8-455: Charpokhari (also spelled Charpokhri ) is a village and corresponding community development block in Bhojpur district of Bihar , India . As of 2011, its population was 1,874, in 314 households. The total block population was 101,363, in 15,961 households. Charpokhari is a rural subdistrict with no large urban centres. As of 2011, the block's sex ratio was 927, which was higher than both
16-404: A block is coterminous with the panchayat samiti area. The nomenclature varies from state to state, such as common terms like "block" and others including community development block , panchayat union block , panchayat block, panchayat samiti block , development block , etc. All denote a CD Block, which is a subdivision of a district , exclusively for rural development. The concept of
24-399: A process of integrated culture change aimed at transforming the social and economic life of villagers. The community development programme was rapidly implemented. In 1956, by the end of the first five-year plan period , there were 248 blocks, covering around a fifth of the population in the country. By the end the second five-year plan period , there were 3,000 blocks covering 70 per cent of
32-427: Is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technical specialists and village-level workers. A community development block covers several gram panchayats , the local administrative units at the village level. A block is a rural subdivision and typically smaller than a tehsil. A tehsil is purely for revenue administration, whereas a block is for rural development purposes. In most states,
40-545: The community development block was first suggested by Grow More Food (GMF) Enquiry Committee in 1952 to address the challenge of multiple rural development agencies working without a sense of common objectives. Based on the committee's recommendations, the community development programme was launched on a pilot basis in 1952 to provide for a substantial increase in the country's agricultural programme , and for improvements in systems of communication, in rural health and hygiene, and in rural education and also to initiate and direct
48-556: The overall Bhojpur district ratio of 907 and the rural-specific Bhojpur district ratio of 910. The sex ratio was lower in the 0-6 age group, with 916 females for every 1000 males, which was slightly below the district's overall (918) and rural (920) sex ratios in this age group. Members of scheduled castes made up 21.44% of the block's population (the highest proportion in Bhojpur) and members of scheduled tribes made up 0.02% (the lowest in Bhojpur). The literacy rate of Charpokhari block
56-468: The remaining 14.92% were other workers. Most workers in the block were men: 24,011, compared to 6,646 women. Charpokhari block contains the following 90 villages: Community development block In India , a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil , administratively earmarked for planning and development. In tribal areas, similar sub-divisions are called tribal development blocks (TD blocks). The area
64-511: Was 68.86%, which was lower than the district rate of 70.47%. Literacy was higher in men (81.91%) than in women (54.83%), with the corresponding 27.08% gender gap somewhat exceeding that of the district as a whole (23.71%). Most of Charpokhari block's workforce in 2011 was employed in agriculture , with 30.70% of workers being cultivators who owned or leased their own land and another 49.89% being agricultural labourers who worked someone else's land for wages. 4.49% were household industry workers, and
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