Sariya (community development block)

{{Infobox settlement | name = Sariya | native_name = {{transliteration|hi|ISO|Ṣariyā}} | native_name_lang = | other_name = Suriya | nickname = | image_map = Sariya in Giridih (Jharkhand).svg | settlement_type = [[Community Development Block]] | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | map_caption = Location in Giridih District | image_map1 = {{maplink |frame=yes |frame-width=225 |frame-height=225 |frame-align=center |text= '''Sariya Block''' |type=shape |id=Q18386558 |stroke-colour=#C60C30 |stroke-width=2 |title= Sariya Block of Giridih District |type2=line |id2=Q2302065 |stroke-width2=1 |stroke-colour2=#0000ff |title2=Giridih District }} | coordinates = {{coord|24|10|27.7|N|85|53|29.5|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Government banner of Jharkhand.png}} [[Jharkhand]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Giridih district|Giridih]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Subdivision (India)|Subdivision]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Bagodar-Saria subdivision|Bagodar-Saria]] | established_title =  | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = Headquarters | seat = [[Suriya, Giridih|Sariya]] | parts_type = [[Gram Panchayats|Panchayat]] | parts = 23 ([[List of CD blocks of Giridih District|9th]]) | government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]] | governing_body = | leader_title = Block Development Officer | leader_name = Lalit Narayan Tiwari | leader_title1 = Circle Officer | leader_name1 = Santosh Kumar | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = [[List of CD blocks of Giridih District|13th]] | area_total_km2 = 193.40 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 308 | population_total = 149,068 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = [[List of CD blocks of Giridih District|9th]] | population_density_rank = [[List of CD blocks of Giridih District|2nd]] | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 825320 (Sariya) | area_code_type = Telephone/STD code | area_code = 06557 | registration_plate = JH-11 | blank_name_sec1 = [[Gram Panchayat|Panchayats]] | blank_info_sec1 = 23 | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kodarma (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kodarma]] | blank_name_sec2 = [[Literacy]] | blank_info_sec2 = 66.25% | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = [[Bagodar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagodar]] | blank1_name_sec2 = [[Human Sex Ratio|Sex Ratio]] | blank1_info_sec2 = 943 | website = {{URL|giridih.nic.in/}} | footnotes = | }} '''Sariya''' Mahraj Mathur is a [[Community development block in India|community development block (CD block)]] that forms an administrative division in the [[Bagodar-Saria subdivision]] of the [[Giridih district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]].

==Overview== Giridih is a plateau region. The western portion of the district is part of a larger central plateau. The rest of the district is a lower plateau, a flat table land with an elevation of about 1,300 feet. At the edges, the ghats drop to about 700 feet. The Pareshnath Hills or [[Shikharji]] rises to a height of 4,480 feet in the south-eastern part of the district. The district is thickly forested. Amongst the natural resources, it has coal and mica.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://giridih.nic.in/more_gir.html | title= Giridih district| work= Welcome to Giridih |publisher=Giridih district administration | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nativeplanet.com/giridih/attractions/parasnath-hill/ | title= Parashnath Hill, Giridih|publisher= Native Planet | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref> Inaugurating the [[Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana]] in 2016, [[Raghubar Das]], Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23 [[lakh]] [[Below Poverty Line (India)|BPL]] families in Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/Chief-minister-launches-Ujjwal-scheme-in-Hazaribag/articleshow/55198362.cms | title= Chief Minister launches Ujjwal scheme in Hazaribag|publisher= The Times of India, 2 November 2016| accessdate = 1 November 2017}}</ref> There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/stateplan/Presentations12_13/jharkhand12_13.pdf | title= State 12th Five Year Plan: State Annual Plan 2012-13| work= State of Jharkhand |publisher= Jharkhand Planning Commission | accessdate = 1 November 2017}}</ref>

==Maoist activities== Jharkhand is one of the states affected by [[Naxalite|Maoist]] activities. {{As of|2012}}, Giridih was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/maoist/Assessment/2013/Jharkhand.htm |title = Jharkhand Assessment 2013 | publisher= Satp | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>{{As of|2016}}, Giridih was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/east/jharkhand/ranchi/2016/06/14073809/13-focus-areas-identified-in-Jharkhand-to-check-Maoist.vpf | title = 13 focus areas identified in Jharkhand to check Maoist activities | publisher = Eenadu Jndia, 14 June 2016 | accessdate = 23 September 2017 | archive-date = 27 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170927113900/http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/east/jharkhand/ranchi/2016/06/14073809/13-focus-areas-identified-in-Jharkhand-to-check-Maoist.vpf | url-status = dead }}</ref> In 2017, the Maoists, in Giridih district, have torched more than 50 vehicles engaged in road construction or carrying goods.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india-maoists-torch-9-vehicles-assault-labourers-in-jharkhand-s-giridih-district-384369 | title= Maoista torch 9 vehicles, assault labourers in Jharkhand's Giridih district |publisher= India TV| accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

