Sarwan, Deoghar (village)

This article is about the village in Jharkhand, India. For its namesake community development block, see Sarwan, Deoghar. For disambiguation, see Sarwan.

Sarwan
Village
Sarwan Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Sarwan Sarwan (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 24°22′43″N86°46′23″E / 24.378611°N 86.773056°E / 24.378611; 86.773056
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Population  (2011)
• Total	3,515
Languages (*For language details see Sarwan, Deoghar#Language and religion)
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	814150 (Sarwan)
Telephone/ STD code	06432
Lok Sabha constituency	Godda
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Jarmundi
Website	deoghar.nic.in

Sarwan is a village in Sarwan CD block in the Deoghar subdivision of the Deoghar district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the Deoghar, Dumka and Jamtara districts in Santhal Pargana Division
M: Municipality, CT: census town, R: Rural/ Urban centre, D: Dam,
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Location

Sarwan is located at 24°22′43″N86°46′23″E / 24.378611°N 86.773056°E / 24.378611; 86.773056 .

Overview

The map shows a large area, which is a plateau with low hills, except in the eastern portion where the Rajmahal hills intrude into this area and the Ramgarh hills are there. The south-western portion is just a rolling upland. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation. ^[1]

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Area

Sarwan has an area of 236 hectares (580 acres). ^[2]

In the map of Sarwan CD block in the District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Sarwan is shown as being part of Sarwa mouza (MDDS PLCN - 830). ^[3]

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Sarwa had a total population of 3,515, of which 1,711 (49%) were males and 1,804 (50%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 546. The total number of literate persons in Sarwa was 2,969 (71.71% of the population over 6 years). ^[2]

Civic administration

Police station

There is a police station at Sarwan. ^[4]

CD block HQ

Headquarters of Sarwan CD block is at Sarwan village. ^[5]

Education

Sarwan is known for contributing towards education in Deoghar district. Two schools which are famous for contributions towards providing notable alumni (Pradeep Kumar Lal, Senior Executive Panjab National Bank and Shankar Burnwal, IIT) are Middle School Sarwan and High School Sarwan. The middle school came into the limelight under Headmaster Late Narsingh Pandit ji. His strict discipline and efforts to make sure all teachers attended classes without fail led to nurturing many students and making them successful in their careers. Some of the notable teachers from the middle school are Bijay Kumar Sah (mathematics), Madan Pandit (mathematics, Sanskrit), Tej Narayn Rajhans (social science, Hindi and mathematics), Teklal Mahto (science), Rita Didi (various subjects), and Maheshwar Sir (English) Pradeep Kumar Jha (Science).^{[ citation needed ]}

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya, Sarwan, is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. ^[6]

Sarwan High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1948. It has facilities for teaching for teaching from class IX to class XII. ^[7]

References

1. Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
2. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
3. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 96, Map of Sarwan CD block. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
4. "District Police Profile - Deoghar". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
5. "District Census Handbook, Deoghar, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Map of Deoghar on the third page. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
6. "KGBV Sarwan". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. "+2 School Sarwan". Schools.org. Retrieved 3 November 2020.