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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kunda
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = Community development block
| image_skyline =
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| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[districts of Jharkhand|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chatra, Jharkhand|Chatra]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Community development block in India|CD block]]
| subdivision_name3 = Kunda
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| government_type = [[Federalism in India|Federal democracy]]
| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_total_km2 = 285.08
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 370
| population_total = 30,018
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| 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 = 825404 (Pratappur)
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 06541
| registration_plate =[[List of RTO districts in India#JH.E2.80.94Jharkhand|JH]]-13
| blank1_name_sec1 = Literacy
| blank1_info_sec1 = 44.84%
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Chatra (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chatra]]
| blank3_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank3_info_sec1 = [[Chatra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chatra]]
| website = {{URL|chatra.nic.in/}}
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'''Kunda''' is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in the [[Chatra subdivision]] of the [[Chatra district]], [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], [[India]].

==Overview==
Chatra district forms a part of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Hazaribagh plateau|Upper Hazaribagh Plateau]], [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Koderma plateau|Lower Hazaribagh Plateau]] and northern [[Escarpment|scarp]]. Located at an elevation of about {{convert|450|m|ft|0}}, the general slope of the district is from north to south. Red [[laterite]] acidic soil predominates in an area that is primarily dependent upon rain-fed agriculture. Around 60% of the district is covered with forests. The district has a population density of 275 persons per km2. Around two-thirds of the families in the district live [[Below Poverty Line (India)|below poverty line]].<ref name="blocks">{{cite web | url = http://chatra.nic.in/blocks.html | title = Chatra - the official website | work = Blocks, Circles & Panchayats – List of villages under Panchayats | publisher = Chatra district authority | access-date = 9 August 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160627231221/http://chatra.nic.in/blocks.html | archive-date = 27 June 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref> In the extreme south of the district some portions of Tandwa CD Block are part of [[North Karanpura Coalfield]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://sinclairenvironmental.com/karanpura/coalfields.htm | title = The North Karanpura Coalfields | work = Jharkhand | publisher = sinclair-environmental | access-date = 10 August 2016 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.is/20150516093809/http://sinclairenvironmental.com/karanpura/coalfields.htm | archive-date = 16 May 2015 }}</ref>

==Maoist activities==
Jharkhand is one of the states affected by [[Naxalite|Maoist]] activities. As of 2012, Chatra was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state. 5 persons were killed in Chatra district in 2012, but Maoist activities, such as arms training camps and organisation of ‘Jan Adalats’ ([[kangaroo court]]s) were on the decline.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/maoist/Assessment/2013/Jharkhand.htm |title = Jharkhand Assessment 2013 | publisher= Satp | access-date = 10 August 2016}}</ref>
As of 2016, Chatra was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/east/jharkhand/ranchi/2016/06/14073809/13-focus-areas-identified-in-Jharkhand-to-check-Maoist.vpf | title = 13 focus areas identified in Jharkhand to check Maoist activities | publisher = Eenadu Jndia, 14 June 2016 | access-date = 10 August 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170927113900/http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/east/jharkhand/ranchi/2016/06/14073809/13-focus-areas-identified-in-Jharkhand-to-check-Maoist.vpf | archive-date = 27 September 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Geography==
Kunda is located at {{coord|24|12|35|N|84|39|19|E|format=dms}}.<ref>{{cite web| url =http://wikimapia.org/5615211/Kunda-Garh |title = Kunda Garh (Kunda Village[block Headquarter]) | work= Jharkhand| publisher= Wikimapia | access-date = 30 April 2020}}</ref>

