Sewai

Sewai is a census town in the Chitarpur (community development block) CD block in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Sewai
Census Town
Sewai
Location in Jharkhand, India
Sewai
Sewai (India)
Coordinates: 23.61°N 85.68°E / 23.61; 85.68
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictRamgarh
Population
 (2011)
 • Total7,874
Languages (*For language details see Chitarpur (community development block)#Language and religion)
 • OfficialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
825101
Telephone/ STD code06553
Vehicle registrationJH
Lok Sabha constituencyHazaribagh
Vidhan Sabha constituencyRamgarh
Websiteramgarh.nic.in

Geography

Location

Sewai is located at 23.61°N 85.68°E / 23.61; 85.68.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sewai had a total population of 7,874, of which 4,175 (53%) were males and 3,699 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 660. The total number of literate persons in Sewai was 6,651 (92.20% of the population over 6 years).[1]

As of 2001 India census,[2] Sewai had a population of 8,784. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Sewai has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 68%. In Sewai, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh, Sewai covered an area of 3.986 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 50 km roads with open drains, the protected watersupply involved tapwater from treated and untreated sources, overhead tank. It had 1,463 domestic electric connections, 200 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 9 family welfare centres, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 7 nursing homes, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 12 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Ramgarh Cantonment 12 km away. One important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch offices of 3 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 1 non-agricultral credit society.[3]

Economy

Rajrappa open cast mine and Rajrappa washery are operational under Rajrappa Area of Central Coalfields Limited.[4]

Education
  • Saraswati Vidyamandir Rajrappa is a Hindi-medium Higher Secondary School located at Sewai.[5]
  • UPG High School Rajrappa Project is a Hindi-medium Secondary School at Sewai.[6]

References
  1. "District Census Handbook, Ramgarh, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 369184, page 112. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  3. "District Census Handbook Ramgarh, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 227-237. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. "Areas". Rajrappa. CCL. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  5. "Saraswati Vidyamandir Rajrappa". All India Facts. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
  6. "UPG High School Rajrappa Project". Studyapt. Retrieved 15 November 2015.


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