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Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation STATE SVEEP PLAN 2014 Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, Jharkhand Socio-Economic & Demographic Profile of the State Jharkhand is surrounded by Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east. The state covers a geographical area of 79.70 Lakh Hect. Jharkhand is located in eastern India with its capital at Ranchi. Many parts of the Jharkhand state lie on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. Chota Nagpur plateau is the source of the Koel, Damodar, Brahmani, Kharkai, and Subarnarekha rivers, whose upper watersheds lie within Jharkhand. Soil content of Jharkhand state mainly consist of soil formed from disintegration of rocks and stones, and soil composition is further divided into: Red soil, found mostly in the Damodar valley, and Rajmahal area Micacious soil , found in Koderma, Jhumeritilaiya, Barkagaon, and areas around the Mandar hill Sandy soil, generally found in Hazaribagh and Dhanbad Black soil, found in Rajmahal area, Laterite soil, found in western part of Ranchi, Palamu, and parts of Santhal Parganas and Singhbhum . Much of the state is still covered by forest. Forest preserves support the population of tigers and Asian Elephants. 2 Jharkhand with a total area of 79716 sq km has a population of 3.29 crores (2011 census). The population consists of 28% tribals, 12% Scheduled Castes and 60% others. The population density of the state is 414 persons per square kilometre of land, However, it varies from as low as 148 per square kilometre in Gumla district to as high as 1167 per square kilometre in Dhanbad district. Around 70% of the population speak various dialects of Hindi and 10% is Bengali speaking. 3 Jharkhand has 32 tribal groups. These are the Asur, Baiga, Banjara, Bathudi, Bedia, Binjhia, Birhor, Birjia, Chero, Chick-Baraik, Gond, Gorait, Ho, Karmali, Kharia, Kharwar, Khond, Kisan, Kora, Korwa, Lohra, Mahli, Mal-Paharia, Munda, Oraon, Parhaiya, Santal, Sauria-Paharia, Savar, Bhumij, Kol and Kanwar. In some of the districts of Jharkhand, the tribal population is predominant. Hinduism is the majority religion in the state, with 68.5% of the population practising the faith. Islam is followed by 13.8% of the population and the Animisitic Sarna religion is practised by 13% of the population. Christianity with 4.1% of the population is the fourth largest religious community in Jharkhand. Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism are all practiced making few less than 1%. Christianity is the main religion followed among the Mundas. Apart from that Mundas have their own religion known as Sarna. Sarna stress on the belief of one God. Mundas believe in the supreme being known as the Singbonga, which means the Sun God. According to the Mundas, he saves them from the external enemies and troubles of life. They say Singbonga punishes them if they break the law of marrying in their own tribe. Mundas are of the belief that Singbonga is not the jealous God and gives his people the right to worship any celestial being. In Sarna the Mundas worship the nature. The cuisine of Jharkhand is equally vegetarian as well as non-vegetarian. These traditional dishes are not available at the restaurants as they have not been commercialized. However on a visit to a tribal village or a tribal wedding in a 4 remote area one can get a chance to taste such exotic food. All preparation except the pickles and festive ones are low on oil and spices. Culture The culture of Jharkhand traces the tradition of the tribal society of Indian society, also remaining unperturbed by the trends of modernization. Rather it asserts it originality and ethnicity and continues to do so. Music, dance, life style, art are the torch bearers of this trend of the cultural tradition. History Jharkhand is a word developed from the original tribal language meaning "the land of the jungles." Jharkhand is considered as one of the potentially richest states in the world because of its awesome mineral reserves. The early recorded history of Jharkhand is mired in the web of legends. According to the legends, it was traced that Raja Jai Singh Deo of Orissa in the 13th century declared himself as the ruler of Jharkhand. Jharkhand was known by the name of 'Kukara' region during the days of the Mughal Empire. Language Jharkhand has number of languages belonging to three major language families. Indo-Aryan languages include Angika, Nagpuri (Sadri), Hindi, Urdu, Oriya and Bengali. Jharkand is also home to the Munda languages, Kurmali, Korku, Santhali, Mundari, Bhumij, Kharia and Ho, and the Dravidian languages Korwa, Oraon and Paharia. Climate The cold weather commences early in November and comes to an end in the middle of March. The hot weather then sets in and lasts till the middle of June. Soon after this the rainy season commences and continues till the end of September, the beginning of this season occurs when a storm from the Bay of Bengal passes over Bihar. The commencement of monsoon may be as early as the last week of May or as the first or second week of July. The climate in the cold weather is pleasant. The days are bright and warm and the sun is not too hot. As soon as the sun sets the temperature falls and the heat of the day yields place to a sharp bracing cold. The state is divided into 5 divisions, 24 districts, 38 subdivisions and 260 blocks for administrative purposes. 