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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Garhwa district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Jharkhand|District]] of [[Jharkhand]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline =
| image_map = Garhwa in Jharkhand (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Garhwa district in Jharkhand
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Garhwa
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Government banner of Jharkhand.png}} [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Jharkhand|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Palamu division|Palamu]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Garhwa]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 4,044
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,322,784
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 60.33%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 933
| leader_title =
| leader_name =
| leader_title1 = [[District magistrate]]
| leader_name1 =
Shri Shekhar Jamuar ([[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])
| leader_title2 = [[Superintendent of police (India)|Superintendent of Police]]
| leader_name2 = Shri Deepak Kumar Pandey ([[Indian Police Service|IPS]])
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = [[National Highway 39 (India)|NH 39, NH 343]]
| blank_name_sec2 garhwa=
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://garhwa.nic.in
| official_name =
}}
'''Garhwa district''' is one of the twenty-four districts in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]]. The Garhwa District is part of the [[Palamu division|Palamu]] division and has its administrative headquarters in [[Garhwa]] City.Garhwa district is located in west northern part of Jharkhand.

==History==
The Garhwa District was established on April 1, 1991, from the former [[Palamu district]], by separating its former Garhwa sub-division. It has been a part of the [[Red Corridor]] since 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/12/naxal-menace-83-districts-under.html |title=83 districts under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme |publisher=IntelliBriefs |date=2009-12-11 |access-date=2011-09-17 |archive-date=2011-10-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027115807/http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/12/naxal-menace-83-districts-under.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Administration ==
The Garhwa district includes three subdivisions: [[Garhwa]], [[Nagar Untari]] and [[Ranka Garhwa|Ranka]], which are further divided into 20 [[Community development block in India|blocks]].

This district comprises a 156-[[gram panchayat]] and 916 villages.

It has three police sub-divisions: [[Garhwa]], [[Nagar Untari|Shree Banshidhar Nagar]] and [[Ranka Garhwa|Ranka]], with 18 police stations in [[Bhandaria, Garhwa|Bhandaria]], [[Ramkanda Garhwa|Ramkanda]], [[Chinia Garhwa|Chinia]], [[Dandai Garhwa|Dandai]], [[Danda Garhwa|Danda]], [[Kandi, Garhwa|Kandi]], [[Bardiha Garhwa|Bardiha]], [[Ketar Garhwa|Ketar]], [[Kharaundhi Garhwa|Kharaundhi]], [[Bhawnathpur Garhwa|Bhawnathpur]], [[Dhurki Garhwa|Dhurki]], [[Ramna Garhwa|Ramna]], [[Bishunpura Garhwa|Bishunpura]], [[Garhwa]], [[Manjhiaon Garhwa]], Meral, [[Nagar Untari|Shree Banshidhar Nagar]] and [[Ranka Garhwa|Ranka]].

Below is the list of blocks in Garhwa district:
{{Columns-list|colwidth=18em|style=width:700px;}}
#[[Bhandaria, Garhwa|Bhandaria]]
#[[Danda Garhwa|Danda]]
#[[Garhwa]]
#[[Manjhiaon Garhwa|Manjhiaon]]
#[[Ramkanda Garhwa|Ramkanda]]
#[[Bishunpura Garhwa|Bishunpura]]
#[[Bhawnathpur Garhwa|Bhawnathpur]]
#[[Dandai Garhwa|Dandai]]
#[[Kandi Garhwa|Kandi]]
#[[Meral (India)|Meral]]
#[[Ramna Garhwa|Ramna]]
#[[Ketar Garhwa|Ketar]]
#[[Sagma Garhwa|Sagma]]
#[[Chinia Garhwa|Chinia]]
#[[Dhurki Garhwa|Dhurki]]
#[[Kharaundhi Garhwa|Kharaundhi]]
#[[Nagar Untari|Shree Banshidhar Nagar]]
#[[Ranka Garhwa|Ranka]]
#[[Bardiha Garhwa|Bardiha]]
#Bargarh

==Geography==
The Garhwa district lies between 23° 60’ and 24° 39’ north [[latitude]] and 83° 22’ and 84° 00’ east [[longitude]]. It is bordered by the [[Son River]] to the north, the Palamau district of [[Jharkhand]] state to the east, the [[Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh|Balrampur]] district of [[Chhattisgarh]] state to the south, and the [[Sonbhadra district|Sonbhadra]] district of [[Uttar Pradesh]] to the west.

