.09 Census of India 2011
6 Scheduled tribe Household having improved toilet facility
(%) Excluding Institutional Households
1.88 7.81 Census of India 2011
Child & Woman Protection
SL Indicator Giridih Jharkhand Source year
1 Children whose births are registered (%) 43.5 62.1 AHS 2012
2 Marriages among females below legal age (18 years) (%) 17.6 11 AHS 2012
3 Currently married women aged 20-24 years married berore
legal age (18 years) (%)
62 45.2 AHS 2012
4 Children aged 5-14 years engaged in work (%) 8 2.5 AHS 2012
5 number of crimes committed against children,murder 2.6 1 SCRB 2012
6 number of crimes committed against children,rape 6 SCRB 2012
7 Total number of crimes against children 113 SCRB 2012
8 crime rate against children (%) rank on crime rate 0.92 SCRB 2012
9 Number of juveniles apprehended under IPC-cases reported 253 SCRB 2012
10 Crime against women (Dowry & Withcraft deaths 32 342 SCRB 2012
11 Crime rate against women (%) rank on crime rate 29.16 SCRB 2012
HIV/AIDS
SL Indicator Giridih Jharkhand Source year
1 Women who are aware of HIV/AIDS (%) 63.8 64.7 AHS 2012-13
2 women who are aware of TRI/STI (%) 88.1 69.4 AHS 2012-13
District Census Report
Headquarter : GIRIDIH As per 2001 Census As per 2001 Census
Forest Area : 1,59,160.78 hect.. 1,59,160.78 hect..
Total No. of House Hold 3,96,521
Total Population 19,01,564 24,45,474
Total Male 9,58,904 12,58,098
Urban Population 1,21,943 2,08,024
Rural Population – Male 8,95,007 11,49,608
Urban Population – Male 63,897 1,08,490
Total SC Population*** 2,73,055 3,25,493
SC Population – Rural 3,01,327
SC Population – Urban 24,166
Total Male Literacy 4,76,833 7,83,736
Rural Literates 5,97,514 11,13,513
Urbun Literates 81,539 1,39,962
Rural Literates – Male 4,30,233 7,05,100
Urban Literates – Male 46,600 78,636
Rural Male Literacy % 48.07% 63.32%
Urban Male Literacy % 72.93% 56.18%
Total Workers (‘000) 6,46,024 10,36,277
Minerals Mica, Coal Mica, Coal
Rivers Usri, Barakar Usri, Barakar
Important Festival Holi, Dashahra, Karma,Id fitra Holi, Dashahra, Karma,Id fitra
Language Khortha, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali Khortha, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali.
Total No. of CD Blocks 13 13
Population Growth Rate (Annual) 2.71
Total Area: 4,85,355.81 hect.
Net Sown Area: 85,440 hect..
Net Irrigation Area : 8,588 hect..
Total Literates 3,14,670 12,53,475
Total Female 9,42,660 11,87,376
Rural Population 17,79,621 22,37,450
Rural Population – Female 8,84,614 10,87,842
Urban Population – Female 58,046 99,534
Total ST Population*** 1,78,723 2,38,188
ST Population – Rural 2,35,170
ST Population – Urban 3,018
Total Female Literacy 2,02,220 4,69,739
Rural Literates – Female 1,67,281 4,08,413
Urban Literates – Female 34,939 61,326
Rural Female Literacy % 18.91% 36.67%
Urban Female Literacy % 60.19% 43.81%
Main Workers 3,42,031 4,12,912
Marginal Workers 3,03,993 6,23,912
Total No. of  Revenue Villages 2763
Total No. of  Rev. Villages Inhabited 2552
Total No. of Panchayats 358 358
Total No. of Sub-Divisions 1 1
Sex Ratio 943
Density (Person per Sq KM) 497
Child Population (0-6 Years) 450527
Child Sex Ratio (0-6 Years) 934
Child Proportion toTotal Population 18.42

RIVER SYSTEM

The District has been famous as the place of well known Ruby Mica and has several large coal fields which contain one of the best qualities of metallurgical coal in India. The extensive deposited of mica in this district are of importance not only to Jharkhand but to India and other countries also. It is mostly found near the block Tisri and Gawan. The massif of Parasnath Hill consists mainly of a pyroxene bearing garnetiferous quartzite with felspathic gneisses near the base.Stealite of soap stone are also found to the west of Parasnath.