Purihasa is a census town in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Purihasa | |
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Census Town | |
  Purihasa Location in Jharkhand, India  Purihasa Purihasa (India) | |
| Coordinates: 22°44′47″N 86°11′34″E / 22.7463°N 86.1928°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Purbi Singhbhum |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 7,897 |
| • Density | 3,500/km2 (9,200/sq mi) |
| Languages* | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 832107 |
| Telephone/STD code | 0657 |
| Vehicle registration | JH 05 |
| Literacy | 74.38% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Jamshedpur |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Potka |
| Website | jamshedpur |
Geography
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Location
editPurihasa is located at 22°44′47″N 86°11′34″E / 22.7463°N 86.1928°E.
Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration
editWith its recognition as an industrial town as early as the 1911 census, Jamshedpur was set on the road of steady population growth, as large number of emigrants flocked in for work opportunities. While in the earlier decades the central nucleus grew, in the later decades towns around Jamshedpur grew rapidly. In 2011, Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration included 13 urban centres, with a total population of 1.3 million people. However, in more recent years, Jamshedpur UA "has lacked the growth and development observed around other similar industrial towns in western and southern India."[1]
Civic administration
editSundarnagar police station serves the area.[2]
Demographics
editAccording to the 2011 Census, Purihasa town had a total of 1,711 households and a population of 7,897, with 51.3% males and 48.7% females. The Scheduled Caste (SC) population comprised 101 (1.3%) of the total, while the Scheduled Tribe (ST) population constituted 5,081 (64.4%) of the population. Of the total population, 63.6% were literate, while 36.4% were illiterate.[3] Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,141, leaving this group the literate persons in Purihasa was 5,025 (74.38% of the population over 6 years).[4] The town had 31.1% of its population engaged in some form of work, with 27.2% being main workers and 3.7% marginal workers. There were 68.9% non-workers, with 26.4% being male and 42.5% female.[3]
Purihasa census town is part of Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration, which includes: Jamshedpur (Industrial Town), Jamshedpur (NAC), Tata Nagar Railway Colony (OG), Mango (NAC), Jugsalai (M), Bagbera (CT), Chhota Gobindpur (CT), Haludbani (CT), Sarjamda (CT), Gadhra (CT), Ghorabandha (CT), Adityapur (M Corp.), Chota Gamahria (CT) and Kapali (CT).[5]
Language
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editInfrastructure
editAccording to the District Census Handbook 2011, Purbi Singhbhum, Purihasa covered an area of 2.23 km2 (0.86 sq mi). It has an annual rainfall of 1,030.2 mm (40.56 in). Among the civic amenities, it had 4 km (2.5 mi) of roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, tube well/ bore well, overhead tank. It had 1,339 domestic electric connections, 4 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 2 maternity homes, 1 nursing home, 1 veterinary hospital, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, 1 general degree college. It had 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 stadium. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank.[8]
Transport
editState Highway 6 passes through Purihasa.[9]
Education
editLal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College was established in 1971 at Karandih.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Growth of Industrial Cities in India: A Case Study of Jamshedpur" (PDF). Amaresh Dubey. The Third Conference: GIS-based Global History from Asian Perspectives, 5 June 2015. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "District Police Profile - East Singhbhum". Contact Numbers. Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ a b "PCA: Primary Census Abstract C.D. Block wise, Jharkhand - District Purbi Singhbhum - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- ^ "District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Location code: 363459, Pages 26-27: District primary census abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "Constituents of Urban Agglomerations Having Population 1 Lakh & above" (PDF). Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ "C-16 City: Population by mother tongue (town level), Jharkhand - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Alt URL
- ^ "C-01: Population by religious community, Jharkhand - 2011". Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
- ^ "District Census Handbook, Purbi Singhbhum, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 863-871. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
- ^ Google maps
- ^ "Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College". LBSMC. Retrieved 16 January 2021.