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Spatial Decision Support System using GIS based infrastructure: Planning in health & education for Ranchi district
Objectives
- To provide the planners an accurate spatial view of the district at different levels such as district, block, village level as well as road and rail network, drainage network e.t.c.
- To provide the planners detailed demographic data and education & health related data on desktop in a GIS environment.
- To assists the planners in finding out the possible locations for the schools and health centers depending on several parameters such as for health; population density ,number of health centers required and its optimum location ,number of disease infected persons etc. and similarly for education; percentage literates, number of primary schools and middle schools required and its optimum location, number of teachers posted, vacancy and required as per norms etc. in a village.
Study Area
Ranchi district is situated in Chotanagpur plateau. Chotanagpur is a vast undulating plateau studded with hills, which were once covered with dense forests, but with influx of population, rapid industrialisation and extensive mining the forest cover has decreased. Ranchi district of Jharkhand has been selected as a case study. The reasons behind selecting Ranchi as study area are as follows:
- After the declaration of Ranchi as the capital of newly created Jharkhand state, economic activities have increased manifold hence developmental activities have also increased but side by, it is facing challenges for providing better quality basic infrastructure facility such as health and education.
- The district is the largest in the state and rich in minerals therefore after successful functioning of SDSS created for such a big district, will open the way for creating GIS based SDSS for remaining districts of Jharkhand state to take Jharkhand a step forward in the path of development through e-governance.
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2001 |
1991 |
| Total population |
2783577 |
2214048 |
| Total male |
1436423 |
1152736 |
| Total female |
1347159 |
1061312 |
Population density
(per Sq. Km) |
362 |
288 |
| % Literacy |
66 |
52 |
| % Male Literacy |
78 |
65 |
| % Female Literacy |
53 |
37 |
| Total SC |
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123239 |
| Total ST |
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964422 |
| % ST |
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43.56 |
Fig 2: Block Map of Ranchi District
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