Dhanwar is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Khori Mahuwa subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Overview Giridih is a plateau region. The western portion of the district is part of a larger central plateau. The rest of the district is a lower plateau, a flat table land with an elevation of about 1,300 feet. At the edges, the ghats drop to about 700 feet. The Pareshnath Hills or Shikharji rises to a height of 4,480 feet in the south-eastern part of the district. The district is thickly forested. Amongst the natural resources, it has coal and mica. Inaugurating the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016, Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23 lakh BPL families in Jharkhand. There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%.

Maoist activities Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Giridih was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state. , Giridih was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities. In 2017, the Moists, in Giridih district, have torched more than 50 vehicles engaged in road construction or carrying goods.

Geography Dhanwar is located at . It has an average elevation of 336 metres (1102 feet).Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dhanwar

Dhanwar CD block is bounded by Gawan, Tisri and Deori CD blocks on the north, Jamua CD block on the east, Birni CD block on the south and Domchanch and Markacho CD blocks, in Koderma district, on the west.

Dhanwar CD block has an area of 352.41 km2. It has 39 gram panchayats, 279 inhabited villages and 1 census town.. Dhanwar is the census town. Dhanwar police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Dhanwar. 17.17% of the area has forest cover.

Rivers in Dhanwar CD block are Irga and Barako.

Gram panchayats in Dhanwar CD block are: Maheshmarwa, Balhara, Dornda (N), Dornda (S), Sirsai, Garjasaran, Lal Bazar, Bandhi, Ambatand, Pandeydih, Dhanwar (N), Dhanwar (S), Panchrukhi, Bhalitunda, Pandriya, Dhanaipura, Dumardiha, Gundari, Arkhango, Nimadih, Jeruadih, Makdiha, Chandrakho, Sapamaran, Barjo, Jarisingha, Gadi, Kendua, Giridih, Galwati, Kargali Khurd, Gorhand, Chatti, Dharampur, Bodgo, Hemrodih, Siramdih, Kailadhab and Parsan.

