Govindpur (community development block)

Govindpur is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 12 km from Dhanbad, the district headquarters.GeographyGovindpur is located at.Govindpur CD Block has an area of, out of which is forest area. It has 40 panchayats and 225 villages.DemographicsAs per 2011 Census of India, Gobindpur CD Block had a total population of 245,697, of which 220,384 were rural and 25,313 were urban. There were 127,285 males and 118,412 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 27,617 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 34,026. Population below 6 years was 39,613.Gobindpur CD Block has three census towns (2011 population figure in brackets): Gobindpur (11,318), Karmatanr (6,392) and Jangalpur (7,603).Literacycensus the total number of literates in Gobindpur CD Block was 144,233 out of which 86,322 were males and 54,901 were females.census, literacy in Dhanbad district was 74.52.Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011. Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.EconomyKandra Industrial Area, located in this block, produces chemicals etc. based on mining products.