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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Hazaribagh district
| settlement_type = [[List of districts of Jharkhand|District]] of [[Jharkhand]]
| total_type = Total
| native_name =
| image_skyline = Hazaribagh National Park 101.jpg
| image_caption = Hazaribagh National Park
| image_map = Hazaribagh in Jharkhand (India).svg
| map_caption = Location of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand
| coordinates =
| coor_pinpoint = Hazaribagh
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of Jharkhand|Division]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[North Chotanagpur Division|North Chotanagpur]]
| established_title = Established
| established_date =
| seat_type = Headquarters
| seat = [[Hazaribagh]]
| parts_type = [[Tehsils of India|Tehsils]]
| parts_style = para
| p1 =
| area_total_km2 = 4313
| area_footnotes =
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 1,734,495
| population_footnotes =
| population_urban =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| demographics_type1 = Demographics
| demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy]]
| demographics1_info1 = 70.48%
| demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio
| demographics1_info2 = 946
| leader_title = District Commissioner
| leader_name = Dhuvnesh Pratap Singh, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name1 = [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh]] (shared with Ramgarh district)
| leader_title2 = [[Vidhan Sabha|Vidhan Sabha constituencies]]
| leader_name2 = 5( Sadar ,Barhi ,Barkagaon,Barkathha,Mandu
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| registration_plate =
| blank_name_sec1 = [[Roads in India|Major highways]]
| blank_info_sec1 = NH2(GT ROAD), NH33(Lifeline of Jharkhand from Barhi{Hazaribag} to Bahragodda{Jamshedpur}) ,NH100(Bagodar to Chatra via Hazaribag)
| blank_name_sec2 =
| blank_info_sec2 =
| website = http://hazaribag.nic.in/
| official_name =
}}

'''Hazaribagh district''' is one of the twenty-four [[districts of Jharkhand]] state, India, and [[Hazaribagh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/roads/hazaribagh.htm|title=Hazaribagh Road Map|website=www.mapsofindia.com}}</ref> town is the district headquarters. It is currently a part of the [[Red Corridor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://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}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The district is named after its headquarters, the town of Hazaribagh. The name, Hazaribagh consists of two [[Persian language|Persian]] words, ''hazar'' meaning "one thousand", and ''bagh'' meaning "garden" - so, the literal meaning of Hazaribagh is 'a city of one thousand gardens'. According to Sir John Houlton, a veteran British administrator, the town takes its name from the small villages of Okni and Hazari – shown in old maps as Ocunhazry. The last syllable in its name probably originated in a mango-grove, which formed a camping ground for troops and travellers marching along the ‘new military road’ from Kolkata to Varanasi, constructed in 1782 and the following years.<ref>Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, Orient Longmans, 1949.</ref>

==History==
There are ancient Cave Paintings in Isko, Hazaribagh district which are from Meso-chalcolithic period (9,000-5,000 BC).<ref>{{cite news |title=Cave paintings lie in neglect |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080313/jsp/jharkhand/story_9013558.jsp |work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |date=13 March 2008}}</ref> There is a group of megaliths found close to Barkagaon that is about 25 km from Hazaribagh town at Punkri Barwadih, which has been proven to date back to beyond 3000 BCE.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indroyc.com/2017/12/04/punkri-barwadih-megaliths/|title=Ancient megaliths of Hazaribagh|first=Indrajit Roy|last=Choudhury|date=3 December 2017}}</ref>

In 6 December 1972, [[Giridih district]] was split from Hazaribagh.<ref name='Statoids'/> In 1999 this happened again with the creation of [[Chatra district|Chatra]] and [[Koderma district|Koderma]].<ref name='Statoids'/> Hazaribagh left [[Bihar]] when [[Jharkhand]] was formed on 15 November 2000.<ref name='Statoids'>{{cite web | url = http://www.statoids.com/yin.html | title = Districts of India | access-date = 2011-10-11 | last = Law | first = Gwillim | date = 2011-09-25 | work = Statoids}}</ref> On 12 September 2007, yet another district was created from Hazaribagh's territory: [[Ramgarh district|Ramgarh]].<ref name='Statoids'/>

==Economy==
Coal is the major mineral found in this district. This significant coal deposit reserves of this district include Charhi, Kuju, Ghato Tand and Barkagaon of [[North Karanpura Coalfield]]. The coal mines are the main source of livelihood for the residents of this district. People of this district are known to be very hard working.

Patratu and Bhurkunda was also coal mines areas of Hazaribagh but it is now in Ramgarh district.

