19-570: Ghaghra is a census town in the Ghaghra CD block in the Gumla subdivision of the Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand . Ghaghra is located at 23°16′17″N 84°33′06″E / 23.271484°N 84.551667°E / 23.271484; 84.551667 The map alongside presents a rugged area, consisting partly of flat-topped hills called pat and partly of an undulating plateau, in
38-485: A greater number of statutory towns, the states would be able to get more money from the Centre as per the 14th Finance Commission Report. Additionally, under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), 50% weightage is given to the number of statutory towns in the state/UT to determine the allocation of funds to these states/UTs. Following this notification, Maharashtra state government converted 19 CTs in
57-409: A playground and a library with 1,485 books. Project Girls High School Ghaghra is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1983. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class X. The school has a playground, a library with 60 books and has 2 computers for teaching and learning purposes. Census town In India and some other countries, a well developed village is designated as
76-413: A village where all basic facilities like health, education road connectivity, rail connectivity and other basic infrastructure is easily available. In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population has attained urban characteristics. Census towns are governed by gram panchayats , unlike statutory towns. They are characterized by
95-567: Is a nucleus of either thirty occupied houses on both sides of the road or twenty occupied houses on one side of the Road". Census towns were distinct from municipal towns ; the latter, which had legally defined boundaries and local government powers, were abolished by the Local Government Reform Act 2014 . Census towns were replaced by built up areas in the 2022 census . Deolali Deolali , or Devlali ( [d̪eːwɭaːli] ),
114-505: Is a police station at Ghaghra. The headquarters of Ghaghra CD block are located at Ghaghra town. According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Gumla , Ghaghra covered an area of 15.91 km (6.14 sq mi). Among the civic amenities, it had 103 km (64 mi) of roads with both closed and open drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, hand pump. It had 1,150 domestic electric connections. Among
133-703: Is a small hill station and a census town in Nashik district of the Indian state of Maharashtra . Now it is part of Nashik Metropolitan Region . Deolali has an important army base. Deolali Camp, one of the oldest Indian military centres in the country, started the Air Force Station, the School of Artillery of the Indian Army , and other establishments in this region. Deolali has plenty of temples and tourist destinations. Deolali
152-503: Is required to ensure planned development of these areas. In this notification, Rajiv Gauba, Secretary (Urban Development) notes: The opportunity of planned urban development might get lost if unplanned construction and ad hoc provisioning of infrastructure is allowed to take place over a long time. Additionally, the Ministry, in the notification, has informed the states that they stand to gain from according statutory status to these towns. With
171-561: The 1940s this had been widely shortened to just " doolally ", an adjective meaning " mad (insane) " or " eccentric ". As of 2011 Indian Census , Deolali had a total population of 54,027, of which 28,269 were males and 25,758 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 6,085. The total number of literates in Deolali was 43,172, which constituted 79.9% of the population with male literacy of 83.5% and female literacy of 76.0%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Deolali
190-565: The age range 0–6 years was 1,280. The total number of literate persons in Ghaghra was 6,050 (82.88% of the population over 6 years). (*For language details see Ghaghra block#Language and religion ) Tana Bhagat Inter College Ghaghra is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1976. It has facilities for teaching in classes XI and XII. S.S. High School Ghaghra is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1956. It has facilities for teaching from class IX to class XII. It has
209-433: The educational facilities it had 10 primary schools, 6 middle schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, 1 general degree college. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 private commercial bank, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society. According to the 2011 Census of India , Ghaghra had a total population of 8,580, of which 4,294 (50%) were males and 4,286 (50%) were females. Population in
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#1732848507076228-1537: The following: Examples of Indian census towns include Kapsi in Chhattisgarh , Avinissery in Thrissur District of Kerala , Greater Noida , Chakeri and Manauri in Uttar Pradesh , Indranagar in Tripura , Begampur , Chandpara , Nandigram , Chittaranjan and Beliatore in West Bengal , Chevella in Telangana , Amini in Lakshadweep , Deolali in Maharashtra , Ghatshila in Purbi Singhbhum District of Jharkhand , BGR Township ( Bongaigaon Refinery Township ) in Bongaigaon Urban Agglomeration of Assam , Pileru in Andhra Pradesh , Chikhli in Gujarat and Ichgam in Jammu and Kashmir . The number of census towns (CTs) in India grew from 1,362 in 2001 to 3,894 in 2011. As per Pradhan (2013), these CTs account for 30% of
247-479: The south-western portion of Chota Nagpur Plateau . Three major rivers – the Sankh , South Koel and North Karo - along with their numerous tributaries, drain the area. The hilly area has large deposits of Bauxite . 93.7% of the population lives in rural areas. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. There
266-404: The state to statutory ULBs. These 19 CTs are in close proximity to the town of Pune and this conversion is expected to lessen the infrastructure and population pressures on the town. According to Ireland's Central Statistics Office , a census town by definition was a "cluster of fifty or more occupied dwellings, not having a legally defined boundary, in which within a distance of 800 m there
285-565: The town, It is also a town with various health sanatoriums and temples, including the Muktidham temple at Nashik Road . The town is also famous for Buddhist caves, popularly known as Pandavleni Caves . The golf course, inside the Deolali Cantonment, was one of the largest in India at the time of its development by the British. The Shrine of Infant Jesus , which is a Christian pilgrim centre
304-449: The urban growth in the last decade. Pradhan also notes that the largest increase in the number of CTs was in the states of West Bengal and Kerala. The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, in May 2016 asked the 28 states in India to take action to start the process of recognizing CTs as urban areas. The argument given for this conversion was that a statutory Urban Local Body (ULB)
323-454: Was 6,024. The total number of literates were 39,215, which constituted 77.5% of the total population. The effective literacy of population 7 years and above was 87.9%. Devlali railway station is very close to the cantonment where a large number of important trains halt. Located 17 km from Nashik city, there is air connectivity as an Air Terminal has been constructed at Ozar airfield. Notable educational institutes include: Around
342-399: Was 90.1%, of which male literacy rate was 94.3% and female literacy rate was 85.4%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 11,540 and 1,982 respectively. Deolali had 11696 households in 2011. As of 2001 India census , Deolali had a population of 50,617, of which males were 27,693 (55%) of the population and females were 22,924 (45%). Population in the age group 0–6 years
361-644: Was a British Army camp 100 miles north-east of Mumbai (then called Bombay). It was the original location of the Army Staff College (later the Defence Services Staff College of India and the Pakistan Command and Staff College ). It is also the source of the British slang noun doolally tap , loosely meaning "camp fever", and referring to the apparent madness of men waiting for ships back to Britain after finishing their tour of duty . By
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