Profile of Jharkhand• Carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15

November 2000

• Total population of 32.96 million, consisting of 16.93 million males and 16.03 million females

• 75.95% Rural and 24.05% Urban Population

• 46.3% Rural and 20.2% Urban Jharkhand is poor

• 70% of population depend upon agriculture, while as >60% of farmers are small and marginal

• The sex ratio is 947 females to 1000 males.

• Literacy Rate - 78.45% Male and 56.21% Female

• Population consists of 28% tribals, 12% Scheduled Castes  and 60% others.

• The population density of the state is 413 persons per square kilometer

Agro climatic zones

Zones Districts

Cropped area (ooo hectares)

% Irrigated

Area Characteristics

CentralNorthEasternPlateau

Chatra, Koderma, Hazaribag, Bokaro,Dhanbad,, Giridih,Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Godda,Sahebjunj.

1042 6.58 humid and sub-humid tropical monsoon. Coarse textured soils. Crust formation on the soil surfaceLow water retention capacity of the soil, Lack of safe disposal runoff and drying of the tanks

WesternPlateau

Garhwa, Palamau, Lohardaga,Gumla andRanchi

771.8 9.65 humid to subtropicalLow water retention capacity of the soil

SouthEasternPlateau

Purbi Singhbhum and PaschimiSinghbhum

389.1 4.54 Uneven distribution of rainfallLow water holding capacity, erodedsoilsShallow soil depth Poor soil fertility