Senha

Senha
Village
Senha Location in Jharkhand, India3 Show map of Jharkhand Senha Senha (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°23′12″N84°39′06″E / 23.3868°N 84.6516°E / 23.3868; 84.6516
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Government
• Type	Federal democracy
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,011
Languages *
•  Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	835302
Telephone/ STD code	06526
Vehicle registration	JH 08
Literacy	75.79%
Lok Sabha constituency	Lohardaga
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Loharadaga
Website	lohardaga.nic.in

Senha is a village in the Senha CD block in the Lohardaga Sadar subdivision of the Lohardaga district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in Lohadaga district in South Chotanagpur Division
M: municipality, R: rural/ urban centre, B: Bauxite mining centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Senha is located at 23°23′12″N84°39′06″E / 23.3868°N 84.6516°E / 23.3868; 84.6516

Area overview

The map alongside shows an undulating plateau area with the hilly tract in the west and north-west. Three Bauxite mining centres are marked. It is an overwhelmingly rural district with 87.6% of the population living in the rural areas. ^[1]

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.

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Senha. ^[2]

CD block HQ

The headquarters of Senha CD block are located at Senha village. ^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Senha had a total population of 7,011, of which 3,562 (51%) were males and 3,449 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,034. The total number of literate persons in Senha was 4,530 (75.79% of the population over 6 years). ^[4]

(*For language details see Senha block#Language and religion)

Education

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2006. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. The school has a playground, a library with 1,345 books and has 5 computers for learning and teaching purposes. ^[5]

Sushila Devi Girls High School Senha is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 1984. it has facilities for teaching from class VII to class X. The school has a playground, a library with 230 books and has 2 computers for teaching and learning purposes. ^[6]

St. Marks Middle School Senha is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1999. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII. ^[7] Coeducational high schools are about 10 km away.

References

1. "District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Page 9: Physical features, Page 22: Census findings. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
2. "District Police Profile - Lohardaga". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
3. "District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Lohardaga district on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
4. "District Census Handbook, Lohardaga, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 363157, pages 98-99. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
5. "KGBV Senha". Schools.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
6. "Sushila Devi Girls HS Senha". Schools.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
7. "St. Marks MS Senha". Schools.org. Retrieved 22 October 2021.