Lohardaga
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| Lohardaga | |
  Lohardaga
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| State - District(s) |
Jharkhand - Lohardaga |
| Coordinates | |
| Area - Elevation |
- 647 m |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Population (2001) - Density |
46,204 - |
Lohardaga is a town which is also the district headquarters of Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Earlier (early 1900s) Lohardaga was the commissionary headquarters for Chotanagpur. (See:[1]) It was only later that the commissionary of Chotanagpur was shifted to Ranchi. The commissioner's office still exists and it houses the Lohardaga Municipality office.
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[edit] Geography
Lohardaga is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 647 metres (2122 feet).
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001 India censusGRIndia, Lohardaga had a population of 46,204. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Lohardaga has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 66%. In Lohardaga, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
[edit] Economy
The Deputy Commissioner is the head of the district administration and is ex-officio chairman of various societies, agencies that are involved in the development of the district. Various societies and the Governmental agencies which are in the direct control of the Deputy Commissioner are DRDA, MESO, Central Sponsored Social Sector Schemes, Welfare Schemes, Total Literacy Mission and Sarva Siksha Abhiyan and Various Societies constituted for Health Services. Among NGOs PRADAN(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRADAN) and LGSS are active in the District. PRADAN works with over 8,000 families around issus of micro-irrigation, decentralised poultry, dairy, commercial agriculture, etc. and has been active in this district since 1992
No panchayat elections have been held in the State after 72/73rd amendments in the Constitution of India. Therefore as per the direction of the Government, Deputy Commissioner is ex-officio Chairman of District Rural Development Agency which plans, implements, supervises and monitors various Central Sponsored and State Sponsored Schemes. The DDC is ex-officio Managing Director of DRDA as well as Chief Executive Officer. There are five blocks in the district. On the block level BDOs are involved in developmental works of the respective blocks. Under the BDOs, there are Panchayatsewak and Jansewaks at the panchayat level.
Besides the agencies which have been described above there are various line departments which also plan, implement, supervise and monitor the schemes as per the instructions of their department. They are Agriculture, Soil Conservation, Forest, Welfare, Fisheries, Education, P.H.E.D., R.E.O., P.W.D.(Road), Minor Irrigation, Co-operative, Electricity, Telecommunication, Industries and Mining. Also there is a Meso office to implement various developmental schemes for the tribals. All these line departments though work under their respective controlling officer of the department, they are indirectly under control of the District Administration. Almost every line departments has a divisional office at the district level. There is also a 20-Point programme implementation committee at the district level under the Chairmanship of Minister of the State Government, who is appointed by the State Government. Deputy Commissioner is ex-officio secretary of the committee. This committee supervises, monitors, the implementation of the schemes of the line department.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Also see: http://lohardaga.nic.in/ (Govt. website for the District)
