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The River Swarnarekha flows through this region. The Karkori River originating from the Hundru falls
mingles with the Swarnarekha River here at Chandil.

Sponge Iron Plant

The first commercial sponge iron plant in India is located at Umesh Nagar at Chandil. World famous Iron
and Steel city Jamshedpur is very nearby to this place.
Population – Chandil Block

As per the 2011 Census Chandil Block of Saraikela-Kharsawan district has a total population of 157,949.
Out of which 81,000 are males while 76,949 are females. As per Census 2011 out of total population,
30.4% people live in Urban areas while 69.6% live in the Rural areas.

Sex Ratio - Chandil Block
The Sex Ratio of Chandil Block is 950. Thus for every 1000 men there are 950 females in Chandil Block.

Caste-wise Population - Chandil Block

General caste, backward caste, most backward caste, SC and ST caste are found here. Schedule Caste
(SC) constitutes 4.9% while Schedule Tribe (ST) was 30.2% of total population in Chandil Block.

Education
Literacy rate of Chandil is 78.83%, Male-86.20% and Female-71.02%.

Different categories of schools are being run to impart education to the children of Chandil. Girls
Schools, Co-Educational Schools, Primary Schools, Upper Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Higher
Secondary Schools, Government Schools, Private Schools, Madrsas, CBSE board schools, Bengali
medium schools, Hindi medium schools, Urdu medium schools, English medium schools are helping
students in getting educated. S S +2 High School, Chandil is one of the reputed Co-Eduacational schools
in the Chandil sub-division with 1168 students from Class IX-XII.

Employment:

In Chandil Block out of total population, 58,083 are engaged in work activities. 61.1% of workers
describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.9% are
involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 58,083 workers engaged in
Main Work, 5,899 are cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4,314 are Agricultural labourer.

Language
Hindi is the official language here. Correspondence is also done in English. Mostly people speak Bengali
here. Other languages spoken here are Santhali, Mundari and Urdu.

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