Bengabad 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 Bengabad is located at . Bengabad CD block is bounded by Chakai CD block, in Jamui district of Bihar on the north, Madhupur CD block, in Deoghar district, on the east, Gandey and Giridih CD blocks on the south and Jamua CD block on the west. Bengabad CD block has an area of 402.50 km2. It has 26 gram panchayats, 231 inhabited villages. Bengabad police station serves this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Bengabad. 28.16% of the area has forest cover. Rivers in Bengabad CD block are Ghagha and Pathro. Gram panchayats in Bengabad CD block are: Badwara, Golgo, Bhalkudar, Luppi, Genro, Chitmadih, Harila, Chhatki, Khargdiha, Badkitand, Ojhadih, Taratand, Telonari, Bengabad, Mahuar, Motileda, Sonbad, Karnpura, Bhandardih, Madhwadih, Fitkoriya, Tarajori, Manjori, Chapuadih, Jhalakdiha and Jaruadih. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Bengabad CD block had a total population of 153,198, all of which were rural. There were 79,018 (52%) males and 74,180 (48%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 30,080. Scheduled Castes numbered 22,107 (14.43%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 27,028 (17.64%). Literacy census the total number of