Encyclopaedia

2006 — About The Author:- The Editors S.C. Bhatt, had been a writer and journalist with long years of experience as head of important departments in the government. He headed the News Services Division of All India Radio, Publications Division, Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP) and Research and Reference Division. In the last mentioned department it was his responsibility to produce papers and writeups on matters of importance to the government and the public. Under his supervision the "INDIA—A Reference Annual" was produced, both from the Research as well as Reference division. Gopal Bhargava, a prolific writer and author of several books, was a senior official in Town and Country Planning Organization, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. First educated at Mayo College Ajmer, and a Post -graduate in Economics from Lucknow University, he is a regular contributor to leading newspapers and academic journals. So far, he has published a good number of papers and articles on various issues, concerning urban development, which is his forte. The map given on the back cover jacket is only illustrative and not true to scale. Contents:- Content # List of Tables 11: Preface 13: Introduction 15: 1. History 17-24: Videh; Vaishali; Ang; Magadh; Ancient History; Medival History;: Modern History.: 2. Physical Aspects 25-28: Location; Area; Physiographic Features; The North Ganga Plain;: The South Ganga Plain; Climate; Seasons and Their Duration;: Soils; Rivers.: 3. Population 29-76: Data Relevant to Population; Characteristics of the People.: 4. Scheduled Caste 77-108: Need for Emancipation of Dalits.: 5. Scheduled Tribe 109-138: World of Tribal Communities; Tribal Development and Social: Scientists.: 6. Other Backward Classes 139-144: Reservation Policy and Backward Castes; The Depressed Classes: Vis-a-vis Backward Castes.: 7. Government and Politics 145-192: State Figures on Police and Crimes; Chief Ministers and: Governors; Parliamentary Constituencies and Assembly: Constituencies of the State.: Contents: 6 Bihar: 8. Education 193-205: State Education Figures; Functions of the Secondary,: Primary and Adult Education Department; Institutions of Higher: Education; Universities; Research Institutes; Law Colleges;: Ayurvedic Colleges; Agriculture College and Universities;: Forestry College; Laboratory and Research Centres; Other: Educational Centre (For Other Categories); Engineering Colleges;: Management Institutions; List of University in the State.: 9. Transport and Communication 207-215: Figures Related to Transportation and Communication;: Transportation; Roads; Railways; Airways; Inland Water: Transport; Telecommunication; Radio Paging Service; Other: Value-added Services; Information Technology (IT) Scenario of: Bihar; Transport Computerisation; Objective and Implementation: Status; Statewide District Transport Computerisation; Treasury: Computerisation; Objective and Implementation Status;: Statewide District Treasury Computerisation; Finance: Computerisation; Finance Data Cell at Main Secretariat; GPF: Computerisation; Objective and Implementation Status;: Statewide GPF Computerisation; Commercial Tax Computerization;: Computerization Work at Commercial Taxes Department; Bihar: State Electricity Board Computerization; Objective and: Implementation Status; Urban Basic Services for Poor (UBSP);: Objective and Implementation Status; High Court: Computerisation; Objective and Implementation Status;: Statewide Lower Court Computerisation; Other Major Works;: Education; 6th All India Educational Survey; Health; Planning;: Public Distribution System; Natural Resource Information: System; Agricultural Census Project; Recent Projects; Initiation: of -E-Governance; Objective of the Project.: 10. Language and Literature 217-228: Literature.: 11. Medical Facilities 229-234: Figures on Medical Facilities; Fertility and Mortality; Morbidity;: Disability; Medical Facilities; Immunisation.: 12. Industry 235-263: Figures Related to Industries in the State; Commercial Products;: Power; Private Sector Participation; Captive Power Generation;: Installation of Diesel Generating (DG) Sets; Priority to Industrial: Connection; Power Incentive; Industrial Policy; Infrastructure: Development; Industrial Areas; Land; Water; Telecommunication;: CONTENTS:- 7: Transport; State