{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Seota | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Census Town | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India3 | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India | coordinates = {{coord|23.6756|N|85.5222|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Jharkhand | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Ramgarh | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 2.163 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 6554 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages (*For language details see Mandu (community development block)#Language and religion) | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Hindi, Urdu | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = PIN | postal_code = 829150 | area_code_type = Telephone/ STD code | area_code = 06545 | registration_plate = JH | blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank1_info_sec1 = Hazaribagh | blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = Mandu | website = {{URL|ramgarh.nic.in/}} | footnotes = }} '''Seota''' is a census town in the Mandu CD block in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
==Geography== {{OSM Location map | width=450| height=320| zoom=10 | coord={{coord|23|42|0|N|85|30|0|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities, towns and locations in Ramgarh district in North Chotanagpur Division'''<br/> M: municipality, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, T: tourist centre, P: power plant<br/>Abbreviation used- TPP: thermal power project<br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly |mark-coord1={{coord|23|38|31|N|85|19|15|E}} | label-pos1=bottom|label1= Balkundra | numbered1=CT| mark-title1=Balkundra (CT)|label-color1=#800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1= #A40000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2 |mark-coord2={{coord|23|36|50|N|85|29|0|E}} | label-pos2=bottom|label2= Barkakana| numbered2=CT| mark-title2=Barkakana (CT) |mark-coord3={{coord|23|44|45|N|85|33|20|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3= Ara| numbered3=CT| mark-title3=Ara, Ramgarh (CT) |mark-coord4={{coord|23|47|15|N|85|33|09|E}} | label-pos4=bottom|label4= Barughutu| numbered4=CT| mark-title4=Barughutu (CT) |mark-coord5={{coord|23|42|5|N|85|31|27|E}} | label-pos5=right|label5= Bongabar| numbered5=CT| mark-title5=Bongabar (CT) |mark-coord6={{coord|23|34|35|N|85|39|17|E}} | label-pos6=bottom|label6= Chitarpur| numbered6=CT| mark-title6=Chitarpur (CT) |mark-coord7={{coord|23|36|50|N|85|17|1|E}} | label-pos7=left|label7= Hesla| numbered7=CT| mark-title7=Hesla, Ramgarh (CT) |mark-coord8={{coord|23|39|40|N|85|19|0|E}} | label-pos8=left|label8= Jainagar| numbered8=CT| mark-title8=Jainagar, Ramgarh (CT) |mark-coord9={{coord|23|47|21|N|85|35|24|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9= Kedla| numbered9=CT| mark-title9=Kedla (CT) |mark-coord10={{coord|23|43|30|N|85|30|40|E}} | label-pos10=right|label10= Kuju| numbered10=CT| mark-title10=Kuju, Ramgarh (CT) |mark-coord11={{coord|23|39|11|N|85|24|35|E}} | label-pos11=top|label11= Lapanga| numbered11=CT| mark-title11=Lapanga, Ramgarh (CT) 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===Location=== Seota is located at {{coord|23.6756|N|85.5222|E|display=inline}}.
===Area overview=== Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of Central Coalfields spread across South Karanpura Coalfield, Ramgarh Coalfield and West Bokaro Coalfield. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The Damodar valley covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 7-8: Physiography, Drainage, Pages 8-11: Minerals and mining|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 9 February 2021}}</ref> "Chotanagpur has a charm of its own... The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours."<ref>{{cite book|last=Prasad |first=Ram Chandra |date=2003 |title=Bihar |url=https://archive.org/details/bihar0000pras |url-access=registration |publication-place=New Delhi |publisher=National Book Trust, India |page=[https://archive.org/details/bihar0000pras/page/5 5] |isbn=81-237-0151-9}}</ref>
<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
==Demographics== According to the 2011 Census of India, Seota had a total population of 6,554, of which 3,459 (53%) were males and 3,095 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 861. The total number of literate persons in Bongabar was 4,815 (84.58% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2016_PART_B_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 369014, page 82|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 6 February 2021}}</ref>
==Infrastructure== According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh'', Seota covered an area of 2.163 km<sup>2</sup>. Among the civic amenities, it had 7 km roads with open drains, the protected watersupply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 1,244 domestic electric connections, 60 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 4 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 2 maternity and child welfare centres, 2 maternity homes, 4 nursing homes, 4 charitable hospital/ nursing homes, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 6 primary schools, 1 middle school, other educational facilities at Ramgarh Cantonment 3 km away. It had 1 non-formal educational centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). An important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank, 1 agricultural credit society.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2016_PART_A_DCHB_RAMGARH.pdf| title = District Census Handbook Ramgarh, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Pages 227-237| publisher = Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand |accessdate = 3 February 2021}}</ref>
==Transport== There is a station nearby at Ranchi Road on the Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/136220/1426/1219 | title= Gomoh-Barwadih Passenger Special| work= Time Table |publisher= Indiarailinfo| accessdate = 6 February 2021}}</ref>
Seota is off National Highway 20.<ref>Google maps</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Ramgarh District}}
Category:Cities and towns in Ramgarh district