Keredari (community development block)

Keredari
Community development block
Keredari

Location in Jharkhand

Coordinates: 23°51′27″N 85°5′26″E / 23.85750°N 85.09056°E / 23.85750; 85.09056Coordinates: 23°51′27″N 85°5′26″E / 23.85750°N 85.09056°E / 23.85750; 85.09056
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Elevation 447 m (1,467 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 91,357
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Santali
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code 06551
Vehicle registration JH 02
Lok Sabha constituency Hazaribagh
Vidhan Sabha constituency Barkagaon
Website hazaribag.nic.in
CD Block

Keredari is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Keredari is located at 23°51′27″N 85°5′26″E / 23.85750°N 85.09056°E / 23.85750; 85.09056.[1]It has an average altitude of 447 m.[2]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Keredari CD Block had a total population of 91,357, all of which were rural. There were 46,827 males and 44,53 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 20,401 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 5,362. [3]

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Keredari CD Block was 49,012 out of which 29,327 were males and 19,685 were females.[3]

Economy

National Thermal Power Corporation is involved in a big way in mining coal in the area.[4][5]

NTPC is constructing the 3 X 660 MW North Karanpura Thermal Power Station at Tandwa in Chatra district and coal for the plant would go from adjacent Barkagaon CD Block and Keredari CD Block.[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://wikimapia.org/14396297/Keredari
  2. ↑ "Keredari Block". One Five Nine. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. 1 2 "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "NTPC truce with squatters". The Telegraph, 18 April 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "NTPC offers mining contract to Thesis". Business Standard, 21 January 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "North Karanpura Super Thermal Power Project". Retrieved 5 November 2015.
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