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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Khunti
| nickname = 
| settlement_type = Community development block
| image_skyline =
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India3
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand
| coordinates = {{coord|23.082402|N|85.277636|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Jharkhand|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Khunti district|Khunti]]
| government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 448.96
| population_total = 87998
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_footnotes =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Urdu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 835210
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialling|STD]] code
| area_code = 06528
| registration_plate = JH 23
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 58.40%
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Khunti (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khunti]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Khunti (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khunti]]
| website = {{URL|khunti.nic.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}
'''Khunti block''' is a [[Community development blocks in India|CD block]] that forms an administrative division in the Khunti Sadar subdivision of [[Khunti district]], in the Indian state of [[Jharkhand]].

==History==
Khunti subdivision was formed in Ranchi district in 1905 and Khunti district was created on 12 September 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://khunti.nic.in/history/ | title = Khunti |work= About District - History| publisher = Khunti district administration | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://khunti.nic.in/map-of-district/| title = Khunti |work= About District – Map of District| publisher = Khunti district administration | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref>

==Maoist activities==
[[Hemant Soren]], Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that effective action against [[Far-left politics|Left wing extremism]] has reduced the active involvement of such groups to only a few areas that includes the tri-junction of Khunti, Seraikela Kharsawan and West Singhbhum districts. Khunti has been a Maoist-hit district. Well co-ordinated efforts by Jharkhand police, including community policing programmes in remote areas, have shown positive results.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/sep/26/presence-of-maoists-limited-to-only-four-regions-in-jharkhand-claims-cm-hemant-soren-2364060.html | title= Presence of Maoists limited to only four regions in Jharkhand, claims CM Hemant Soren | publisher = The New Indian Express, 26 September 2021 | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Ranchi/Villagers-unite-against-Maoists-in-Khunti/articleshow/52454895.cms | title = Villagers unite against Maoists in Khunti| publisher = The Times of India, 26 May 2016 | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/khunti | title = District Police Prrofile - Khunti| publisher = Jharkhand Police | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref>

==Geography==
Khunti district occupies a part of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau|Ranchi Plateau]] with hills and undulating terrain. A major part of the district is in the altitude range of {{convert|500-700|m}}, with up to ± 200 m for some parts.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://jsac.jharkhand.gov.in/Report_PDF/Slope/Khunti_Slope_Report.pdf | title = Report on Slope, Aspect and Altitude of Khunti District, Jharkhand State|work= Page 9: Physiography, Page 17: Altitude | publisher = Jharkhand Space Applications Centre, Department of Information Technology, Government of Jharkhand | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref>

Khunti CD block is bounded by [[Namkum]] and [[Bundu block|Bundu]] CD blocks in Ranchi district on the north, [[Arki block|Arki]] CD block on the east, [[Murhu block|Murhu]] CD block on the south, and [[Karra block|Karra]] CD block on the west.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/khunti.html | title = Khunti CD block/ Tehsil map | publisher = Maps of India | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/ranchi.html | title = Ranchi CD block/ Tehsil map | publisher = Maps of India | accessdate = 13 October 2021}}</ref>

Khunti CD block has an area of 448.96 km2.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2020_PART_B_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf|title = District Census Handbook, Khunti, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Pages 26-27: District primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 12 October 2021}}</ref>[[Khunti#Police station|Khunti]] police station serves Khunti CD block.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/khunti| title= District Police Profile - Khunti |publisher= Jharkhand Police| access-date = 12 October 2021}}</ref> The headquarters of Khunti CD block is located at [[Khunti]] town.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Khunti, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Map of Khunti district on the fourth page |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 12 October 2021}}</ref>

==Demographics==
===Population===
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Khunti CD block had a total population of 87,998, all of which were rural. There were 43,835 (50%) males and 44,163 (50%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 14,936. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 3,905 (4.44%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 67,815 (77.06%).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
According to the 2011 census, the total number of literate persons in Khunti CD block was 42,667 (58.40% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 25,374 (69.89% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 17,293(47.05% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 22.83%.<ref name=census2011/>

{{As of|2011}} census, literacy in Khunti district was 64.51%. Literacy in Jharkhand was 67.63% in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/prov_data_products_jharkhand.html | title= Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011: Jharkhand |work= Provisional Population Totals, Literacy Rate in 2011 column |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India | access-date = 14 October 2021}}</ref> Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter6.pdf |title=Ranking of states and union territories by literacy rate: 2011|work= Page 110| publisher=Government of India| access-date = 14 October 2021}}</ref>

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]

{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Khunti district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===
At the time of the [[2011 Census of India]], 61.72% of the population in the district spoke [[Mundari language|Mundari]], 27.79% [[Sadri language|Sadri]], 5.78% [[Hindi]] and 2.9% [[Kurmali language|Kurmali]] as their first language.<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16.html 2011 Census of India, Population By Mother Tongue]</ref>