==Geography== Sariya CD block is bounded by [[Birni block|Birni]] CD block on the north, [[Dumri, Giridih (community development block)|Dumri]] CD block on the east, [[Bagodar (community development block)|Bagodar]] CD block on the south and [[Chalkusha (community development block)|Chalkusha]] CD block, in Hazaribagh district, on the west.<ref name=dchb1>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2004_PART_B_DCHB_GIRIDIH.pdf | title= 2011 District Census Handbook Giridih, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Map on Page 3 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/giridh.html | title= CD Block/ Tehsil Map of Giridih|publisher= Maps of India| accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

Sariya CD block has an area of 193.40 km2. It has 23 [[gram panchayat]]s, 67 inhabited villages and 1 [[census town]]. [[Suriya, Giridih|Suriya]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://desjharkhand.nic.in/publications.html | title = District Statistical Handbook, Giridih | work = Tables 2.1, 2.4 | publisher = Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand | accessdate = 23 September 2017 }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Block is at Suriya. n/a % of the area has forest cover.<ref name=dchb1/><ref name=admin>{{cite web| url = http://giridih.nic.in/block.html |title = Giridih |publisher= District Administration, Giridih | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

[[Barakar River]] flows through this block.<ref name=district>{{cite web| url = http://giridih.nic.in/block.html|title = Giridih.nic.in| work= Blocks|publisher= District administration | accessdate = 6 October 2014}}</ref>

[[Gram panchayat]]s in Sariya CD block are: Parsiya, Amnari, Ghutiyapesra, Koerdih, Purnidih, Mokamo, Kailatand, Nagar Keshwari, Keshwari, Barwadih, Sablpur, Bagodih, Nawadih, Sariya (N), Sariya (E), Sariya (W), Sariya Khurd, Mandramo (E), Mandramo (W), Chirua, Chichaki, Kusmadih, and Bandkharo.<ref name=district/>

==Demographics== ===Population=== According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Sariya CD block had a total population of 149,068, of which 130,135 were rural and 18,993 were urban. There were 76,936 (52%) males and 72,132 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 27,583. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 18,097 (12.14%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 4,355 (2.92%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-JK.html |title = 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= Jharkhand – District-wise CD blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

The only [[census town]] in Sariya CD block is (2011 census population figure in brackets): [[Barki Sarayia]] (18,933).<ref name=census2011/>

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Sariya CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Amnari (4,023), Nagar Keswari (4,841), Keshwai (9,625), Saria Khurd (5,156), Sabalpur (5,179), Bagodih (5,955), Nawadih (4,048) and Mandramo (11,558).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy=== {{As of|2011}} census the total number of literate persons in Sariya CD block was 80,489 (66.25% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 50,520 (70.04% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 29,969 (50.72% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 19.32%.<ref name=census2011/>

{{As of|2011}} census, literacy in Giridih district was 63.14% <ref name=censushandbook2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2004_PART_B_DCHB_GIRIDIH.pdf | title= District Census Handbook Giridih 2011 Series- 21, Part XII B|work= Page 17 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref> Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011.<ref name=censushandbook2011/> Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/literacy.php | title= Literacy in India| work= Census 2011 |publisher= Census population 2015 data | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]

===Language and religion=== {{bar box |title=Religions in Sariya CD 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|85.35}} {{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|14.32}} {{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.33}} }}

{{Pie chart |caption = Languages of Sariya CD 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 = [[Khortha language|Khortha]] |value1 = 75.24 |color1 = red |label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 9.41 |color2 = orange |label3 = [[Kurmali language|Kurmali]] |value3 = 9.20 |color3 = pink |label4 = [[Urdu]] |value4 = 2.92 |color4 = green |label5 = [[Santali language|Santali]] |value5 = 2.50 |color5 = darkturquoise |label6 = Others |value6 = 0.73 |color6 = grey }}

Khortha is the main spoken language. Hindi is the official language. Urdu and Santali are also spoken.

==Rural poverty== 40-50% of the population of Giridih district were in the [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Koderma and Hazaribagh districts.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/1/MPRA_paper_45258.pdf | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhad, India| work = Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Munich Personal RePEc Archive | accessdate = 8 December 2020}}</ref> Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Jharkhand%20presentation.pdf | title = Eliminating poverty | publisher = Jharkhand government | accessdate = 8 December 2020}}</ref>

==Economy== ===Livelihood=== {{Pie chart | caption = '''Livelihood in Sariya CD block''' | value1 = 53.23 | label1 = Cultivators | value2 = 21.60 | label2 = Agricultural labourers | value3 = 2.20 | label3 = Household industries | value4 = 22.98 | label4 = Other Workers }}