==Economy==
In 2006, the Indian government named Garhwa District one of the 250 most backward districts in the country, out of a total of 640.<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand state currently receiving funds from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme]] (BRGF).<ref name=brgf>{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |access-date=September 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archive-date=April 5, 2012 }}</ref>

==Transport==
Garhwa is well-connected to roads and railways. Daily bus services are available from [[Ranchi]] and the much bigger districts of [[Jharkhand]], [[Chhattisgarh]] and [[Bihar]], but road connections in this district are not as high quality as others in the state. The district is connected to Rewa in [[Madhya Pradesh]] and [[Ranchi]] in Jharkhand by National Highway No. 39. There are 210 km of state highway, 55 km of national highway ([[National Highway 39 (India)|NH-39]]) and 96.95 km of district roads. There is a total of 190 km link roads and corridors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://garhwa.nic.in/communication.html |title=Communication::GARHWA district, Jharkhand, India:: |access-date=2012-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426064308/http://garhwa.nic.in/communication.html |archive-date=2012-04-26 }}</ref>

The nearest airport is located at [[Varanasi Airport|Varanasi]] (140 km). Garhwa Railway Station is a major railhead of the [[Eastern Railway zone]]. [[National Highway 39 (India)|National Highway 39]] passes through Garhwa.

==Demographics==
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,85,046|13=1911|14=2,05,225|15=1921|16=2,18,858|17=1931|18=2,44,325|19=1941|20=2,72,376|21=1951|22=2,94,170|23=1961|24=3,58,877|25=1971|26=4,66,404|27=1981|28=6,06,759|29=1991|30=8,01,350|31=2001|32=10,35,464|33=2011|34=13,22,784|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Table A-02 Decadal Variation in Population Since 1901: Jharkhand |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/43353/download/47042/20%20A-2%20Jharkhand.pdf |website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>|align=center}}

{{bar box
|title=Religions in Garhwa district (2011)<ref name="Religion">{{cite web |title=Table C-01 Population By Religion: Jharkhand|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11377/download/14490/DDW20C-01%20MDDS.XLS|website=census.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=left
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|83.50}}
{{bar percent|[[Islam]]|green|14.72}}
{{bar percent|[[Christianity in Jharkhand|Christianity]]|dodgerblue|1.30}}
{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.48}}
}}

According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Garhwa district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,322,784, roughly equal to the nation of [[Mauritius]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = June 13, 2007 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Mauritius 1,303,717 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|access-date=2011-09-30
|quote=New Hampshire 1,316,470
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101090833/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=2011-01-01
}}</ref> This number gives it a ranking of 368th in India, out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]. The district has a population density of {{convert|327|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}. Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 27.71%. Garhwa has a [[sex ratio]] of 933 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1,000 males, and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 60.33%. 5.27% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 24.19% and 15.56% of the population respectively.<ref name=districtcensus>{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Garhwa |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/544/download/1824/DH_2011_2001_PART_A_DCHB_GARHWA.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

{{Pie chart
|caption= Languages of Garhwa district (2011)<ref name="language"/>
|label1 = [[Hindi]] |value1 = 54.52 |color1 = orange
|label2 = [[Magahi language|Magahi]] |value2 = 26.24 |color2 = crimson
|label3 = [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]] |value3 = 7.29 |color3 = gold
|label4 = [[Sadri language|Sadri]] |value4 = 5.39 |color4 = burlywood
|label5 = [[Urdu]] |value5 = 5.29 |color5 = green
|label6 = Others |value6 = 1.27 |color6 = grey
}}

At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 54.52% of the population in the district spoke [[Hindi]], 26.24% [[Magahi language|Magahi]], 7.29% [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], 5.39% [[Sadri language|Sadri]] and 5.29% [[Urdu]] as their first language. Another 11,400 speak [[Kurukh language|Kurukh]].<ref name="language">{{Cite web |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10207/download/13319/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2000.XLSX|title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Jharkhand|website=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>

== Politics ==
Garhwa has two assembly constituencies, [[Garhwa Assembly constituency|Garhwa]] and [[Bhawanathpur Assembly constituency|Bhawanthpur]]. Both are part of [[Palamu Lok Sabha constituency]], whose MP is [[Vishnu Dayal Ram]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].

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==Towns and villages==


*[[Garhwa]]
*[[Hoor, Garhwa|Hoor]]
*[[Sirhe, Garhwa|Sirhe]]

==See also==
*[[Palamu district]]
*[[Jharkhand]]
* [[Nagar Untari]]
Giridih

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://garhwa.nic.in Official district government website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Garhwa district
|North = [[Rohtas district]], [[Bihar]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Palamu district]]
|Southeast = [[Latehar district]]
|South =
|Southwest = [[Surguja district]], [[Chhattisgarh]]
|West =
|Northwest = [[Sonbhadra district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
}}

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{{Palamu Division}}
{{Palamu Division topics}}
{{Son basin}}

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