Country India District Sahibganj PIN 816109 (Sahibganj) Elevation 38 m Area code 06436 | State Jharkhand Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone/STD code 06436 Population 73,906 (2011) | |
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Sahibganj is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Sahibganj subdivision of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand state, India.
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Geography
Sahibganj, the eponymous CD Block headquarters, is located at 25°14′25″N 87°38′4″E.
The district can be divided into two regions, one of which is the plain, consisting of uplands, undulation along ridges and depressions covers the Sahibganj, Rajmahal, Udhwa and Barharwa CD Blocks. Three rivers flowing through this region – the Ganges, Gumani and Bansloi- make the plains rich and cultivable. The inhabitants of this region are mostly non-tribal of various castes and Paharias and Santals.
Sahibganj CD Block has 32 gram panchayats, 23 inhabited (chiragi) and 9 uninhabited (bechiragi) villages.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Sahibganj CD Block had a total population of 73,906, all of which were rural. There were 39,275 (53 %) males and 34,631 (47 %) females. Population below 6 years was 16,154. Scheduled Castes numbered 5,321 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 8,752.
Sahibganj CD Block had several villages with a high population (2011 census population figures in brackets): Sakrigali River Block (3,733), Ganga Parshad (28,844), Makhmalpur (10,517), Hajipur (9,023) and Harparshad Ogariah (4,676).
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Sahibganj CD Block was 32,379 (56.07 % of the population over 6 years) out of which 19,981 (62 %) were males and 12,398 (38 %) were females.
As per 2011 census, literacy in Sahibganj district was 52.04.Literacy in Jharkhand (for population over 7 years) was 66.41% in 2011.Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.
Transportation
The Khana Junction-Rajmahal section of the Sahibganj Loop was complete in October 1859 and the first train ran from Howrah to Rajmahal via Khana on 4 July 1860.