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eGovWatch: Jharkhand’s Hirachuni village goes digital with Facebook, Whatsapp accounts 

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The village will also have its own Facebook account in the name of Digital Hirachuni as well as a Whatsapp group and blog with a similar name

In an attempt to promot digital literacy among villagers under the Digital India campaign, Hirachuni, a small village, about 23 kms from Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand has been identified for the purpose. According to the 2011 census, the literacy rate among the male members is high. The village has a population 300 persons in 60 houses and majority of them have access to internet.

Initially, we have identified a small village Hirachuni, near National Highway 33, under Jamshedpur block as majority of the population were literate and have the facility to access internet, District Public Relation Officer of East Singhbhum Sanjay Kumar said. Kumar visited the village on Sunday and held meeting with the villagers including present and former gram pradhan, ward members, representative of Pragya Kendra and youths in this regard.

He agreed to give a digital identity to each household to promote the Digital India campaign. Details of 47 houses out of the total 60 houses in the village have been gathered to generate a email ID, Whatsapp group of same series such as [email protected], he said, adding XYZ represents the name of the concerned person of the house.

The village will also have its own Facebook account in the name of Digital Hirachuni as well as a Whatsapp group and blog with a similar name, Kumar said. Majority of the youths of the village possessed smart phones and have the facility to access internet. Hence, it would not be difficult to promote the campaign to start with, he said. The internet connectivity of the village was also good as it has four mobile towers of service providers such as BSNL, Airtel, Idea and Reliance 4G, kumar added.

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