16-534: Habibpur is a town of Bhagalpur District and lies in the adjoining of Bhagalpur city and part of Bhagalpur Urban Agglomeration in Bhagalpur district in the India state of Anga of Bihar . As of 2011 India census , Habibpur had a population of 16,400. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Habibpur has an average literacy rate of 85%, lower than the national average of 90.5%: male literacy
32-701: A Government of India organization under the Ministry of Mines , one of the oldest of such organisations in the world and the second oldest survey in India after the Survey of India (founded in 1767), for conducting geological surveys and studies of India , and also as the prime provider of basic earth science information to government, industry and general public, as well as the official participant in steel, coal, metals, cement, power industries and international geoscientific forums. Formed in 1851 by East India Company ,
48-603: A town and a block in Bhagalpur district of Bihar. It located 25 km from Bhagalpur. There are 16 blocks and circles in the district and each block is headed by a block development officer and each circle is headed by a circle officer. In 2006 the Indian government named Bhagalpur one of the country's 250 Rank 3 backward districts (out of a total of 640 ). It is one of the 38 districts in Bihar currently receiving funds from
64-437: Is 46%, and female literacy is 79.5%. In Habibpur, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Bhagalpur district Bhagalpur district is one of the thirty-eight districts of Bihar state , India . Bhagalpur is the oldest district of Bihar. Bhagalpur city is the administrative headquarters of this district. Bhagalpur district occupies an area of 2,569 square kilometres (992 sq mi). Bhagalpur district
80-461: Is a municipality town and one of 3 sub-divisions in Bhagalpur district in the state of Bihar, India. It is located close to the Vikramashila. Naugachia Naugachia is a town and an important railway station in Bhagalpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a block and one of three sub-divisions of the Bhagalpur district and is also a police district. Sultanganj Sultanganj is
96-408: Is a part of Bhagalpur Division . The river Ganga flows through the district. By C.D. Block According to the 2011 census Bhagalpur district has a population of 3,037,766. This gives it a ranking of 120th in India (out of a total of 640 ). The district has a population density of 1,182 inhabitants per square kilometre (3,060/sq mi). Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011
112-497: Is to start mining operations as of September 2019. Bihar Agriculture College, Sabour Mahadeo Singh Law College In 1990 Bhagalpur district became home to the Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary , which is 50 km (31.1 mi) in length. |} Geological Survey of India The Geological Survey of India ( GSI ) is a scientific agency of India. It was founded in 1851, as
128-672: The Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF). A 1320MW Thermal Power Plant is going to establish at Pirapinti with a J.V of NHPC , Bihar State Power Generation Company (BSPGCL) and Nalanda Power Company, a subsidiary of RPG Groups . According to the Geological Survey of India , the coal reserve of 1366.75 metric ton has been discovered in Srinagar, Laxmipur, Mandar and Pirpainti block of Bhagalpur district. Bharat Coking Coal Limited
144-483: The "Officiating Surveyor" until his retirement on 5 March 1851. Until 1852, Geological Survey primarily remained focused on exploration for coal, mainly for powering steam transport, oil reserves, and ore deposits, when Sir Thomas Oldham , father of Richard Dixon Oldham , broadened the ambit of the scope of functioning of the Geological Survey of India by advancing the argument with the government that it
160-1001: The age of rock strata was not developed at that time. In 1869 Frederick Richard Mallet was first to visit Ramgarh crater . Later studies include by those of Arthur Lennox Coulson In 19th century GSI undertook several surveys including Great Trigonometrical Survey , 1869 Kailash - Mansarovar expedition, 1871-1872 Shigache – Lhasa expedition, 1873-1874 Yarkand – Kashgar expedition, second expedition of this area by Sir Thomas Douglas Forsyth , 1878-1882 Darjeeling – Lhasa – Mongolia expedition, etc. The native surveyors were called pandit , some notable ones include cousins Nain Singh Rawat and Krishna Singh Rawat . In 19th and early 20th century GSI made important contributions to Seismology by its studies and detailed reports on numerous Indian earthquakes. Richard Dixon Oldham , like his father also worked for GSI, first correctly identified p- and s-waves , and hypothesised and calculated
176-492: The diameter of the Earth's core. On 8 April 2017 GSI began pilot project, with the first ever aerial survey of mineral stocks by GSI, to map the mineral stocks up to a depth of 20 km using specially-equipped aircraft. The GSI was restructured into 5 Missions, respectively relating to "Baseline Surveys";"Mineral resource Assessments";"Geoinformatics";"Multi-disciplinary Geosciences"; and "Training and Capacity Building", on
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#1732787904548192-528: The following February. The phrase "Geological Survey of India" was first used on his Dec 1847 map of the Damoodah and Adji Great Coal Field , together with Horizontal and Vertical sections of the map. On 4 February 1848, he was appointed the "Geological Surveyor of the Geological Survey of India", but he fell off his elephant and, soon after, died with his assistant, F. B. Jones, of 'jungle fever' on 15 November 1848, after which John McClelland took over as
208-489: The organization's roots can be traced to 1836 when the "Coal Committee", followed by more such committees, was formed to study and explore the availability of coal in the eastern parts of India . David Hiram Williams , one of the first surveyors for the British Geological Survey , was appointed 'Surveyor of coal districts and superintendent of coal works, Bengal' on 3 December 1845 and arrived in India
224-549: The population spoke languages classified as 'Others' under Hindi on the census. The primary language used in the district is Angika . Other chief languages include Hindi , Urdu and Bengali language . Bhagalpur Bhagalpur is the largest city in Bhagalpur district and is situated on the southern bank of the Ganges river. The old name of Bhagalpur is Champanagri which is capital of Anga Kingdom. Kahalgaon Kahalgaon (formerly known as Colgong during British rule)
240-469: Was 25.36%. Bhagalpur has a sex ratio of 880 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 63.14%. 19.83% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 10.49% and 2.21% of the population respectively. Languages of Bhagalpur district (2011) At the time of the 2011 Census of India , 23.40% of the population in the district spoke Hindi , 10.29% Urdu and 2.09% Bhojpuri as their first language. 62.94% of
256-407: Was not possible to find coal without first mapping the geology of India. Thus, the Geological Survey commenced to map the rock types, geological structures and relative ages of different rock types . The age of rock strata was estimated from the presence of index fossils , which consumed much of the geologists' efforts in finding these index fossils, as the method of Radiometric dating for estimating
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