Rohtas block


Rohtas is a community development block in Rohtas district of Bihar, India. The block headquarters is in the village of Akbarpur, 5 km east of the historic Rohtas Fort. As of 2011, the population of Rohtas block was 86,049.

History

The eponymous fortress of Rohtas was an important centre under Sher Shah Suri and during the Mughal period.
The village of Akbarpur, in the foothills near Rohtasgarh, formed a pargana during the Mughal period. The tomb of Malik Wishal Khan, the daroga of Rohtasgarh under Shah Jahan, is located here.

Geography

Rohtas block is geographically diverse, with parts of it lying on the Sasaram Plain and other parts on the Rohtas Plateau, a hilly outcrop of the Vindhya Range.

Demographics

In 2011, the population of Rohtas block was 86,049, of with 4,504 living in the census town of Telkap and 81,545 in rural areas. The overall sex ratio of the block was 944 females to every 1000 males, which was the highest in the district. The sex ratio was higher in rural areas than in urban areas ; it was also higher in the 0-6 age group than in the general population. In the 0-6 age group, the sex ratio was 957, which was the second-highest in the district behind Dawath.
Members of scheduled castes numbered 15,794 in Rohtas block, representing 18.35% of the population; this proportion was almost identical to the district average of 18.57%. Members of scheduled tribes numbered 6,885, representing 8% of the population, which was much higher than the district average of 1.07%. Additionally, the town of Telkap, in Rohtas block, had the highest proportion of scheduled tribes membership among urban areas in the district of Rohtas.
Literacy in Rohtas block was somewhat below the district average: 66.41% of people in the block could read and write, compared with 73.37% in the district as a whole. Literacy was higher in men than in women; 76.24% of men but only 55.96% of women could read and write. The corresponding gender gap in literacy was 20.28%, which was marginally above the district average of 19.91%.
A slight majority of the workforce of Rohtas block was employed in agriculture in 2011, with 12.13% being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and 38.77% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for money. Another 5.77% of the workforce was employed in household industries, and the remaining 43.33% were employed in other forms of work.

Economy

Near the village of Banjari there are significant limestone deposits which are mined for use in the production of cement.
Of the total land area in Rohtas block, 31.57% is cultivable land; of the cultivable land, 54.92% was irrigated in 2011.

Villages

Rohtas block contains 37 villages, of which 33 are inhabited and 4 are uninhabited.
Village nameTotal land area Population
Tumba639.96,135
Karma356.92,177
Basarhi160.693
Nawadih3464,415
Dhelabar297.42,707
Khajuri253.71,838
Rasulpur275.63,532
Kasiawan2984,047
Bazidpur1212,689
Banjari2702,629
Lebura220.811,797
Kalyanpur207.851,676
Kachhuhar6,711.3501
Kaskudar82.720
Amra121.460
Mandha126.62520
Amdih103.53174
Kauriari6,2352,349
Budhua5,572.322,000
Rohtas4,213.62,718
Diadih916.83627
Bharuhi141.8472
Samahuta545.562,943
Murli Pahari53.38250
Baknaur723.077,558
Merara53.640
Akbarpur 3339,236
Uchaila517.935,125
Baskatia1782,416
Kusdihra3422,010
Rajpur77.970
Milki30.18858
Jamua204.842,541
Kanakpur52.7369
Nawadih261.112,226
Maghigawan235.641,904
Thummha338.361,313