Latehar district

Latehar district
Latehar district
District of Jharkhand
	North Koel River at Betla National Park
	Location of Latehar district in Jharkhand
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
Division	Palamu
Headquarters	Latehar
Government
• Deputy Commissioner	Bhor Singh Yadav, IAS
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Chatra (shared with Chatra district)
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	2 Latehar Assembly constituency, Manika Assembly constituency
• Latehar MLA	Baidyanath Ram, JMM
• Manika MLA	Ramchandra Singh, INC
Area
• Total	3,659.59 km2 (1,412.98 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	726,978
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Demographics
• Literacy	59.51 per cent
• Sex ratio	964
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Website	http://latehar.nic.in/

Latehar district is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand state in eastern India, and Latehar town is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is part of Palamu division.

Latehar district is situated on longitude 84° 31' E and 23° 44.4' N latitude. The area of the district is 3660 km², with a population of 726,978 (2011 census).

History

The territory covered by the present district became a part of Palamu district, when it formed on 1 January 1928. Latehar district was created on 4 April 2001 by separating the erstwhile Latehar subdivision of Palamu district. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.^[1]

Geography

Latehar district has two of the highest waterfalls in Jharkhand – Lodh Falls and Lower Ghaghri Falls, along with several others.^[2]
Netarhat is hill station in the district.
Betla National Park and Mahuadanr Wolf Sanctuary is located in this District.

Politics

District	No.	Constituency	Name	Party		Alliance		Remarks
Latehar	73	Manika	Ramachandra Singh		Indian National Congress		Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)
Latehar	74	Latehar	Baidyanath Ram		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		Mahagathbandhan (Jharkhand)

Administration

Blocks/Mandals

Latehar district consists of 9 blocks. The following are the list of the blocks in Latehar district:

Economy

In 2006 the Indian government named Latehar one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640).^[3] It is one of the districts in Jharkhand currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).^[3]

Divisions

There are 9 development blocks, namely Latehar, Chandwa, Balumath, Bariyatu, Herhanj, Manika, Barwadih, Garu and Mahuadanr

There are two Vidhan Sabha constituencies in this district: Manika and Latehar. Both are part of Chatra Lok Sabha constituency.

Tourism

Demographics

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1901	126,790	—
1911	140,616	+1.04%
1921	149,957	+0.65%
1931	167,407	+1.11%
1941	186,627	+1.09%
1951	201,560	+0.77%
1961	239,575	+1.74%
1971	299,630	+2.26%
1981	359,930	+1.85%
1991	457,040	+2.42%
2001	560,894	+2.07%
2011	726,978	+2.63%
source:^[4]

Religion in Latehar district (2011)^[5]
Religion			Percent
Hinduism			65.07%
Sarna			18.37%
Islam			9.60%
Christianity			6.55%
Other or not stated			0.41%

According to the 2011 census Latehar district has a population of 726,978.^[6] Roughly equal to the nation of Bhutan^[7] or the US state of Alaska.^[8] This gives it a ranking of 499th in India (out of a total of 640).^[6] The district has a population density of 200 inhabitants per square kilometre (520/sq mi).^[6] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 29.38%.^[6] Latehar has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males,^[6] and a literacy rate of 59.51%. 7.13% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 21.31% and 45.54% of the population respectively.^[6]

Languages of Latehar district (2011)^[9]

Hindi (40.60%)

Sadri (27.10%)

Kurukh (18.31%)

Magahi (6.04%)

Urdu (5.09%)

Other (2.86%)

At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 40.60% of the population in the district spoke Hindi, 27.10% Sadri, 18.31% Kurukh, 6.04% Magahi and 5.09% Urdu as their first language.^[9]