Sahibganj
Sahibganj district profile
Sahibganj (area: 1,599 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Jharkhand. The district, with its predominantly tribal population, is a part of Santhal Parganas division and forms its easternmost tip. The Rajmahal and Pakur sub-divisions of the old Santhal Parganas district were carved out on May 17, 1983, to form Sahibganj district. Subsequently, Pakur sub-division of Sahibganj district was created on January 28, 1994, to constitute Pakur district.
The district can be divided into two natural divisions based on its geographical features. The first consists of Borio, Mandro, Barhait, Pathna and Taljhari blocks, and is a part of the Damin-i-koh region. The hills here are covered with forests. The second region consists of Sahibganj, Rajmahal, Udhwa and Barharwa blocks. It comprises the uplands and undulates along ridges and depressions. The Ganga, Gumani and Bansloi rivers are major rivers.
Around 29% of the population here belongs to the scheduled tribes. Muslims constitute around 31% of the population.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 927,770 | |
| Male | 477,662 | |
| Female | 450,108 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 129,704 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 25.89% | |
| Rural | 829,639 (89.42%) | |
| Urban | 98,131 (10.58%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 942 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 59,750 (6.44%) | |
| ST population | 270,423 (29.15%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 37.61 | |
| Male | 47.93 | |
| Female | 26.56 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 522,620 | |
| Muslims | 290,060 | |
| Christians | 58,723 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Sahibganj | 80,154 | |
| Rajmahal | 17,977 | |
| NA | NA | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,307 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,207 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 114 | |
| Primary schools | 599 | |
| Medical facility | 69 | |
| Paved approach road | 300 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 23.2% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 45.5% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 5.9% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 35.0% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 50.9% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 152,680 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 879,888 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 156 | |
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-2009.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