Kunda CD block is bounded by [[Pratappur, Jharkhand|Pratappur]] CD block in the north, [[Chatra (community development block)|Chatra]] CD block in the east, [[Lawalong]] CD block in the south and [[Tarhasi block|Tarhasi]] CD block in [[Palamu district]] in the west.
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://chatra.nic.in/images/chatra-tehsil-map.jpg | title = Chatra | work = CD Block/Tehsil Map | publisher = Chatra district administration | access-date = 9 August 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161220103928/http://chatra.nic.in/images/chatra-tehsil-map.jpg | archive-date = 20 December 2016 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Kunda CD block has an area of 285.08 km2.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2002_PART_B_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf |title = Chatra District Census Handbook, |work = Census of India 2011, Page 26 | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | access-date = 17 August 2016}}</ref>[[Kunda, Chatra#Police station|Kunda]] police station serves this block.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/chatra | title= District Police Profile – Chatra | work= Contact Number |publisher= Jharkhand Police| access-date = 8 January 2021}}</ref> The headquarters of Kunda CD block is at [[Kunda, Chatra|Kunda]] village.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3ff4d5fbbafdf976cfdc032e3bde78de5/uploads/2017/06/2018030936.jpg | title= Administrative Boundary Map, Chatra District, Jharkhand|publisher= Chatra district administration| access-date = 8 January 2021}}</ref>

There are 5 panchayats and 78 villages in Kunda CD block.<ref name="blocks"/>

[[Gram panchayat]]s of Kunda CD block/ panchayat samiti are: Kunda, Sikidag, Margada, Baudhadih and Nawada.<ref name="blocks"/>

==Demographics==
===Population===
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Kunda CD block had a total population of 30,018, all of which were rural. There were 15,427 (51%) males and 14,591 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 6,839. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 19,081 (63.57%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 1,155 (3.85%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-JK.html |title = 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 10 August 2015}}</ref>

===Literacy===
As per the 2011 census the total number of literate persons in Kunda CD block was 10,394 (44.84% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 6,699 (56.16% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 3,695 (28.35% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 30.81%.<ref name=census2011/>

As per 2011 census, literacy in Chatra district was 60.18%<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/search.php?cx=partner-pub-0612465356921996%3A9964620645&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=Chatra&sa=Search&siteurl=www.census2011.co.in%2Fdistrict.php&ref=&ss=1966j851948j7 |title = District Census 2011 |publisher= Population Census 2011 | access-date = 8 July 2016}}</ref> Literacy in Jharkhand (for population over 7 years) was 66.41% in 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/censusinfodashboard/stock/profiles/en/IND020_Jharkhand.pdf | title= Jharkhand Profile| work= Census Info India 2011 – Final population totals |publisher= Census Commissioner, Government of India | access-date = 8 July 2016}}</ref> Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/literacy.php | title= Literacy in India| work= Census 2011 |publisher= Census population 2015 data | access-date = 8 July 2016}}</ref>

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

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

===Language and religion===
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Chatra, 2011 census,'' as of 2001, among the different mother tongues (languages mentioned under 8th Schedule of Constitution of India), [[Hindi]] was spoken by 703,337 persons forming 88.87% of the population of Chatra district, followed by [[Urdu]] 68,301 persons (8.63%), [[Kurukh language|Oraon]] 11,115 persons (1.40%) and other languages (with no details) 8,681 (1.10%). The population of the Scheduled Tribes in the district of Chatra during 2011 Census was 45,563 constituting 4.36 percent of the total population of the district.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Chatra, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census|work = page 22: Note on mother tongue of earlier census| publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

[[Hindi]] is the official language in Jharkhand and [[Urdu language|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=3 October 2017 |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, Chatra, 2011 census,'' Hindus numbered 903,179 and formed 86.60% of the population of Chatra district, followed by Muslims 116,710 (11.19%).<ref>{{cite web| url= https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Chatra, Series 20, Part XII A, 2011 census|work = page 23: Note on religion | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