In Sariya CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 38,058 and formed 53.23%, agricultural labourers numbered 15,440 and formed 21.60%, household industry workers numbered 1,572 and formed 2.20% and other workers numbered 16,427 and formed 22.98%. Total workers numbered 71,497 and formed 47.96% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 77,571 and formed 52.04% of the population.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2004_PART_A_DCHB_GIRIDIH.pdf | title = District Census Handbook 2011 Giridih, Series 21, Part XII A| work = Tables 30 and 33, pages 52 and 58 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | accessdate = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the [[Factories Act,1948, India|Factories Act]]. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2004_PART_A_DCHB_GIRIDIH.pdf | title= District Census Handbook 2011 Giridih, Series 21 Part XII A | work= Pages 17-18 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| accessdate = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

===Infrastructure=== There are 67 inhabited villages in Sariya CD block. In 2011, 16 villages had power supply. 2 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 65 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 58 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 13 villages had post offices, 3 villages had a sub post office, 3 villages had telephones (land lines) and 23 villages had mobile phone coverage. 65 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 6 villages had bus service (public/ private), 3 villages had [[Auto rickshaw|autos]]/ modified autos, and 32 villages had tractors. 3 villages had bank branches, 3 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, 3 villages had public library and public reading room. 25 villages had [[public distribution system]], 8 villages had weekly haat (market) and 24 villages had [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] [[Polling place|polling stations]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2004_PART_A_DCHB_GIRIDIH.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, Giridih, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 1176-1178 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | accessdate = 21 November 2017}}</ref>

===Agriculture=== Hills occupy a large portion of Giridih district. The soil is generally rocky and sandy and that helps jungles and bushes to grow. The forest area, forming a large portion of total area, in the district is evenly distributed all over. Some areas near the rivers have [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soil. In Sariya CD block, the percentage of cultivable area to total area is 22.38%. The percentage of cultivable area to the total area for the district, as a whole, is 27.04%. Irrigation is inadequate. The percentage of irrigated area to cultivable area in Sariya CD block is 6.52%. May to October is the [[Kharif crop|Kharif season]], followed by the [[Rabi crop|Rabi season]]. Rice, sown in 50% of the gross sown area, is the main crop in the district. Other important crops grown are: maize, wheat, sugar cane, pulses and vegetables.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2004_PART_A_DCHB_GIRIDIH.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, Giridih, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Page 9: Forest, flora and fauna, Page 11, Soil and cropping pattern, and Land use pattern, Page 73, Table 41: Distribution of villages according to land use | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | accessdate = 21 November 2017}}</ref>

===Backward Regions Grant Fund=== Giridih district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund]]. The fund created by the Government of India is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | title= Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines |publisher= Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India| accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=84879 | title= Backward Regions Grant Fund| work= Press Release, 14 June 2012 |publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

==Transport== There is a road linking Hazaribagh Road station at Suriya to [[Hazaribagh]]. It passes through [[Bagodar]] on [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]] (old NH 2) / [[Grand Trunk Road]]. Suriya-Rajdhanwar Road connects Suriya to [[Rajdhanwar]] and [[Khori Mahua]] on State Highway 13 (Jharkhand), running from [[Koderma]] to [[Gobindpur, Jharkhand|Gobindpur]]. Suriya-Parasiya Road links to the Keshwari-Chaube-Markacho Road.<ref>Google maps</ref> {{Asansol-Gaya section|collapse=y}} The [[Asansol-Gaya section]], a part of the [[Grand Chord]], [[Howrah-Gaya-Delhi line]] and [[Howrah-Allahabad-Mumbai line]], passes through this block. [[Hazaribagh Road railway station]] is on this line.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-asansol-varanasi-memu-63553/15486/7/334 | title= 53521 => 63553 Asansol-Varanasi MEMU | work= Time Table |publisher= Indiarailinfo | accessdate = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

==Education== Sariya CD block had 24 villages with pre-primary schools, 63 villages with primary schools, 41 villages with middle schools, 9 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with no educational facility.<ref name=directory>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2004_PART_A_DCHB_GIRIDIH.pdf| title= District Census Handbook Giridih, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work= Page 1175-1176 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| accessdate = 8 December 2020}}</ref> .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

* Sariya College was established at [[Suriya, Giridih|Suriya]] in 1984. It is affiliated with [[Vinoba Bhave University]] and offers courses in arts and commerce.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sariyacollege.ac.in/ |title = Sariya College| publisher= SC| accessdate = 17 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://vbu.ac.in/colleges-under-vbu-2/ |title = Colleges under VBU| publisher= Vinoba Bhave University |accessdate = 17 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.way2college.com/colleges/giridih/sariya-college-sariya | title = Sariya College, Sariya | publisher = way2college | accessdate = 2 December 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>

==Healthcare== Sariya CD block had 1 village with community health centre, 10 villages with primary health subcentres, 8 villages with family welfare centres, 6 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/> .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

==References== {{reflist|3}}

[[Category:Community development blocks in Giridih district]]