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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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