5 State at a glance- State Code S27 Division 5 Total Districts 24 Total Sub Divisions 38 Total Blocks 260 Total Panchayats 4562 Total Male Population (2014) 18088637 Total Female population (2014) 17008434 Total Population 2014 35097071 Total PC 14 Total AC 81 Total Male Voters 10509635 Total Female Voters 9448742 Total Voters 19958377 Total Voters with Photo (as on 15/01/2014) (99.51%) Total Voters with EPICs (as on 15/01/2014) (99.50%) Total Polling Stations 24648 Total Polling Stations Location 18582 Gender Ratio Population (Census 2011) 947 Gender Ratio Electors 899 Elector Population (EP) Ratio 56.87 18+ Population 58.35% 6 Assembly Constituency Profile of the State Jharkhand has 81 Assembly Constituencies in 24 districts. Lohardaga is the smallest district comprising of only one full assembly constituency while Ranchi is the largest district with 6 full assembly constituencies .Out of the total number of assembly constituencies the general ACs are 45, SC ACs are 9, ST ACs are 27. The average number of voter per constituency is 246400. Constituency with highest electors is Bokaro (462250) while Jagarnathpur AC has the lowest no of electors(152233). Total number of polling stations in the State are 24648. Highest number of polling stations are found in Bokaro AC which is 466 and lowest number of polling stations are found in Jagarnathpur AC which is 177. The average number of voters per polling stations is 809.PS(polling station) with highest number of electors is Part 89 of Saraikela AC (2089) while Part 68 of Jagarnathpur AC has the lowest electors(60). 7 8 AC Profile of Jharkhand Total Population (Projected Electors (final publication as AC AC Projected 18+ Population AC Name 2014) on 15/01/2014) No Type Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 Rajmahal Gen 257280 242357 499637 150118 141411 291530 138557 122320 260877 2 Borio ST 218528 205853 424381 127508 120112 247619 114657 108554 223211 3 Barhait ST 183641 172991 356632 107152 100937 208089 92085 89804 181889 4 Litipara ST 166605 159443 326048 97211 93032 190244 91449 92586 184035 5 Pakur Gen 234392 224314 458706 136764 130884 267648 143440 139240 282680 6 Maheshpur ST 187165 179117 366282 109208 104512 213719 97996 96998 194994 7 Shikaripara ST 166438 159947 326385 97114 93326 190440 92786 92017 184803 8 Nala Gen 163390 153913 317303 95335 89806 185141 104964 94758 199722 9 Jamtara Gen 193677 182445 376123 113008 106454 219461 123520 111145 234665 10 Dumka Gen 187945 180616 368561 109663 105387 215049 111559 105058 216617 11 Jama ST 159142 152936 312078 92857 89236 182092 91084 88987 180071 12 Jarmundi Gen 174241 167445 341687 147761 135054 282815 104606 94806 199412 13 Madhupur SC 253239 231462 484701 130045 118862 248907 144733 126174 270907 14 Sarath Gen 222877 203711 426588 101667 97702 199369 123578 111221 234799 15 Deoghar Gen 298620 272937 571557 174240 159254 333494 167811 145374 313185 16 Podaiyahat Gen 209192 193712 402904 122060 113028 235088 129972 121906 251878 17 Godda Gen 226650 209878 436528 132246 122460 254707 136802 121733 258535 18 Mahagama Gen 233969 216656 450625 136517 126415 262932 139562 125387 264949 19 Koderma Gen 251847 252099 503947 182703 173569 356272 153822 137824 291646 20 Barkatha Gen 260572 247544 508117 153930 146234 300165 152219 133752 285971 21 Barhi Gen 223649 212465 436113 146397 136880 283276 133226 116406 249632 22 Barkagaon Gen 293472 278799 572271 118522 110819 229341 166616 140641 307257 23 Ramgarh Gen 267249 253886 521135 127113 118851 245964 145467 131236 276703 24 Mandu Gen 313125 297469 610595 178839 167035 345874 181035 157333 338368 25 Hazaribagh Gen 263813 250623 514436 183842 171707 355549 166532 142495 309027 26 Simaria SC 246549 236442 482991 146949 147096 294045 154920 135773 290693 27 Chatra SC 269686 258629 528315 152040 144438 296478 174485 152573 327058 28 Dhanwar Gen 241609 237259 478868 143857 137960 281817 140413 123051 263464 29 Bagodar Gen 258982 254321 513304 157357 150906 308263 146102 131084 277186 30 Jamua SC 241701 237349 479050 140975 138437 279411 136882 119497 256379 31 Gandey Gen 210563 206774 417338 151112 148392