Giridih
Giridih district profile
Giridih (area: 4,854 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Jharkhand. The district was created on December 4, 1972, by carving out parts of Hazaribagh district. Giridih is its administrative headquarters.
The district lies in the central part of the North Chota Nagpur division and is bordered on the north by Jamui and Nawada districts of Bihar, on the east by the districts of Deoghar and Jamtara, on the south by Dhanbad and Bokaro, and on the west by Hazaribagh and Kodarma districts.
The Barakar and the Sakri are two major rivers in the region. Giridih is rich in mineral resources, particularly mica and coal.
Around 13% of the district’s population belongs to the scheduled castes; 10% belongs to scheduled tribes. Muslims constitute around 20% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,904,430 | |
| Male | 960,679 | |
| Female | 943,751 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 267,261 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 27.09% | |
| Rural | 1,782,066 (93.57%) | |
| Urban | 122,364 (6.43%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 982 | |
| Household size (per household) | 6 | |
| SC population | 248,399 (13.04%) | |
| ST population | 184,469 (9.69%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 44.50 | |
| Male | 62.09 | |
| Female | 26.62 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,475,201 | |
| Muslims | 383,253 | |
| Others | 30,778 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Giridih | 98,989 | |
| Isri | 8,804 | |
| Dhanwar | 7,926 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 2,532 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 2,529 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 388 | |
| Primary schools | 1,232 | |
| Medical facility | 229 | |
| Paved approach road | 474 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 25.0% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 37.3% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 16.5% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 26.5% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 30.3% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 194,128 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,186,465 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 412 | |
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-2006.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