[[Hindi]] is the official language in Jharkhand and [[Urdu]] has been declared as an additional official language.<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013) |pages= 35 |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |access-date=15 October 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |archive-date= 8 July 2016 }}</ref>

According to the ''District Census Handbook, Khunti, 2011 census,'' ‘Other Religions’ formed 45.37% of the population, followed by [[Hindus]] (26.11%), [[Christians]] (25.65%), [[Muslims]] (2.47%), and those with negligible percentages of population - Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs and religion not stated.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Khunti, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census|work = page 32: Note on Religion| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>

[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 389,626 and formed 73.25% of the total population of Khunti district in 2011. Within the scheduled tribes the more populous tribes were (percentage of ST population in 2011 in brackets): [[Munda people|Munda, Patars]] (83.66%), [[Oraon people|Oraon, Dhangars]] (8.52%), Lohras (3.85%) , [[Chik Baraik]] (0.65%) and [[Mahli tribe|Mahli]] (0.46). Other smaller tribal groups were Bhumij, Banjara, Chero, Khond and Kol.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Khunti, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census|work = page 32: Scheduled castes and scheduled tribes| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref> “The place has been in recorded annals of history for its long drawn struggle against the British under the aegis of [[Birsa Munda]], the revolutionary hero of Jharkhand.”<ref>{{cite web| url= https://khunti.nic.in/history/ |title = Khunti |work = History| publisher= Khunti district administration| access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>

==Rural poverty==
60-70% of the population of Ranchi district, of which the present Khunti district was then a part, were in the [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] category in 2004–2005.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/1/MPRA_paper_45258.pdf | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India| work = Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Munich Personal RePEc Archive | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>In 2011-12, the proportion of BPL population in Khunti district came down to 35.45%.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.livemint.com/Specials/bqVly6xj4usB3DiTibS3DK/Spatial-poverty-in-Jharkhand.html | title = Spatial poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Mint | accessdate = 15 October 2021}}</ref>According to a study in 2013 (modified in 2019), "the incidence of poverty in Jharkhand is estimated at 46%, but 60% of the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes are still below poverty line."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/#:~:text=The%20incidence%20of%20poverty%20in%20Jharkhand%20is%20estimated,are%20main%20causes%20for%20poverty%20in%20Jharkhand%20state. | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhand, India: An Empirical Study based on Panel Data | publisher = MPRA | accessdate = 15 October 2021}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===

{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood in Khunti CD block'''
|value1 = 53.53
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 13.54
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 4.08
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 28.85
|label4 = Other Workers}}

In Khunti CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 29,456 and formed 53.53%, agricultural labourers numbered 7,448 and formed 13.54%, household industry workers numbered 2,243 and formed 4.08% and other workers numbered 15,077 and formed 28.85%. Total workers numbered 55,024 and formed 44.24% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 69,364 and formed 55.76% of the population.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf | title = District Census Handbook 2011 Khunti, Series 21, Part XII A| work = Tables 30 and 33, pages 49 and 51 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | access-date = 15 October 2021}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 147 inhabited villages in Khunti CD block. In 2011, 19 villages had power supply. 8 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 146 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 135 villages had hand pumps, and all villages have drinking water facility. 13 villages had post offices, 3 villages had sub post offices, 55 villages had mobile phone coverage. 147 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 28 villages had bus service (public/ private),33 villages had [[Auto rickshaw|autos]]/ modified autos, 18 villages had taxi/ vans, 45 villages had tractors. 7 villages had bank branches, 3 villages had agricultural credit societies, 2 villages had public library and reading rooms, 76 villages had [[public distribution system]], 74 villages had [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] [[Polling place|polling stations]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Khunti, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 315 –317 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | access-date = 16 October 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
Khunti CD block had 39 villages with pre-primary schools, 96 villages with primary schools, 48 villages with middle schools, 4 villages with secondary schools, 4 village with senior secondary school, 47 villages had no educational facility.<ref name=directory>{{cite web| url =https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/2020_PART_A_DCHB_KHUNTI.pdf | title= District Census Handbook Khunti 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work= Pages 315-317 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| access-date = 10 October 2021}}</ref>
 .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

==Healthcare==
Khunti CD block had 4 villages with [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centres]], 25 villages with primary health subcentres, 78 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 7 villages with allopathic hospitals, 15 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

There is a Community Health Centre at [[Khunti]] and a [[Primary Health Centre (India)|Primary Health Centre]] in [[Maranghada]]. There are 18 Health Sub Centres in Khunti block.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://khunti.nic.in/accommodation/ | title = Hospital List | publisher = Khunti district administration | access-date = 30 October 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Blocks of Khunti district}}
{{South Chotanagpur Division topics}}

[[Category:Community development blocks in Khunti district]]

{{Jharkhand-geo-stub}}

Khunti block - Revision history

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