Financial Institutions; Social Infrastructure;: Environment Pollution Control Clearances; Identification of Thrust: Industries; Handloom; Handicraft; Small Scale Industries; Khadi: and Village Industries; Industry/Trade Promotion Bodies; BICICO;: Services provided by BICICO; Bihar State Financial Corporation: (BSFC); Allotment of Industrial Plots/Sheds; List of ISI Industries.: 13. Finance Sector 265-279: Figures Related to Financial Sector; Per Capita Income; Banking: Sector; Economic Parities in Bihar; Economic Development.: 14. Natural Wealth 281-283: Figures Related to Forest; Forests; Fertile Land; Water Resources.: 15. Agriculture 285-305: Figures Related to State Agriculture; Agro-Climatic Zones; Land: Utilisation; Agricultural Products; Horticulture; Sugarcane;: Fruits; Livestock; Agro-based Industries; Irrigation; Agricultural: Revolution: Challenges; Soils; Large Dams.: 16. Wild Life 307-310: Bhimbandh Sanctuary; Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary;: Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary; Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary; Nakti: Dam Sanctuary; Rajgir Wildlife Sanctuary; Valmiki National Park;: Kanwar Lake; Udaipur Sanctuary; Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin: Sanctuary.: 17. Tourism 311-327: Historical Monuments; Ashoka Pillars and Buddhist Sculptures;: Islamic Monuments; Modern architecture; Places of Interests;: Patna; Gaya; Bodh Gaya; Vaishali; Nalanda; Rajgir; Pawapuri;: Sasaram; Silao; Sitamarhi; Surajpur Baragaon; Other Places of: Interest; Hotels.: 18. Archaeological Sites 329-335: 19. Natural Calamities 337-349: Chronology of Natural Calamities Since 1980; Cold Wave; Heat: Wave; Drought; Lightning; Thunderstorm; Hailstorm; Floods and: Heavy Rains.: 20. Customs, Fairs and Festivals 351-363: Religions; Hinduism; Budhism; Jainism; Sikhism; Fairs and: Festivals.: 21. Arts and Crafts 365-376: Dance; Drama; Folk Dances; Chhau Dance; Music; Crafts; Mithila: 8 Bihar: Arts; Wall Paintings; Sujuni; Sikki Works; Bamboo Work; Wood: Inlay; Clay Toys; Tikuli Art;Tapper Mats; Metalware; Mask.: 22. Rural Development 377-385: Rural Development: Programmes and Policies; Centrally Sector: Schemes; Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme: (MPLADS); Centrally Sponsered Schemes; Swarnajayanti Gram: Swarojgar Yojna; Jawahar Gram Samridhi Yojna (JGSY); Indira: Awas Yojna (IAY); Credit Cum Subsidy Scehme for Rural Housing;: District Rural Development Agency (DRDA); Drought Prone: Areas Programme(DPAP); State Plan Schemes; Community: Development; Basic Minimum Services; Panchayati Raj; Gram: Sabha; The Provisions of the Panchayats(Extension to the: Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996; Training and Awareness Generation: Programme.: 23. Urban Development 387-394: Urban Development; Financial position; 10th Plan Objectives and: Targets and Annual Plan 2003-04; Financial Targets during the: 10th Plan and Achievement in Annual Plan 2002-03 and proposal: for 2003-2004; Water Supply and Sanitation;Water Supply;: Sewerage and Drainage; Conversion / Construction of latrines;: Operation and Maintenance (O&M) of Assets Created under the: Ganga Action Plan; Specific problem of Patna - (Under 11th: Finance Commission); Urban Development; The Swarna Jayanti: Shahari Rojgar Yojana (SJSRY); I.D.S.M.T.; Civic Amenities; Slum: Improvement; Grants-in-Aid to Local Bodies (Under the 11th: Finance Commission); Roads and Bridges; Special Component: Plan (SCP); Additional Central Assistance; Urban Infrastructure: Fund.: 24. Newspapers 395-402: Big Dailies; Medium Dailies; Medium Periodicals; Small Dailies;: Small Periodicals.: 25. Important Events (1951-2004) 403-415: Chronology of Events.: 26. Non-Governmental Organisations 417-431: Major NGOs in the State.: 27. Planning Outlay 433-440: Annual Plan Outlay; i. Agriculture and Allied Activities; ii. Rural: Development; iii. Special Areas Programmes; iv. Irrigation and: Flood Control; v. Energy; vi. Industry and Minerals; vii. Transport;: viii. Communications; ix. Science,Technology and Environment;: CONTENTS:- 9: x. General Economic Services; xi. Social Services; xii. General: Services; Tenth Plan Outlay; i. Agriculture and Allied Activities;: ii. Rural Development; iii. Special Area Programmes; iv. Irrigation: and Flood Control; v. Energy; vi. Industry and