Serengdag and Jalim in Ghaghra block. The total number of bauxite mines is twenty one”. Backward Regions Grant Fund Gumla district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund. The fund, created by the Government of India, is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand. Education Bishunpur CD block had 33 villages with pre-primary schools, 62 villages with primary schools, 28 villages with middle schools, 9 villages with secondary schools, 2 villages with senior secondary schools, 4 villages had no educational facility. .*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand Healthcare Bishunpur CD block had 3 villages with primary health centres, 14 villages with primary health subcentres, 9 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 4 villages with allopathic hospitals, 2 villages with dispensaries, 3 villages with family welfare centres, 3 villages with medicine shops. .*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included References Community development blocks in Gumla district