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{{About|the community development block in Jharkhand, India|its namesake village|Kundahit}}
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Jamtara district|Jamtara]]
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]]
| demographics_type2 = Literacy (2011)
| demographics2_title2 = Total literates
| demographics2_info2 = 50,627 (64.64%)
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
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'''Kundhit''' (also spelled as Kundahit) is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in the [[Jamtara Sadar subdivision]] of the [[Jamtara district]], [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], India. It is located 42 km from [[Jamtara]], the district headquarters.

==Geography==
Kundahit, the block headquarters, is located at {{coord|23|58|6|N|87|9|52|E}}.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wikimapia.org/17832201/Girls-High-School-Kundahit | title= Girls High School Kundahit (Kundahit) | work= Jharkhand| publisher= Wikimapia | access-date = 26 December 2015}}</ref>

Jamtara district in the south-eastern part of [[Santhal Pargana division|Santhal Parganas]] is a rolling upland tract. The [[Barakar River|Barakar]] separates it from the [[Chota Nagpur plateau]] and the [[Ajay River|Ajay]], flows in from [[Deoghar district]] in the west, drains the district, forms the border between Jharkhand and West Bengal for some distance and flows into West Bengal in the east.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3120/page/n1/mode/2up |title = Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas| first= P.C.|last=Roychoudhury | work= Chaoter I: General |publisher= Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965 | access-date = 21 October 2020}}</ref>

Kundhit CD block is bounded by [[Masalia, Dumka|Masalia]] CD block in Dumka district on the north, [[Khoyrasol (community development block)|Khoyrasol]] and [[Rajnagar (community development block)|Rajnagar]] CD blocks in Birbhum district, West Bengal, on the east, Khoyrasol CD block on the south and [[Nala block|Nala]] and [[Fatehpur (community development block)|Fatehpur]] CD blocks on the west.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/jamtara-tehsil-map.jpg | title = Jamtara CD block/ tehsil map|publisher = Maps of India | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/dumka.html | title = Dumka CD block/ tehsil map |publisher = Maps of India | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/westbengal/tehsil/birbhum.html | title = Birbhum CD block/ tehsil map | publisher = Maps of India | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

Kundhit CD block has an area of 295.63 km2.<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Page 55: Rural PCA – CD block wise village primary census abstract, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>[[Kundahit]] and [[Bagdahari]] police stations serve this block.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://jhpolice.gov.in/jamtara | title = District Police Profile - Jamtara| publisher = Jharkhand Police| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref> Headquarters of this CD block is at [[Kundahit]] village.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2018_PART_B_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Map of Jamtara on the third page|publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

Kundhit CD block has 15 panchayats and 172 villages.<ref name=admin>{{cite web | url= http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html | title= Jamtara district of Jharkhand | work= Blocks and Panchayats | publisher= Jamtara district administration | access-date= 26 December 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151227014358/http://jamtara.nic.in/blk_panchayat.html | archive-date= 27 December 2015 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

Panchayats of Kundhit CD block are: Amba, Amladehi, Babupur, Bagdehri, Bankatti, Bhailua, Bikrampur, Gaipathar, Garjori, Khajuri, Kundhit, Muraberia, Nagri, Palajori and Sudrakshipur.<ref name=admin/>

==Demographics==
===Population===
As per the [[2011 Census of India]] Kundhit CD block had a total population of 84,907, all of which were rural. There were 43,437 (51%) males and 41,470 (49%) females. Population below 6 years was 11,581. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 13,002 (15.31%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 25,309 (29.81%).<ref name=census2011/>

===Literacy===
{{As of|2011}} census, the total number of literates in Kundhit CD Block was 50,627 (64.64% of the population over 6 years) out of which 29,483 (59%) were males and 20,784 (41%) were females. The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 18%.<ref name=census2011/>

See also – [[List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate]]
{{Literacy in CD Blocks of Jamtara district|collapsible=y}}

