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{{About|the administrative subdivision in Jharkhand, India|1 its namesake community development block|Dhalbhumgarh block|2 the medieval historical region|Dhalbhum|3 its namesake village|Dhalbhumgarh}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Dhalbhum subdivision
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| settlement_type = Subdivision
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| image_caption = Tata Steel in IJmuiden, the Netherlands
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[East Singhbhum district|Purbi Singhbhum]]
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| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Jamshedpur]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 1460.73
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| population_total = 1611702
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| demographics1_title2 = Most spoken language
| demographics1_info2 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| website = {{URL|jamshedpur.nic.in/}}
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'''Dhalbhum subdivision''' is an [[Administrative divisions of India|administrative subdivision]] of the [[East Singhbhum district]] in the [[Kolhan division]] in the state of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]].

==History==
Dhalbhum subdivision was created in 1920 with Jamshedpur as headquarters.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/east-singhbhum | title = District Police Profile – East Singhbhum | work = Brief Summary of the District | publisher = Jharkhand Police | access-date = 29 December 2021 | archive-date = 22 June 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220622213448/https://www.jhpolice.gov.in/east-singhbhum | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Administrative set up==
The district consists of two subdivisions - (1) Dhalbhum subdivision with Patamda, Boram, Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai and Potka CD blocks, and (2) Ghatshila subdivision with Ghatshila, Dhalbhumgarh, Musabani, Dumaria, Gurbandha, Chakulia and Baharagora CD blocks.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jamshedpur.nic.in/subdivision-blocks/ | title = East Singhbhum | work = Subdivisions and blocks | publisher = East Singhbhum district administration | access-date = 29 December 2021}}</ref>

The subdivisions of Purbi Singhbhum district have the following distinctions:<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2012_PART_B_DCHB_PURBI%20SINGHBHUM.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Pages 26-27: District primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 29 December 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Subdivision||Headquarters|| Area km2|| Population (2011)||Rural population % (2011)||Urban population % (2011)
|-
|Dhalbhum ||[[Jamshedpur]]||1,460.73||1,611,702||27.53||72.47
|-
|[[Ghatshila subdivision|Ghatshila]]||[[Ghatshila]]||2,094.79||682,217||86.78||13.22
|-
|}
Note: Calculated on the basis of block-wise data available.

{{OSM Location map
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| coord={{coord|22|35|0|N|86|25|0|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities, towns and locations in East Singhbhum district in Kolhan Division''' (Locations around Jamshedpur are shown in the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration map - see [[Bagbera Colony#Geography|Bagbera Colony]] page) M: municipality, R: rural/ urban centre, CT: census town, T: tourist centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

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|mark-coord9={{coord|22|54|54|N|86|23|8|E}} | label-pos9=right|label9= Patamda| numbered9=R| mark-title9=[[Patamda]] (R)
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==Police stations==
Police stations in the Dhalbhum subdivision are at:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/seraikella-kharsawan | title = District Police Profile – east-singhbhum | publisher = Jharkhand Police | access-date = 30 December 2021 | archive-date = 26 November 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211126112256/https://jhpolice.gov.in/seraikella-kharsawan | url-status = dead }}</ref>
# [[Bagbera Colony#Civic administration|Bagbera]]
# [[Birsanagar#Civic administration|Birsanagar]]
# [[Bistupur#Civic administration|Bistupur]]
# [[Boram, Purvi Singhbhum#Civic administration|Boram]]
# [[Chhota Gobindpur#Civic administration|Govindpur]]
# [[Jugsalai#Civic administration|Jugsalai]]
# [[Kadma (Jamshedpur)#Civic administration|Kadma]]
# [[Mango (Jamshedpur)#Civic administration|Mango]]
# [[Patamda#Civic administration|Patamda]]
# [[Potka#Civic administration|Potka]]
# [[Parsudih#Civic administration|Parsudih]]
# [[Sakchi#Civic administration|Sakchi]]
# Azadnagar
# Burmamines
# Golmuri
# Kamalpur
# Olidih
# Sidhagora
# Sitaramdera
# Sonari
# Sundarnagar
# Sspur
#Telco

==Blocks==
Community development blocks in the Dhalbhum subdivision are:<ref name=census2011/>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!CD Block ||Headquarters|| Area km2||Population (2011) ||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]] %||[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|ST]] %||Literacy rate %||[[Census town|CT]]
|-
|[[Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai block|Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai]]||[[Jugsalai]]||246.61||355,372||3.10||28.91||79.00|| [[Tata Nagar Railway Colony]] (OG), [[Bagbera Colony|Bagbera]], [[Haludbani]], [[Sarjamda]], [[Gadhra]], [[Chhota Gobindpur]], [[Ghorabandha]], [[Purihasa]]
|-
|[[Patamda block|Patamada]]||[[Patamda]]||267.03||82,876||5.85||39.94||59.37|| -
|-
|[[Boram block|Boram]]||[[Boram, Purvi Singhbhum|Boram]]||244.41||69,013||4.71||42.23||58.02|| -
|-
|[[Potka block|Potka]]||[[Potka]]||582.14||199,612||3.89||52.45||64.09||[[Haludpukur]]
|}

