| Voice of Hazaribag :
Arun Anand

We are facing acute water shortage from a long time. The ground
water level is also very low.
Unemployment is another issue we face. Due to lack of employment
men migrate to other places. Some women also migrate in search of
livelihood but they have to face lot of hurdles.
The literacy rate of Hazaribag is very poor as compared to other
districts of Jharkhand. Women literacy rate is woefully low. Teachers
are not updated, they are ignorant. These things lead to poor quality
of education. Government has made policies to improve the quality
of education but still lot needs to be done.
Hazaribag District
Area, Population & Sex Ratio
Geographical Area : 6147.0 Km2
Population in Hazaribagh (Census 2011)
Total Population
Total : 1734005
Male : 891179
Female : 842826
Disabled population
Total disabled population : 29674
In seeing : 10254
In speech : 2826
In hearing : 2344
In movement : 10575
Mental : 3675
Rank ( VoiceOfBharat.org Analysis
)
Backwardness : 115
Sex Ratio Rank : 349 (Rank one is least sex ratio - Cenus 2001)
HIV Category District : D (HIV Sentinel Surveillance 2004 - 2006)
Disability : 312 (Census 2001)
Literacy Ratio : 415 (Census 2001)
Minority : Does not figure in MCD

Brief About Hazaribag District
In very early times the district was covered with
inaccessible forests to which non- Aryan tribes who refused to surrender
to the steadily advancing Aryans, retired at different times.
The entire territory of Chhotanagpur, known as Jharkhand (meaning
forest territory) was presumably beyond the pale of district Hindu
influence in ancient India. Though out the Turko-Afghan period (up
to 1526), the area remained virtually free from external influence.
It was only with the accession of Akbar to the throne of Delhi in
1556, that Muslim influence penetrated Jharkhand, then known
to the Mughals as Kokrah. In 1585, Akbar sent a force under the
command of Shahbaj Khan to reduce the Raja of Chotanagpur to the
position of a tributary. After the death of Akbar in 1605, the area
presumably regained its independence. This necessitated an expedition
in 1616 by Ibrahim Khan Fateh Jang, the Governor of Bihar and brother
of Queen Noorjehan. Ibrahim Khan defeated and captured Durjan Sal,
the 46th Raja of Chotanagpur. He was imprisoned for 12
years but was later released and reinstated on the throne after
he had shown his ability in distinguishing a real diamond from a
fake one.
In 1632 Chotanagpur was given as Jagir to the Governor
at Patna for an annual payment of Rs. 136000. This was raised to
Rs. 161000 in 1636 A.D. During the reign of Muhammad Shah (1719-1748),
Sarballand Khan, the Governor of then Bihar, marched against the
Raja of Chotanagpur and obtained his submission. Another expedition
was led by Fakhruddoula, the Governor of Bihar in 1731. He
came to terms with the Raja of Chotanagpur. In 1735 Alivardi Khan
had some difficulty in enforcing the payment of the annual tribute
of Rs. 12000 from the Raja of Ramgarh, as agreed to by the latter
according to the terms settled with Fakhruddoula. This situation
continued until the occupation of the country by the British. During
the Muslim period, the main estates in the district were Ramgarh,
Kunda, Chai and Kharagdiha.
Subsequent to the Kol uprising in 1831 which, however,
did not seriously affect Hazaribag, the administrative structure
of the territory was changed. The paraganas Ramgarh, Kharagdiha,
Kendi and Kunda became parts of the South-West Frontier Agency and
were formed into a division named Hazaribag as the administrative
headquarters.
In 1854 the designation of South-West
Frontier Agency was changed to Chota Nagpur and it began to be administered
as a Non-regulation province under the Lieutenant Governor of the
then Bihar. In 1855-56 there was the great uprising of the Santhals
against the British but was brutally suppressed.
After
1991 census, the district of Hazaribag has been divided into three
separate districts viz. Hazaribag, Chatra and Koderma. The two sub-divisions
namely Chatra and Koderma were upgraded to the status of independent
districts.
- District Headquarter : HAZARIBAGH
- History : Hazaribagh literally means a place with
thousand gardens. During the Muslim rule the main estates in
the district were Ramgarh, Kunda, Kendi, Chai and Kharagdiha.
Later Ramgarh, Kharagdiha, Kendi and Kunda were formed into
Hazaribagh division. After 1991 census the Hazaribagh district
was divided into three seperate districts of Hazaribagh, Chatra
and Koderma. The towns in the district include Barkakana, Barughutu,
Gidi, Hazaribagh, Patratu, Ramgarh Cantt., Sauda, Sirka. The
12 Blocks in the district are : Barhi, Barkagaon, Bishungarh,
Church, Gola, Hazaribagh, Ichak, Katkamsandi, Keredari, Mandu,
Patratu and Ramgarh.
- Communications : Hazaribagh town is on the main national
highway connecting Ranchi to Patna. Roads connecting neighbouring
areas are also there. The nearest railway station is Hazaribagh
Road. Nearest airport is Ranchi.
- Agriculture : Paddy, wheat and maize are the main
crops grown in the district. Vegetables, oilseed and pulses
are other crops grown in the district.
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