Gobindpur block (also called Gobindpur Rajnagar) 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 Kharsawan 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”.

There are hills alternating with valleys, steep mountains, deep forests on the mountain slopes, and, in the river basins, some stretches of comparatively level or undulating country.”[7] It has an elevation range of 178–209 metres (584–686 ft).

[16] According to the 2011 Census of India, Gobindpur CD block had a total population of 136,600, all of which were rural.

Languages in Gobindpur CD block (2011)[19] According to the Population by Mother Tongue 2011 data, in the Gobindpur subdistrict, Santali was the mother-tongue of 46,253 persons forming 33.86% of the population, followed by (number of persons and percentage of population in brackets) Bengali (37,489/ 27.44%), Odiya (23,904/ 17.50), Ho (22,412/ 16.41), Mundari (3,506/ 2.57%), Kurukh (1,012/ 0.74), Hindi (791 / 0.54%), Urdu (585/ 0.43%), Bhumij, (582/ 0.43%), and persons with other languages as mother-tongue (66/ 0.05%).

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

[21] 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”.