Adityapur block (also referred to as Adityapur Gamharia) is a CD block that forms an administrative division in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of Seraikela Kharsawan district, in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

The British conquered Kolhan in 1837 and consequently formed a new district Singhbhum with headquarters at Chaibasa.

The Rajas of Porhat/ Singhbhum, Seraikela and Kharswan held sway over their kingdoms under British protection.

Subsequently, Singhbhum district was divided into three subdivisions – Sadar, Dhalbhum and Seraikela.

[1][2][3] According to a PIB release in 2018, Seraikela Kharswan was not included in the list of the thirty districts most affected by Left wing extremism in the country.

[5] Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has claimed, in September 2021, that as a result of the effective action against left wing extremism, the “presence of hardcore Maoists has been limited to mainly four regions, namely Parasnath Pahar, Budha Pahar, Tri-junction of Seraikela-Khunti-Chaibasa district in Kolhan division and some of the areas along the Bihar border”.

[6] Chota Gamharia, a census town in Adityapur CD block, is located at 22°49′12″N 86°05′55″E / 22.8201°N 86.0987°E / 22.8201; 86.0987.

[14] According to the 2011 Census of India, Adityapur CD block had a total population of 134,717, of which 119,055 were rural and 15,662 were urban.

[12] Census towns in Adityapur CD block are (2011 population figure in brackets): Kandra (8,157) and Chota Gamahria (7,505).

Languages in Adityapur CD block (2011)[17] According to the Population by Mother Tongue 2011 data, in the Adityapur subdistrict (including Adityapur statutory town), Bengali was the mother-tongue of 125,851 persons forming 40.72% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Hindi (90,052 / 29.14%), Santali (36,677/ 11.87%), Odiya (22,391/ 7.24), Ho (15,558/ 5.03), Maithili(10,655/ 3.45%),Urdu (1,603/0.52%) Mundari (1,236 / 0.40%), Punjabi, (1,187/ 0.38%), Kurukh (531/ 0.17%) and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (3,331/ 1.08%).

Comparatively smaller language groups with 200+ persons as their mother-tongue are mentioned in the text.

[19] In Seraikela Kharsawan district, Scheduled Tribes numbered 255,626 and formed 24.00% of the total population.

The fund, created by the Government of India, is ”designed to redress regional imbalances in development”.

There are stations at Adityapur, Gamharia, Birbans, Sini, Mahali Marup and Rajkharsawan.

[33] XITE (Xavier Institute of Tribal Education) College was established at Gamharia by the Jamshedpur Jesuit Society in 2003.