Villages in Dhanwar CD block#VillagesAdministrative DivisionPopulation1AitochanchDhanwar6142AlagdesiDhanwar1,3243AlagdihaDhanwar54AmbatanrDhanwar5395AmbatanrDhanwar5766AmbatanrDhanwar8397AndharkolwaDhanwar1068ArgaliDhanwar1,7899ArkhangoDhanwar4,21310ArwatanrDhanwar57311BaddihaDhanwar1,93212BadidihDhanwar70313BaghmaraDhanwar92514BaghmariDhanwar2,14215BaijudihDhanwar1,02116BakainiaDhanwar20717BalharaDhanwar2,31018BalkidihDhanwar31019BalwagarhaDhanwar52320BammiDhanwar2,20021BanasinghaDhanwar34122BandaitanrDhanwar46823Bandari Alias RajabandDhanwar35124BangargiDhanwar99625BanrhiDhanwar1,44526BarajoriDhanwar72127BaramoDhanwar1,16828BarjoDhanwar3,71729BarotanrDhanwar5330BarotanrDhanwar57131BarotanrDhanwar51332BarotanrDhanwar6033Barsinghi KalanDhanwar42134Barsinghi KhurdDhanwar83735BarwadihDhanwar92036BasdubiaDhanwar23537BasgiDhanwar1,21938BasgiDhanwar71139BekoDhanwar71440BeldaradihDhanwar40341BenusaranDhanwar92142BhalutanrDhanwar2,80643BhaluwaiDhanwar95044BharaunaDhanwar45845BhingodihDhanwar1,67746BhundharniDhanwar58647BhutahaDhanwar49248BishunpurDhanwar96649BodgoDhanwar1,23450BudhuadihDhanwar1,07151BudhuatanrDhanwar1,03052ChadgarDhanwar1,13853Chand RaidihDhanwar17454ChandaniaDhanwar37755ChandarkhoDhanwar1,92956Chandra NagarDhanwar1,40357Chango SinghaDhanwar86158ChattiDhanwar2,83159ChichaidihDhanwar50260ChiguadihDhanwar43161ChihutimaranDhanwar73562ChinikiroDhanwar14163ChitmatanrDhanwar57664ChonrhitanrDhanwar58065ChunjhkhoDhanwar84366DaldalDhanwar1,04767DariadihDhanwar1,22868DarudihDhanwar14769DarwedihDhanwar1,00870DasrodihDhanwar1,11571DaudanagarDhanwar69572DeyalpurDhanwar57073DhabDhanwar61374DhakosaranDhanwar1,16675DhanaipurDhanwar1,52976DhanwariadihDhanwar77777DharampurDhanwar2,22178Dhemla SarkwatanrDhanwar45879DomaidihDhanwar75780DorandaDhanwar12,66381DugharaDhanwar28382DulhoDhanwar51483DumardihaDhanwar1,11584DumardihaDhanwar59485Dumardiha Alias Mirdha SinghDhanwar2,68786Dumardiha GhoskodihDhanwar22387DumargarhaDhanwar28188DurjanadihDhanwar43289EkaguriDhanwar51790EkdaraDhanwar86391GadiDhanwar84992GadiDhanwar3,94593GadiDhanwar1,09294GaganpurDhanwar27795GalwantiDhanwar1,59696GangapurDhanwar1,54597GarhdihDhanwar87998GarjasaranDhanwar3,55299GhaskaroDhanwar699100GhoskodihDhanwar251101GhoskodihDhanwar489102GhosnadihDhanwar598103GhujiDhanwar280104GhujiDhanwar945105GirhidihDhanwar1,549106GobindpurDhanwar128107GoraitamaranDhanwar445108GorhanDhanwar4,641109Gosain BighaDhanwar373110Gosain RaidihDhanwar835111GuakhanrhorDhanwar908112GundriDhanwar3,214113HalwaiaDhanwar539114HardatdihDhanwar546115HardiaDhanwar370116HarilaiDhanwar2117HarinmarwaDhanwar432118Helhi PardhandihDhanwar531119HemrodihDhanwar1,998120ItasaniDhanwar717121Jabdia Alias Dakai ChuwaDhanwar270122Jagman RaidihDhanwar137123JahanadihDhanwar1,158124JamridihDhanwar1,188125Jari SinghaDhanwar2,009126JaridihDhanwar748127JaruadihDhanwar943128JatadihDhanwar215129JathaDhanwar1,243130JhagrudihDhanwar462131JhalakdihDhanwar389132JhalbadDhanwar307133JhanjhDhanwar89134JhanjhDhanwar373135JhanjhDhanwar534136JharhaDhanwar94137JhumriDhanwar266138JibniadihDhanwar203139JitkundiDhanwar693140JokiatilaDhanwar136141JolahawadihDhanwar445142JolhabadDhanwar1,131143JorasemalDhanwar6144JuruadihDhanwar2,179145KailadhabDhanwar1,905146Kaili PahariDhanwar834147KailpurDhanwar1,205148KargalikalanDhanwar736149KargalikhurdDhanwar1,629150KarmatanrDhanwar108151KarmatanrDhanwar218152KarmatanrDhanwar588153KarmatanrDhanwar1,121154KarmatanrDhanwar519155Karu RaidihDhanwar297156KarudihDhanwar846157Karudih Alias KoradihDhanwar238158KatariatanrDhanwar571159KatharatanrDhanwar632160KenduaDhanwar1,695161Khaira SinghaDhanwar731162KhairidihDhanwar898163KhanrharaDhanwar316164KharioDhanwar127165KherwaniDhanwar1,092166KhesarmaDhanwar657167KhesnalDhanwar726168KhetoDhanwar897169KhijarsotaDhanwar2,155170KhiriachatanDhanwar253171KhorimahuaDhanwar1,112172KirpalpurDhanwar540173KodwariDhanwar388174KonratanrDhanwar564175KoradihDhanwar1,046176KoradihDhanwar705177KoriadihDhanwar255178KorwadihDhanwar621179KubriDhanwar1,949180KundaDhanwar78181KusumbhaiDhanwar1,072182LalbazarDhanwar4,106183LatbedDhanwar487184LenguraDhanwar689185LodhipurDhanwar470186MadhopurDhanwar315187MadhopurDhanwar1,858188Magho KhurdDhanwar887189MaghokalanDhanwar468190MahishmarwaDhanwar2,777191MahthasarDhanwar307192MahuatanrDhanwar189193MahuatanrDhanwar384194MajhladihDhanwar5696195MajhladihDhanwar349196MakatpurDhanwar446197MakdihaDhanwar1,958198MangasoDhanwar1,577199MansadihDhanwar175200MarpokaDhanwar1,245201MarudihDhanwar934202MasnodihDhanwar893203MayaramtolaDhanwar1,094204ModidihDhanwar1,817205MohnagarhaDhanwar99206MonodihDhanwar613207MurnaDhanwar851208Naekdih (Nayakdih)Dhanwar731209NaikadihDhanwar683210NaitanrDhanwar283211NaitanrDhanwar154212NawadihDhanwar795213NawadihDhanwar201214NawadihDhanwar294215NawagarhDhanwar1,982216Nichli ChitardihDhanwar1,461217NimadihDhanwar3,263218OrkharDhanwar1,574219PachrukhiDhanwar1,749220PaharpurDhanwar1,665221PaisaraDhanwar94222PakariaDhanwar97223PalangiDhanwar564224PanchrukhiDhanwar352225PandariaDhanwar1,377226PandedihDhanwar894227PandedihDhanwar1,262228PandejorDhanwar763229PandnatanrDhanwar647230ParhodihDhanwar234231ParsanDhanwar2,330232PathaldihaDhanwar289233PindrabadDhanwar149234PipradihDhanwar333235PiprakoniDhanwar797236PotmagarhaDhanwar163237Puran PatariDhanwar369238PurnadihDhanwar457239PurnadihDhanwar745240Purni ChitardihDhanwar592241Purrekh KalanDhanwar888242Purrekh KhurdDhanwar507243RajgarhaDhanwar511244RajodihDhanwar1,065245RakasbarDhanwar542246RatanpurDhanwar607247RatbadDhanwar428248RopamahuaDhanwar786249RupnadihDhanwar391250RuputolaDhanwar849251SaharpuraDhanwar631252SakhaitanrDhanwar784253SalaiaDhanwar1,266254SalaidihDhanwar1,370255SalariatanrDhanwar36256SapamaranDhanwar1,753257Saunt RaidihDhanwar803258SiariDhanwar550259SiariDhanwar354260SimariaDhanwar281261SingardihDhanwar825262SiramdihDhanwar1,050263SirmandihDhanwar458264SirsaiDhanwar938265SonbadDhanwar291266SonbadDhanwar629267SurangiDhanwar64268TailaiDhanwar508269TaranakhoDhanwar1,900270TelodihDhanwar248271TelodihDhanwar449272ThekatanrDhanwar520273TilaiaDhanwar224274TokotanrDhanwar962275TungrudihDhanwar484276TunmalkiDhanwar470277Upraili DhanwarDhanwar4,355278Upraili PardhandihDhanwar742279UrmarariDhanwar459 Source: ?

Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Dhanwar CD block had a total population of 267,352, of which 258,575 were rural and 8,777 were urban. There were 138,380 (52%) males and 128,972 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 50,403. Scheduled Castes numbered 35,200 (13.17%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 2,064 (0.77%).

The only census town in Dhanwar CD block is (2011 census population figure in brackets): Dhanwar (8,777).

Literacy census the total number of literate persons in Dhanwar CD block was 141,963 (65.44% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 89,562 (79.63% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 52,401 (50.16% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 29.47%.

census, literacy in Giridih district was 63.14% Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.

See also – List of Jharkhand districts ranked by literacy rate

Language and religion

Khortha is the main spoken language. Hindi is the official language. Urdu is also spoken.

Rural poverty 40-50% of the population of Giridih district were in the BPL category in 2004–2005, being in the same category as Godda, Koderma and Hazaribagh districts. Rural poverty in Jharkhand declined from 66% in 1993–94 to 46% in 2004–05. In 2011, it has come down to 39.1%.

Economy Livelihood

In Dhanwar CD block in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 58,318 and formed 47.13%, agricultural labourers numbered 40,014 and formed 32.34%, household industry workers numbered 4,297 and formed 3.47% and other workers numbered 21,114 and formed 17.06%. Total workers numbered 123,743 and formed 46.28% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 143,609 and formed 53.72% of the population.

Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the Factories Act. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.

Infrastructure