Country India District Godda Telephone/STD code 06437 Population 196,976 (2011) | State Jharkhand Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 38 m Area code 06437 | |
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PIN 814154 (Mahagama)
814165 (Lalmatia Colliery) | ||
Mahagama is a community development block that forms an administrative division of Godda district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 43 km from Godda, the district headquarters.
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Geography
Mahagama, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at 25°1′44″N 87°19′15″E.
Mahagama CD Block has 23 panchayats and 192 villages.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Mahagama CD Block had a total population of 196,976, of which 186,007 were rural and 10,969 were urban. There were 101,987 (52%) males and 94,989 (48%) females. Population below 6 years was 39,553. Scheduled Castes numbered 19,433 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 14,010.
In 2011 census Mahagama, a census town in Mahagama CD Block, had a population of 10,969. There were five large villages in Mahagama CD Block (2011 population in brackets): Dighi (5,885), Parsa (6,101), Banjpur (4,328), Nayanagar (4,434) and Logain (4,199).
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Mahagama CD Block was 87,627 (55.66% of the population over 6 years) out of which 54,515 (62%) were males and 33,112 (38%) were females.
As per 2011 census, literacy in Godda district was 57.40.Literacy in Jharkhand (for population over 7 years) was 66.41% in 2011.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.
Agriculture
Around 80% of the population depends on agriculture, the main economic activity of the district but lack of irrigation facilities is a major constraint in raising productivity. A sizable population is also engaged in animal husbandry and cottage industries.
Coal mining
Godda district is rich in coal. A major coal mining project of Eastern Coalfields Limited (Rajmahal open cast project, a part of Rajmahal coalfield) is going on in Boarijore, Mahagama and Sunderpahari CD Blocks.
Rajmahal open cast project (earlier known as Lalmatia Colliery) supplies coal to the 2,100 MW Farakka Super Thermal Power Station (located in Farakka (community development block)) and the 2,340 MW Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station. Both the power stations are owned by NTPC and the mines are operated by Eastern Coalfields Limited. Opened in 1985, the mine presently produces 10.5 million tonnes annually and efforts are on to raise it to 17 million tonnes per annum.
The two public sector power stations located nearby in West Bengal and Bihar have been facing coal supply problems. Essel Mining and Industries, of the Aditya Birla Group, is likely to take over the opearations of the Rajmahal open cast project. It is amongst the larger mines in operation in the country.