Giridih is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Giridih Sadar subdivision of the Giridih district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Overview Giridih is a plateau region. The western portion of the district is part of a larger central plateau. The rest of the district is a lower plateau, a flat table land with an elevation of about 1,300 feet. At the edges, the ghats drop to about 700 feet. The Pareshnath Hills or Shikharji rises to a height of 4,480 feet in the south-eastern part of the district. The district is thickly forested. Amongst the natural resources, it has coal and mica. Inaugurating the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in 2016, Raghubar Das, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, had indicated that there were 23 lakh BPL families in Jharkhand. There was a plan to bring the BPL proportion in the total population down to 35%. Maoist activities Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Giridih was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state., Giridih was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities. In 2017, the Moists, in Giridih district, have torched more than 50 vehicles engaged in road construction or carrying goods. Geography Paratdih, a constituent census town of Giridih CD block, is located at . Giridih CD block is bounded by Jamua and Bengabad CD blocks on the north, Gandey CD block on the east, Tundi CD block, in Dhanbad district, across the Barakar River, Pirtand and Dumri CD blocks on the south and Birni CD Block on the west. Giridih CD block has an area of 404.55 km2. It has 40 gram panchayats, 211 inhabited villages and 7 census towns. Giridih police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Giridih. 29.45% of the area has forest cover. Rivers in Giridih CD block are Barakar, Pathri, Kurgi, Usri and Khaki. Gram panchayats in Giridih CD block are: Pahadpur, Sindwariya, Leda, Bajto, Algunda, Senadoni, Jitpur, Badgunda Khurd, Berdonga, Palmo, Barhmoriya, Karharbari, Telodih, Khawa, Pindatand, Sikdardih, Parsatand, Maheshlundi, Akdoni Kala, Matrukha, Purnanagar, Chunjka, Akdoni Khurd, Yogitand, Baxidih, Chaitadih, Bhandardih, Sihodih, Sirsiya, Pandeydih, Mangrodih, Paratdih, Patrodih, Dadidih, Harsinghraidih, Udnabad, Mohanpur, Gadi Srirampur, Jaspur and Fulchi. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India Giridih CD block had a total population of 258,037, of which 208,260