Jaridih is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. Overview Bokaro district, a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, has undulating surface with the altitude varying between 200 and 282 m. Topographically, the entire area is divided into three parts – the Bokaro uplands in the west, the Bokaro-Chas uplands in the middle and Barakar basin in the east. The general slope of the region is from the west to the east. The main rivers are the Damodar, Garga, Parga, Konar and Gobei. The district, covered with hills and forests, is a mining-industrial area. With the construction of the gigantic Bokaro Steel Plant in the nineteen sixties, it has become the focal point of this district. Maoist activities Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Bokaro was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state., Bokaro was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities. Geography Bandhdih, a census town that is a constituent of the Jaridih CD block, is located at . Jaridih CD block is bounded by Chandrapura CD block on the north, Chas CD block on the east, Joypur CD block, in Purulia district of West Bengal, on the south, and Kasmar and Petarbar CD blocks on the west. Jaridih CD block has an area of 212.83 km2. It has 17 gram panchayats, 42 villages and 3 census towns. Jaridih police station is located in this CD block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Bandhdih. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Jaridih CD block had a total population of 104,988, of which 75,671 were rural and 29,317 were urban. There were 54,445 (52%) males and 50,543 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 15,342. Scheduled Castes numbered 11,250 (10.73%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 32,202 (30.70%). Jaridih CD block has three census towns (2011 population figure in brackets): Bandh Dih (13,192), Jena (8,143) and Tanr Balidih (7,982). Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Jaridih CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Khutri (4,761) and Tanr Mohanpur (4,554). Literacy census the total number of literate persons in Jaridih CD block was 61,736 (68.94% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 37,268 (80.29% of the male population over 6 years) and