==Rural poverty==
Total number of [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] households in Kunda CD block in 2002-2007 was 4,222.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://chatra.nic.in/food_and_supply/ | title= Departments: Food and Supply | work= Blockwise Statistics BPL List 2002-2007 |publisher= Chatra district administration| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref> According to 2011 census, number of households in Kunda CD block was 5,782.<ref>{{cite web| url= https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Chatra, Series 20, Part XII B, 2011 census|work = page 26: District Primary Census Abstract | publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref> Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://niti.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Jharkhand%20presentation.pdf | title = Eliminating poverty | publisher = Jharkhand government | access-date = 10 January 2011}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood in Kunda CD block'''
|value1 = 22.30
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 64.39
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 6.54
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 6.77
|label4 = Other Workers}}

In Kunda CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 3,131 and formed 22.30%, agricultural labourers numbered 9,040 and formed 64.39%, household industry workers numbered 918 and formed 6.54% and other workers numbered 951 and formed 6.77%. Total workers numbered 14,040 and formed 46.77% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 15,978 and formed 53.23% of the population.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook 2011 Chatra, Series 21, Part XII A| work = Tables 30 and 33, pages 48 and 51 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the [[Factories Act,1948, India|Factories Act]]. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf| title= District Census Handbook 2011 Chatra, Series 21 Part XII A | work= Census Concepts, Pages 10-21 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 76 inhabited villages in Kunda CD block. In 2011, no village had power supply. 73 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 75 villages had hand pumps, and all villageshad drinking water facility. 9 villages had post offices, 1 village had sub post offices, 5 villages had telephones (land lines), 8 villages had mobile phone coverage. 75 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 12 villages had bus service (public/ private), 6 villages had [[Auto rickshaw|autos]]/ modified autos, 14 villages had taxi/vans and 64 villages had tractors. 5 villages had bank branches, 13 villages had agricultural credit societies, 3 villages had cinema/ video halls, 3 village had public library and public reading room. 18 villages had [[public distribution system]], 5 villages had weekly haat (market) and 9 villages had [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] [[Polling place|polling stations]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, Chatra, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Page 673-675, Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

===Agriculture===
Chatra is a predominantly forest district with 65% of the land area being covered with forests. The balance 35% of the area has both rocky and [[Alluvium|alluvial]] soil. Aluvial soil is found mostly near river valleys. Rice is the main crop of the district. Other important crops grown are [[Pearl millet|bajra]], maize and pulses (mainly [[arhar]] and [[Vigna mungo|gram]]).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, Chatra, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 9-10 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

===Tourism===
The ruins of old Kunda palace/ fort can still be seen in a dilapidated condition some 3–4 miles from the present [[Kunda, Chatra|Kunda]] village. It was possibly built in the late 17th/ early 18th century. Of particular interest to tourists is an intriguing cave, half a mile from the old palace. Every year on 14th [[Phalguna]]/ [[Maha Shivaratri]], there is a large gathering.
<ref>{{cite web| url = https://chatra.nic.in/places-of-interest/ | title= Chatra| work= Places of Interest – Kunda Fort |publisher= Chatra district administration| access-date = 19 January 2021}}</ref>

===Backward Regions Grant Fund===
Chatra district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund]]. The fund created by the Government of India is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | title = Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines | publisher = Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India | access-date = 10 January 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030225317/http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=84879 | title= Backward Regions Grant Fund| work= Press Release, 14 June 2012 |publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India | access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>

==Education==
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Chatra, 2011 census,'' Kunda CD block had 32 villages with pre-primary schools, 56 villages with primary schools, 16 villages with middle schools, 8 villages with secondary schools, 6 villages with senior secondary schools, 14 villages with no educational facility.<ref name=directory>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2002_PART_A_DCHB_CHATRA.pdf| title= District Census Handbook Chatra, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work= Pages 671-673 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| access-date = 10 January 2021}}</ref>
 .*Note: Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

==Healthcare==
According to the ''District Census Handbook, Chatra, 2011 census,'' Kunda CD block had 1 village with [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]], 1 village with primary health subcentre, 1 village with maternity and child welfare centre, 1 village with allopathic hospital, 1 village with dispensary, 1 village with family welfare centre.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Note: Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

==References==
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[[Category:Community development blocks in Chatra district]]

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