{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Haidernagar | other_name = Harinagar(हरि नगर) | nickname = | settlement_type = Block | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India | coordinates = {{coord|24.5071762|83.8672042|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Jharkhand | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Palamu | subdivision_type3 = Block | subdivision_name3 = Haidernagar | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 74031 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | leader_title1 = MLA | leader_name1 = Kamlesh Kumar Singh, NCP candidate | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Magahi, Hindi | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 822115 | website = {{URL|http://palamu.nic.in/Haidernagar.html}} | registration_plate = JH 03 | footnotes = }}
'''Haidernagar''', informally known as '''Babhandih''',<ref name=":01">{{cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/jharkhand/palamu/haidarnagar/|title=हैदरनगर }}</ref> is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India.
==History== {{Cleanup section|date=September 2025|reason=Needs copyediting. Loose references at the end instead of at relevant claims.}} Haidarnagar is a Rajput-dominated region since 1770 when the Mahthan Rajputs hailing from Nabinagar captured the town. The nawab of Eshaknagar made a treaty with Rajput chief Babu Shiv Dayal Singh to grant zamindari rights and change the name of Eshaknagar to Babhandih. According to the treaty, 24 out of 55 villages were granted to Shiv Dayal Singh. Later the estate got divided into Babu Sahebs of Babhandih, Bilaspur, and Golhana Haidernagar. The nawabs lost honour and value among the locals. Babu Tapeswari Singh{{who|date=September 2025}} went to study law from a college in Bihar. His son, Biseswar Dayal Singh, was prominent name in the area and resisted the British for measuring net sown area{{clarify|date=September 2025}} in his estate until 1942 when it was finally done. He was active in politics and the freedom struggle, inspired by Gandhian vision he led the workers strike at Dalmia Paper Factory. He donated acres of lands during the ''bhoodan gramdan'' movement of Vinoba Bhave. The descendants of the main branch of Zamindar family lives in Babhandih.<ref name=":01"/><ref>{{Cite web|title="Evolution and Spatial Organization of Clan Settlements: A Case Study of Middle Ganga Valley"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxDWbsztdVQC&q=Kamsar| last1=Ansari | first1=Saiyad Hasan | date=27 September 1986 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title="Rajput's Mansion ( राजपूत मैन्शन)"|url=https://rajputs-mension.business.site/ }}</ref>
== Demographics ==
{{Bar box |title=Religion in Haidernagar block (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population By Religion: Jharkhand |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11377/download/14490/DDW20C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=census.gov.in |publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref> |titlebar=#Fcd116 |left1=Religion |right1=Percent |float=left |bars= {{Bar percent|Hinduism|darkorange|80.33}} {{Bar percent|Islam|green|19.56}} {{Bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.11}} }}
At the time of the 2011 census, Haidernagar block had a population of 74,031. Haidernagar block had a sex ratio of 916 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 66.55%: 77.47% for males and 54.60% for females. 12,073 (16.31%) were under 7 years of age. The entire population lived in rural areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were 23,777 (32.12%) and 33 (0.04%) of the population, respectively.<ref name="districtcensus">{{cite web |year=2011|title=District Census Handbook: Palamu|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/558/download/1880/DH_2011_2013_PART_A_DCHB_PALAMU.pdf|access-date=2011-09-30|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General of India}}</ref>
{{Pie chart | caption = Languages of Haidernagar block (2011)<ref name="language">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10207/download/13319/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Jharkhand|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India}}</ref> | label1 = Hindi | value1 = 75.97 | color1 = orange | label2 = Urdu | value2 = 14.70 | color2 = green | label3 = Magahi | value3 = 9.27 | color3 = crimson | other-label = Others | other-color = grey | other = y }}
==See also== * Palamu Loksabha constituency * Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.news18.com/news/jharkhand/foundation-stone-of-jharkhands-longest-bridge-laid-in-garhwa-763457.html Pansa-Sundipur Bridge - Longest Bridge of Jharkhand] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209190007/http://palamu.nic.in/block.htm Blocks of Palamu district] * [http://www.avenuemail.in/ranchi/better-road-and-bridges-are-backbone-of-the-states-development-raghubar/77602/ Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222161603/http://www.avenuemail.in/ranchi/better-road-and-bridges-are-backbone-of-the-states-development-raghubar/77602/ |date=22 December 2015 }}
{{Palamu district}} Category:Community development blocks in Jharkhand Category:Community development blocks in Palamu district
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