Social,
Environmental & Economic Sustainability
Our analysis of the rank of the district
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
Challenges of the district : Our research with local communities
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.
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.