==Education==
In 2011, in Dhalbhum subdivision out of a total 523 inhabited villages in 4 CD blocks there were 38 villages with pre-primary schools, 479 villages with primary schools, 95 villages with middle schools, 40 villages with secondary schools, 5 villages with senior secondary schools, 44 villages with no educational facility.<ref name=directory>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2012_PART_A_DCHB_PURBI%20SINGHBHUM.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Pages 777-778, 867-868|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>

The 3 statutory towns (Jamshedpur, Mango, Jugsalai) had 329 primary schools, 401 middle schools, 105 secondary schools, 16 senior secondary schools and 9 general degree colleges. 7 census towns had 84 primary schools, 38 middle schools, 23 secondary schools, 6 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. (Census towns are normally considered to be a part of the CD block but it is not clear where these are being considered here).<ref name=directory/>
 .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand.

===Educational institutions===
The following institutions are located in Dhalbhum subdivision:

*[[National Metallurgical Laboratory]], a premier research organization, was established at [[Jamshedpur]] in 1950.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nmlindia.org | title = National Metallurgical Laboratory | publisher = NML | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[XLRI – Xavier School of Management]], the oldest business school in the country, was established at Jamshedpur in 1949.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.xlri.ac.in | title = XLRI | publisher = XLRI | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[Jamshedpur Women's College]] was established at Jamshedpur in 1953.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.jsrwomenscollege.ac.in| title = Jamshedpur Women's College | publisher = JWC | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[Jamshedpur Co-operative College]] was established at Jamshedpur in 1954.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://cooperativecollegejsr.ac.in | title = Jamshedpur Co-operative College | publisher = JCC | access-date =30 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.shiksha.com/college/jamshedpur-co-operative-college-72427| title = Jamshedpur Cooperative College | publisher = Shiksha | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*Jamshedpur Worker's College was established at [[Mango (Jamshedpur)|Mango]] in 1957.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jwcmango.ac.in | title = Jamshedpur Workers’ College | publisher = JWC | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*Karim City College, Jamshedpur was established at Jamshedpur in 1961.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://karimcitycollege.ac.in | title = Karim City College | publisher = KCC| access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*The Graduate School College for Women, Jamshedpur was established at Jamshedpur in 1971.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.graduatecollege.ac.in | title = The Graduate School College for Girls | publisher = GSCW | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College was established at Jamshedpur in 1971.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://lbsmcollegejsr.com| title = Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College| publisher = LBSMC | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*J. K. S. College, Jamshedpur was established at Jamshedpur in 1979.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.jkscollege.ac.in | title = J.K.S. College, Jamshedpur | publisher = JKSC | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*Patamda Degree College was established at [[Patamda]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://pdcjpatamda.in | title = Patamda Degree College | publisher = PDC | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*Jamshedpur Cooperative Law College was established at Jamshedpur in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.indcareer.com/jharkhand/jamshedpur/jamshedpur-co-operative-law-college-jamshedpur |title = Jamshedpur Cooperative Law College, Jamshedpur | publisher = IndCareer| access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
*Loyola College of Education was established at Jamshedpur in 1976.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://collegedunia.com/college/21240-loyola-college-of-education-jamshedpur |title = Loyola College of Education |publisher = collegeduniya |access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>

(Information about degree colleges in the subdivision with proper reference may be added here)

==Healthcare==
In 2011, in Dhalbhum subdivision, in the 4 CD blocks, there were 6 villages with [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]], 55 villages with primary health subcentres, 15 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 4 villages with allopathic hospitals, 7 villages with dispensaries, 7 villages with family welfare centres, 20 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/>

The 3 statutory towns in the subdivision had 29 hospitals, 43 nursing homes, 148 health centres, 148 dispensaries, 15 maternity and child welfare centres, 17 family welfare centres, 1,123 medicine shops. 7 census towns had 31 hospitals, 34 nursing homes, 30 dispensaries, 66 maternity and child welfare centres, 33 medicine shops. (Census towns are normally considered to be a part of the CD block but it is not clear where these are being considered here).
 .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

===Medical facilities===
* Tata Main Hospital, with 914 beds, was established at Jamshedpur in 1908.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.tatamainhospital.com/corporate/overview.aspx| title = Tata Main Hospital | publisher = TMH | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>
* [[Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, Jamshedpur]], was established at Jamshedpur in 1961. It has 540 beds.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mgmmedicalcollege.org| title = MGM Medical College and Hospital | publisher = MGMMC | access-date = 30 December 2021}}</ref>

(Anybody having referenced information about location of government/ private medical facilities may please add it here)

==References==
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{{Kolhan Division}}
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[[Category:Subdivisions of Jharkhand]]

Dhalbhum subdivision - Revision history

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