Chapter I

Physical Aspects

General description, origin of name, boundaries, natural divisions and scenery, hills, rivers, lakes and marshes, flora, forests, fauna, climate and rainfall.

1–26

Chapter II

Geology and Minerals

General account, Archaean, Gondwana, Bokaro Coal-field, Ramgarh, Karanpura, Chope, Itkhori, Bokaro Colliery, Giridih Coal-field, Karanpura Valley, mica, iron, tin, copper, other minerals, lime, road metal and mineral springs.

27–50

Chapter III

History

Early history, natural routes, tribal legends, family traditions, survivals in the land system, place names, archaeological remains, racial distribution, Muhammadan connection, establishment of British authority, administrative arrangements, Mutiny of 1857 and later history.

51–69

Chapter IV

The People

Growth and density of population, migration, towns and villages, language, religion, missions, castes and tribes, social characteristics, village officials, village social life, pilgrimage and witchcraft.

70–93

Chapter V

Public Health

Births and deaths, reporting agency, diseases, sanitation, vaccination and medical institutions.

94–99

Chapter VI

Agriculture

Agricultural statistics, pioneering, classification of lands, crop statement, productivity factors, rainfall, irrigation, soil, manures, seed, implements, cattle, agricultural calendar, daily routine, cultivator character and district statistics.

100–113

Chapter VII

Natural Calamities

Income of the district, mahua, lac, hides and skins, jungle produce, service abroad, local mines and manufactures, importance of terraced rice, crop failure, famine and scarcity, floods and other calamities.

114–120

Chapter VIII

Rents, Wages and Material Condition

Rents, abwab and begari, predial conditions, crop-cutting experiments, cash rents, thana rates, khandwat or korkar, produce rents, customary rights, landless labourers, price of food-grains, wages and material condition of the people.

121–132

Chapter IX

Occupations, Manufactures and Trade

Occupations, manufactures, lac, cutch, mines, trade, currency, weights and measures.

133–137

Chapter X

Means of Communication

Early roads, Rennell’s maps, roads in 1827, old Benares Road, Grand Trunk Road, provincial roads, District Board roads, railways, river communications, ferries, inspection bungalows and postal communications.

138–146

Chapter XI

Land Revenue Administration

Number of estates, revenue amount, Kunda, Kendi, Ramgarh, Kharagdiha, Dhanwar, Kodarma, revenue-free estates, primogeniture, encumbered estates, subordinate tenures, cultivating tenancies, raiyats and under-raiyats.

147–163

Chapter XII

General Administration

Non-regulation district, subdivisions, revenue work, rent suits, land revenue, excise, stamps, income tax, cess, registration, civil justice, criminal justice, crime, police, village chaukidars and jails.

164–173

Chapter XIII

Local Self-Government

District Board, duties of the Board, income, expenditure, Giridih Local Board and municipalities of Hazaribagh, Chatra and Giridih.

179–183

Chapter XIV

Education

Education from 1837 to 1915–16, inspecting staff, St. Columba College, high schools, middle schools, primary schools, training schools, technical schools, female education, reformatory school, Sanskrit tols, Santal education, East Indian Railway Schools and expenditure.

184–189

Chapter XV

Gazetteer

Badam, Chatra, Dhanwar, Giridih, Gola, Grand Trunk Road, Dumri, Bagodar, Suruj Kund, Barhi, Chanparan, Hazaribagh, Hazaribagh Road Station, Ichak, Itkhori, Kharagdiha, Kodarma, Kuluha Hill, Pachamba, Padma, Parasnath, Ramgarh and Tandwa.

190–210

Index

Index

Alphabetical index.

211 onwards