===Language and religion===
In 2001, the present-day Jamtara district was a part of Dumka district. In 2001, [[Santali language|Santali]] was the mother-tongue of 660,233 persons in Dumka district, forming 41.17% of the population, followed by [[Hindi]] with 615,667 persons (38.39%) and [[Bengali language|Bengali]] with 327,714 persons (20.44%). (percentages have been re-calculated on the basis of data provided in the Census Handbook).<ref name=censushandbook>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf |title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, Series 21, Part XII A| work= Page 24: Note on Mother-tongue, 2011 census |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | access-date = 21 October 2020}}</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>

In 2011, Hindus numbered 550,560, forming 69.60% of the population of Jamtara district followed by Muslims with 164,406 persons (20.78%) and Christians with 4,419 persons (0.96%).<ref name=censushandbook/>

==Rural poverty==
60-70% of the population of Jamtara district were in the [[Below Poverty Line|BPL]] category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Ranchi and Dumka districts.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/45258/1/MPRA_paper_45258.pdf | title = Rural Poverty in Jharkhad, India| work = Table I: Spatial Distribution of Poverty in Jharkhand | publisher = Munich Personal RePEc Archive | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</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 = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

==Economy==
===Livelihood===
{{Pie chart
|caption= '''Livelihood in Kundhit CD block'''
|value1 = 32.72
|label1 = Cultivators
|value2 = 49.93
|label2 = Agricultural labourers
|value3 = 4.12
|label3 = Household industries
|value4 = 13.22
|label4 = Other Workers}}

In Kundhit CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 12,769 and formed 32.72%, agricultural labourers numbered 19,484 and formed 49.43%, household industry workers numbered 1,609 and formed 4.12% and other workers numbered 5,159 and formed 13.22%. Total workers numbered 39,021 and formed 45.96% of the total population. Non-workers numbered 45,886 and formed 54.04% of total population.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara | work = Tables 34, 30 Series 21, Part XII A, 2011 census| publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | access-date = 22 October 2020 }}</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. 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 and entertainment artistes.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf | title= District Census Handbook 2011 Jamtara, Series 21 Part XII A | work= Page 10: Census Concepts |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

===Infrastructure===
There are 156 inhabited villages in Kundhit CD block. In 2011, 108 villages had power supply. 1 village had tap water (treated/ untreated), 154 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 153 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 11 villages had post offices, 2 villages had sub post offices, 2 villages had telephones (land lines), 14 villages had public call offices and 109 villages had mobile phone coverage. 154 villages had pucca (paved) village roads, 28 villages had bus service (public/ private), 1 village had railway station, 2 villages had autos/ modified autos, and 26 villages had tractors. 6 villages had bank branches, 1 village had agricultural credit society, 2 villages had public library and public reading rooms. 43 villages had [[public distribution system]], 4 villages had weekly haat (market) and 68 villages had [[Polling place|assembly polling stations]].<ref name=directory>{{cite web | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2018_PART_A_DCHB_JAMTARA.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Jamtara, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 427-429 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

===Backward Regions Grant Fund===
Jamtara 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 = 23 September 2017 | 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 = 23 September 2017}}</ref>

==Education==
Kundhit CD block had 13 villages with pre-primary schools, 135 villages with primary schools, 53 villages with middle schools, 6 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 1 village with general degree college, 21 villages with no educational facility.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Bhagwat Jha Azad College, affiliated with [[Sido Kanhu Murmu University]], was established at [[Kundahit]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.skmu.ac.in/affiliated-colleges | title = Our Affiliated Colleges | publisher = Sido Kanhu Murmu University | access-date = 22 October 2020}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Kundhit CD block had 4 villages with primary health centres, 6 villages with primary health subcentres, 2 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 1 village with veterinary hospital, 16 villages with medicine shops.<ref name=directory/>
 .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

==References==
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{{Blocks of Jamtara district}}
{{Santhal Pargana Division topics}}

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

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