# Khori Mahuwa subdivision

Khori Mahuwa subdivision (also spelled Khuri Mahua) is an administrative subdivision of the Giridih district in the state of Jharkhand, India.Khori Mahua is located in Dhanwar block.
Subdivision office is located at Domaidih village, which is 10 km from Dhanwar town and 3 km from khorimahua chowk on State Highway 13 (Giridih-koderma road).

## History

Khori Mahuwa subdivision was created in March 2014.

## Subdivisions

Giridih district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions:
| Subdivision | Headquarters | Area km$^2$ (2001) | Population (2011) | Rural Population % (2011) | Urban Population % (2011) |
| Khori Mahuwa | Khori Mahua | 2020.81 | 932,485 | 98.95 | 1.05 |
| Bagodar-Saria | Suriya | 887.59 | 476,613 | 96.02 | 3.98 |
| Dumri | Dumri | 823.44 | 335,521 | 95.23 | 4.77 |
| Giridih Sadar | Giridih | 1200 | 700,855 | 93.17 | 6.83 |

## Police stations

Police stations in Khori Mahuwa subdivision have the following features and jurisdiction:
| Police station | Area covered km$^2$ | Municipal town | CD Block |
| Dhanwar | n/a | - | Dhanwar |
| Ghorthamba | n/a | - | Dhanwar |
| Jamua | n/a | - | Jamua |
| Hirodih | n/a | - | Jamua |
| Deori | n/a | - | Deori |
| Bhelwaghati | n/a | - | Deori |
| Tisri | n/a | - | Tisri |
| Lokainayanpur | n/a | - | Tisri |
| Gawan | n/a | - | Gawan |

## Blocks

Community development blocks in Khori Mahuwa subdivision are:
| CD Block | Headquarters | Area km$^2$ | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Hindus % | Muslims % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
| Dhanwar | Dhanwar | 352.41 | 267,352 | 13.17 | 0.77 | 72.92 | 26.87 | 65.44 | Dhanwar |
| Jamua | Jamua | 478.47 | 271,563 | 15.39 | 0.99 | 78.90 | 20.78 | 63.99 | Jamua |
| Tisri | Tisri | 429.56 | 95,081 | 13.71 | 22.21 | 81.67 | 13.17 | 55.27 | Tisri |
| Deori | Deori | 423.61 | 182,527 | 15.40 | 12.35 | 82.98 | 11.65 | 62.54 | Deori |
| Gawan | Gawan | 336.76 | 115,962 | 16.31 | 4.57 | 80.60 | 18.85 | 60.94 | Gawan |

## Education

Statistics in the table below offer a comprehensive picture of the education scenario in Giridih district:
| Subdivision | Primary School | Primary School | Middle School | Middle School | High School | High School | Higher Secondary School | Higher Secondary School | General College, Univ | General College, Univ | Technical / Professional Instt | Technical / Professional Instt | Non-formal Education | Non-formal Education |
| Subdivision | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student | Institution | Student |
| Khori Mahuwa subdivision | 905 | 133,026 | 508 | 49,979 | 73 | 24,318 | 8 | 13,067 | 1 | 1,568 | - | - | - | - |
| Dumri | 342 | 43,033 | 209 | 18,561 | 27 | 8,901 | 4 | 6,673 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bagodar Saria | 333 | 54,217 | 225 | 23,670 | 53 | 11,943 | 3 | 2,817 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giridih Sadar | 590 | 80,952 | 314 | 33,912 | 50 | 19,187 | 6 | 11,701 | 2 | 7098 | 5 | 447 | - | - |
| Giridih district | 2,170 | 311,228 | 1,256 | 126,122 | 203 | 64,349 | 21 | 34,258 | 3 | 8,676 | 5 | 447 | - | - |

### Educational institutions

The following institutions are located in Khori Mahuwa subdivision:
* Adarsh College was established at Rajdhanwar in 1973. It is third college in giridih which is pursuing master of arts degree.
* Sanskrit Hindi Vidyapith was established at Jharkhand Dham, Giridih, in 1967. It is an institute specializing in Sanskrit, but also offers other courses. It is affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University. It has hostel facilities.
* Langtababa Mahavidyalaya was established at Mirzaganj, Giridih, in 1983. It is affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University. (It is not clear what courses it offers).