In 2006, the Indian government named Hazaribagh one of the country's 250 [[Poverty in India|most backward districts]] (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=brgf/> It is one of the 21 districts in Jharkhand 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>

== Administration ==

=== Blocks/Mandals ===

Hazaribag district consists of 16 Blocks. The following are the list of the Blocks in Hazaribagh district:

{{Columns-list|colwidth=18em|style=width:850px;|
#[[Barhi (community development block)|Barhi Block]]
#[[Dadi (community development block)|Dadi Block]]
#[[Barkatha (community development block)|Barkatha Block]]
#[[Daru (community development block)|Daru Block]]
#[[Bishnugarh (community development block)|Bishnugarh Block]]
#[[Katkamdag (community development block)|Katkamdag Block]]
#[[Barkagaon (community development block)|Barkagaon Block]]
#[[Katkamsandi (community development block)|Katkamsandi Block]]
#[[Chauparan (community development block)|Chauparan Block]]
#[[Ichak (community development block)|Ichak Block]]
#[[Padma, Hazaribagh (community development block)|Padma Block]]
#[[Churchu (community development block)|Churchu Block]]
#[[Sadar (community development block)|Sadar Block]]
#[[Chalkusha Hazaribagh|Chalkusha Block]]
#[[Tati Jhariya (community development block)|Tati Jhariya Block]]
#[[Keredari (community development block)|Keredari Block]]
}}The district is divided into two sub-divisions: Hazaribagh and Barhi.

Hazaribagh sub-division comprises 11 blocks: [[Sadar, Hazaribagh (community development block)|Sadar, Hazaribagh]], [[Katkamsandi (community development block)|Katkamsandi]], [[Bishnugarh (community development block)|Bishnugarh]], [[Barkagaon (community development block)|Barkagaon]], [[Keredari (community development block)|Keredari]], [[Ichak (community development block)|Ichak]], [[Churchu (community development block)|Churchu]], [[Daru (community development block)|Daru]], [[Tati Jhariya (community development block)|Tati Jhariya]], [[Katkamdag (community development block)|Katkamdag]] and [[Dadi (community development block)|Dadi]].

Barhi sub-division comprises 5 blocks: [[Padma, Hazaribagh (community development block)|Padma]], [[Barhi (community development block)|Barhi]], [[Chauparan (community development block)|Chauparan]], [[Barkatha (community development block)|Barkatha]] and [[Chalkusha (community development block)|Chalkusha]].

There are 5 [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies in this district: Barkatha, Barhi, Barkagaon, Mandu and Hazaribagh. All of these are part of [[Hazaribagh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency]].

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], Hazaribagh district has a [[Demographics of India|population]] of 1,734,495,<ref name=districtcensus>{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | access-date = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}</ref> roughly equal to the nation of [[The Gambia]]<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 | access-date = 2011-10-01 | quote = Gambia, The 1,797,860 July 2011 est.
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Nebraska]].<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 =Nebraska 1,826,341
}}</ref> This gives it a ranking of 279th in India (out of a total of [[Districts of India|640]]).<ref name=districtcensus/>
The district has a population density of {{convert| 403 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .<ref name=districtcensus/> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001-2011 was 25.75%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Hazaribagh has a [[sex ratio]] of 946 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,<ref name=districtcensus/> and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 70.48%.<ref name=districtcensus/> Schedule Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 17.50% and 7.02% of the total population respectively.
{{Bar box
|title=Religion in Hazaribagh<ref name=districtcensus/>
|titlebar=#Fcd116
|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{Bar percent|[[Hinduism]]|darkorange|80.56}}
{{Bar percent|[[Islam]]|#009000|16.21}}
{{Bar percent|[[Sarna sthal|Sarna]]|maroon|1.97}}
{{Bar percent|[[Christianity|Christian]]|dodgerblue|0.99}}
{{Bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.27}}
}}
Hindus make up 80.56% of the population, while Muslims make up 16.21%. Sarna makes 1.97% of the population, Christians are 0.99%.<ref name=districtcensus/>
{{Pie chart
|caption= Languages of Hazaribagh district, 2011
|label1 = [[Khortha language|Khortha]] |value1 = 61.58 |color1 = red
|label2 = [[Hindi]] |value2 = 23.59 |color2 = orange
|label3 = [[Urdu]] |value3 = 7.73 |color3 = green
|label4 = [[Santali language|Santali]] |value4 = 3.48 |color4 = mediumblue
|label5 = Others |value5 = 3.62 |color5 = grey
}}
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 61.58% of the population in the district spoke [[Khortha language|Khortha]], 23.59% [[Hindi]], 7.73% [[Urdu]] and 3.48% [[Santali language|Santali]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

{{historical populations|11=1901|12=2,41,612|13=1911|14=2,64,297|15=1921|16=2,61,915|17=1931|18=3,11,227|19=1941|20=3,59,218|21=1951|22=3,97,342|23=1961|24=4,98,034|25=1971|26=6,43,086|27=1981|28=8,54,377|29=1991|30=11,01,171|31=2001|32=13,78,881|33=2011|34=17,34,495|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}

==Geography==
{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Situation of Hazaribagh district'''
|Northwest =
|North =
|Northeast =
|West =
|Centre = Hazaribagh
|East = [[Giridih district]]
|Southwest =
|South =
|Southeast =
}}

==See also==
*[[Hazaribagh]]
*[[Charowa dam]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://hazaribag.nic.in/ Official website]

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Hazaribagh district
|North = [[Koderma district]]
|Northeast =
|East = [[Giridih district]]
|Southeast = [[Bokaro district]]
|South = [[Ramgarh district]]
|Southwest = [[Ranchi district]]
|West = [[Chatra district]]
|Northwest = [[Gaya district]], [[Bihar]]
}}

{{Jharkhand}}
{{North Chotanagpur Division}}
{{North Chotanagpur Division topics}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:Hazaribagh district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Coal mining districts in India]]

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