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Latehar district is one of the twenty-four 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 between 84deg. 31 min. East latitude 23 deg. 44.4 min north latitude. The area of the district is 3660 km², with a population of 558,831 (2001 census).

History

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

Administration

Blocks/Mandals

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

Geography

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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census Latehar district has a population of 725,673.^[4] Roughly equal to the nation of Bhutan^[5] or the US state of Alaska.^[6] This gives it a ranking of 499th in India (out of a total of 640).^[4] The district has a population density of {{convert| 200 |PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}} .^[4] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 29.38%.^[4] Latehar has a sex ratio of 964 females for every 1000 males,^[4] and a literacy rate of 61.23%.^[4]

See also

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://intellibriefs.blogspot.com/2009/12/naxal-menace-83-districts-under.html |title=83 districts under the Security Related Expenditure Scheme |publisher=IntelliBriefs |date= 2009-12-11 |accessdate=2011-09-17}}
2. ^{{cite web| last =| first =| title =Showing all Waterfalls in India| url =http://www.world-waterfalls.com/database.php?s=T&t=G&category=country&search=India&orderby=height%20DESC| publisher =World Waterfalls Database| accessdate =2010-06-20| deadurl =yes| archiveurl =https://www.webcitation.org/6AC0BJT4W?url=http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/country/India/| archivedate =2012-08-25| df =}}
3. ^¹{{cite web|author=Ministry of Panchayati Raj |date=September 8, 2009 |title=A Note on the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme |publisher=National Institute of Rural Development |url=http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |accessdate=September 27, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405033402/http://www.nird.org.in/brgf/doc/brgf_BackgroundNote.pdf |archivedate=April 5, 2012 |df= }}
4. ^¹²³⁴⁵{{cite web | url = http://www.census2011.co.in/district.php | title = District Census 2011 | accessdate = 2011-09-30 | year = 2011 | publisher = Census2011.co.in}}
5. ^{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | accessdate = 2011-10-01 | quote = Bhutan 708,427}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |title=2010 Resident Population Data |publisher=U. S. Census Bureau |accessdate=2011-09-30 |quote=Alaska 710,231 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019160532/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php |archivedate=2013-10-19 |df= }}