Minerals; vii.: Transport; viii. Communications; ix. Science,Technology and: Environment; x. General Economic Services; xi. Social Services;: xii. General Services. # List of Tables # 3.1. Population Characteristics 2001 30: 3.2. Demographic Details of Bihar: Compared to the Indian Total 2001 31: 3.3. Decadal Growth 1991 - 2001 31: 3.4. Population: (0 - 6 years) 2001 31: 3.5. Percentage of Population (0-6) to Total Population 2001 31: 3.6. Fertility Rates 31: 3.7. Demographic Information as per Census 2001 32: 3.8. Per cent Main Worker Engaged in 33: 3.9. Work Participation Rate 33: 3.10. Age Distribution (in Percentage) 34: 3.11. Distribution of Population by Religion (in percentage) 34: 3.12. Distribution of 10,000 speakers by Languages 34: 3.13. Amenities 35: 3.14. House Types 35: 3.15. Distribution of Religion by Sex with Percentage of Total Population: (State/district) (2001) 40: 3.16. Distribution of Disabled Persons by Type of Disabilty and Residence: (in %) (2001) 69: 3.17. Distribution of Beggars (2001) 72: 3.18. Population, India, States and Union Territory 1901-2001 76: 3.19. Decadal Variation in Population, 1901-2001 76: 4.1. Statewise Distribution of Individual Scheduled Caste Population: by Sex and Literacy Rate (2001) 78: 4.2. SC Population Ratio w.r.t. Population (2001) 80: 4.3. Distribution of Individual Scheduled Castes Population by Sex: (State/District) (2001) 97: 5.1. State-wise Distribution of Individual Scheduled Tribes Population by: Sex and Literacy Rate (2001) 111: 5.2. ST Population Ratio w.r.t. Population (2001) 113: 5.3. Distribution of Individual Scheduled Tribes Population by Sex: (State/District) (2001) 130: 6.1. State-wise OBC List 141: 6.2. State-wise Central List of Backward Classes Notified by: Government of India 143: 7.1. Chief Ministers of Bihar 149: 7.2. Governors of Bihar 150: 7.3. Name of State, Districts, Tehsils and Towns (2001) 181: 7.4. List of Administrative Districts (1961) 188: 7.5. List of Administrative Districts (1971) 188: 7.6. List of Administrative Districts (1981) 189: 7.7. List of Administrative Districts (1991) 190: 7.8. List of Administrative Districts (2001) 192: 8.1. Education in Bihar: General Information 195: 8.2. Number of Literates 196: List of Tables: 12 Bihar: 8.3. Percentage of Literates to Total population 196: 8.4. Level of Education 196: 8.5. Details of Higher Education 198: 10.1. Distribution of Language 2001 219: 10.2. Distribution of Mother Toungue (2001) 223: 11.1. Health Status of Bihar 230: 11.2. Major Medical Institutions of Bihar 232: 12.1. State Wise and Employment Wise Minimum Wage (Wages Fixed: in 74 Employments) (As on 01.10.2001) 251: 12.2. Total Population, Total Workers, Main Workers, Marginal Workers: and Non-Workers India, States and Union Territories: 2001 262: 12.3. Total Workers (Main + Marginal) and Their Categories–India, States: and Union Territories : 2001 263: 13.1. Income 267: 15.1. Land Under Use (1980-81 to 1993-94) 287: 15.2. Pattern of Land Utilisation 289: 15.3. Important cereals 290: 15.4. Area, Production and Yield of Important Crops (1995-96 to1999-: 2000) 290: 15.5. Crop Production : Annual Growth 291: 15.6. Vegetable Production 291: 15.7. Production of Sugarcane 292: 15.8. Important Fruits 292: 15.9. Area, Production and Yield of Important Fruits (1994-95) 292: 15.10. Production of Milk, Eggs, Wool and Fish 293: 15.11. Live Stock and Fisheries - 1992 (‘000 numbers) 293: 15.12. Milk Production 1994-95 (‘000 tonnes) 293: 15.13. Raw Wool and Eggs 293: 15.14. Net Irrigated Area by Sources 294: 15.15. Distribution of Household by Sources of Drinking Water 304: 16.1. United Nations List of National Parks and Protected Areas 309: 24.1. Number of Newspapers in 2001 (Language and Periodicitywise): 396: 24.2. Circulation of Newspapers in 2001 (Language and Periodicitywise): 397: 24.3. List of Big, Medium and Small Newspapers - 2001 398: 24.4. Publication Added in 2001 401 The Title 'Land and People of Indian States & Union Territories (Bihar) written/authored/edited by Ed. S. C.Bhatt & Gopal K Bhargava', published in the year 2006. The ISBN 9788178353616 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 440 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Anthropology / Tribal Studies / Reference / Dictionary / Encyclopaedia. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:- Vol. 5th