male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 51%. In Latehar, 15% of the population is under 6 years of age. Economy The economy of the people revolves round the forest produces, agriculture and minerals. Rice, fruits, maize, wheat, etc. are the major crops grown here. Magadh Amrapali coal mines of Central Coalfield Ltd between Latehar & Chatra districts is the largest coal mine of Asia. It has many operational coal mines in Latehar. Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation (JSMDC) also has a coal mining project at Sikni. Hindalco Industries has a bauxite mine at Kukutpat. Chandwa has a thermal power project, i.e, Matrishri Usha Jayaswal Thermal Power Plant, a coal-fired power plant of 1080 MW established by Corporate Power Ltd, a unit of Abhijeet Groups. Essar Power Ltd has a thermal power plant of 1800MW at Tori. Tourist Attractions Betla National Park Situated in the district of Latehar, 8 km away from Barwadih, it is spread over an area of 979 sq km. The core area of 232 km2 of the sanctuary was declared as Betla National Park in September 1989. The park occupies the western parts of the Chota Nagpur Plateau and was constituted in 1960 as an extension of the Hazaribagh National Park. Barwadih has the distinction of being the forest where the world's first tiger census was enumerated in 1932. The park became one of the earliest 9 tiger reserves in India under 'Project Tiger' in 1974. The forests of the park have a range of vegetation consisting of tropical wet evergreen forests in the lower reaches, mixed (moist and dry) deciduous forests in the middle and temperate alpine forests in the upper reaches including sal and bamboo as the major components along with a number of medicinal plants. The river Koel and its tributaries run through the northern portion of the park. There are grasslands in the river flowing area. It also has waterfalls and hot springs. Once the seat of Chero kings, there are two historical forts, one of them from the 16th century, deep inside the forest. The main sentinel of the old fort is visible high up on the hill with defences in three directions and three main gates. Adventure Tourism Tourist places 1) Netarhat Sunrise Point 2) Netarhat Sunset Point 3) Lodh waterfalls 4) Upper Ghaghri Waterfall 5) Lower Ghaghri Waterfall 6) Sugha Bandh waterfall 7) Mirchiya waterfall 8) Indra waterfall