Deoghar
Deoghar district profile
Deoghar is one of the districts covered by PACS in Jharkhand. The district was formed on June 1, 1986, by separating Deoghar sub-division of the erstwhile district of Santhal Parganas. It is part of the Santhal Parganas division, and comprises seven blocks: Deoghar, Karon, Madhupur, Mohanpur, Palojori, Sarath and Sarwan. Deoghar town is the administrative headquarters.
Around 12% each of the district’s population belongs to the scheduled castes and roughly an equal proportion to scheduled tribes. Muslims constitute around 19% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,165,390 | |
| Male | 608,878 | |
| Female | 556,512 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 151,695 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 24.46% | |
| Rural | 1,005,539 (86.28%) | |
| Urban | 159,851 (13.71%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 914 | |
| Household size (per household) | 6 | |
| SC population | 146,863 (12.60%) | |
| ST population | 142,717 (12.25%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 50.09 | |
| Male | 66.38 | |
| Female | 31.99 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 910,409 | |
| Muslims | 221,705 | |
| Others | 27,263 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Deoghar | 98,388 | |
| Madhupur | 47,326 | |
| Jasidih | 14,137 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 2,356 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 2,355 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 248 | |
| Primary schools | 768 | |
| Medical facility | 94 | |
| Paved approach road | 304 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 22.9% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 44.3% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 16.2% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 38.2% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 57.8% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 185,327 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,514,413 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 554 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2007.pdf
Indicator group 6. Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Jharkhand. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
