Jharkhand : A Profile

State Overview
The 28th state of the Indian Union was brought into existence by the Bihar reorganization Act on November 15, 2000 - the birth anniversary of the legendary Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Its area is 2.43% of the country and population is 2.62% of country. The state is very rich in natural resources like forest, animals (domestic),
and minerals etc. Total tribal population is 60.90 lacs. 111 blocks out of total 211 blocks are in the 5 th schedule of Indian constitution.
Population:
38.1 % of the population belongs to SC and ST. Total population of the Schedule caste is 3189320 (11.8%) and Schedule Tribe population is 26.3%.
Overall sex ratio is 941.Urban sex ratio is 870 and rural is 962.
Population density in the state is 338 persons / square kilometres
Overall Literacy rate is 53.6.
Male literacy rate is 67.3 % whereas female literacy rate is 38.9 %.
There is gender gap in literacy is 28.4%.
Infrastructure:
Road density (per 1000 kms) in the state is less then national average of 16.12 kms. 8184 villages have linked through roads 3935 (approximately 13 %) villages are linked through fair weather roads.
Total power generation capacity is 1390 megawatt. Per capita power consumption in the state and per capita generation are approx half of the national average. Only 15. 5 % villages are electrified so far.
Total investment in small-scale units (SSI) is 441.43 Cr. SSI are providing employment to 2003344 persons. There is investment of 11578.62 cr. in medium & large-scale industrial unite which is providing 73845 persons.
Natural resource:
State has 29.61% area under forest. Out of which 4387.2 sq kms is reserved, 19184.78sq kms protected and 33.49 unclassified.
State contributes to substantially in the mineral production of the country. The coal production is 32.09%, Iron ore 31.84%,Copper ore 25.94%, Pyrite 90.98%, Graphite 57.47 and kainite 8.33%.
Jharkhand at a Glance
Number of districts - 22
Number of divisions - 4
Number of Sub-divisions - 33
Number of community development Blocks - 211
Number of town - 152
Number of Revenue villages - 32,651
Villages as per census - Area (Sq. Kms) - 79,714
% of urban population - 22%
Population - Total - 2, 69,09,428
Population – Male - 1, 38,61,277
Population – Female - 1, 30,48,151
Decadal population growth rate (1991-01) - 23.2%
Population density - 338
Sex ratio - 941
Literacy rate -54.1%