Pirtand is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Dumri sub-division 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 Chirki, a constituent panchayat village of Pirtand CD block, is located at . Pirtand police station is located at Chirki. Pirtand CD block is bounded by Giridih CD block on the north, Tundi CD block, in Dhanbad district, on the east, Topchanchi CD block, in Dhanbad district, on the south and Dumri CD block, on the west. Pirtand CD block has an area of 392.86 km2. It has 17 gram panchayats. Pirtand and Khukhra police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Pirtand. 49.23% of the area has forest cover. Rivers in Pirtand CD block are Kurko, Chikri and Sita. Gram panchayats in Pirtand CD block are: Kumharlalo, Bharati Chalkari, Chirki, Madhuban, Bandh, Chilga, Palganj, Nawadih, Bishnupur, Kharpoka, Simarkothi, Harladih, Mandro, Khukhara, Tuio, Badgawan and Kudko. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Pirtanr CD block had a total population of 109,515, all of which were rural. There were 55,917 (51%) males and 53,598 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 21,668. Scheduled Castes numbered 10,181 (9.30%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 49,145 (44.88%). Literacy census the total