Community Sports

Located in Siwan district of Bihar, Miya ke Bhatkan Panchayat is situated in Jiradei Block in the south-west direction. Its distance is 7 kilometers from the block headquarters and 20 kilometers from district headquarters. The total population of this Panchayat is around 12000. Out of this, there are 6500 males and 5500 females. There are 8 villages in this Panchayat.

Historically, Miya ke Bhatkan is popularly known as ‘Muslmano ki Basti’, a village of Muslim community. During the Mughal period, Muslims had a stronghold in this Panchayat. There was court in this Panchayat, and the Muslims were the zamindars of this place. Along with Muslims, the Zamindars also settled Yadav, Brahmin, Rajput, Lala, Pasi, Teli, Kumhar, Baniya, Gond, Ram etc as per their requirement. Therefore, there is a mixed population of both Hindus and Muslims, co-existing with both a temple and a mosque in this Panchayat. In festivals like Holi, Diwali, Eid, Bakrid, Chhath, Dussehra, Saraswati Puja, people of all castes and religions come together and celebrate with great zeal and enthusiasm. Cutting through the center of the Panchayat, a concrete road can be found in Miya ke Bhatkan where one can find essential goods. Many people commute regularly through this road on small vehicles like jeep, tempo etc.. Jiradei railway station is 8 km away from here.

There are 8 villages in this Panchayat- Narayanpur, Sikian, Chiasi, Sanjalpur, Banthu Salona, Gonthi and Tiwari’s Berheya. These include people from castes like Rajput, Brahmin, Yadav, Bhar, Kumhar, Baitha, Kurmi, Gond, Lala, Bhagat, Harijan, Dusadh, Teli, Nai, Muslim Dome, Nonia, Paswan, Bhat, Netua.. Majority of the people in Banthu Salona village are Yadavs whereas Kurmis in Banthu and Muslims in Miya ke Bhatkan and Potters in Narayanpur. The same number of Harijans are more in Sanjalpur. Most of the people of this Panchayat have migrated to other states and abroad in search of job opportunities. People mostly cultivate paddy, wheat, maize, mustard, pigeon pea etc. Very few people are associated with government jobs here.

There are 13 Anganwadi centers in this Panchayat. There are 10 schools out of which 3 are private, 4 are primary, 2 are middle and 1 is a high school. There are 3 non-government hospitals, 2 post offices, 2 panchayat buildings, 14 Nal-Jal Yojana (water tank) and 1 North Bihar Grameen Bank in this Panchayat. All the meetings of the Panchayat are held in the Panchayat Bhawan.

Sports for Development

This vertical of Umang uses sports as a tool to bring social change. This approach allows young ones to reach both personal and community goals.

The core elements of the programme revolve around the importance of attending school regularly, good health and hygiene practices, gender, equality and understanding socio-emotional aspects of ones selfthrough play. The nature of the games encourage Girls and Boys of from different socio-economic backgrounds to play together. Several games and activities are organised in the community by our Community Youth Leaders/Volunteers with small groups of 10-12 children. Many school teachers in Parivartan’s vicinity have been inspired by this method of learning and are organizing similar types of games and activities in their schools.

Sports for Excellence

Umang’s excellence vertical focuses on football, kabaddi, volleyball and cycling by nurturing girls and boys teams at Parivartan and promoting events at the district and state level frequently. These teams also receive invitations from other clubs to participate in several competitive events held regularly both at the district and state levels. Tournaments are organized round the year and attract huge audiences from the community. Besides organising multi-level activities, Umang also initiate a dialogue within the community about the power of sports.

Kabaddi

Elegant mixing of the traditional and the modern

Cycling

Ultimate test of patience and endurance

Athletics

All-round performance is essential for growth

Football

Teamwork and coordination in action

Volleyball

Ultimate test of patience and endurance

Leadership in Action

The objective of this programme is to build essentials of leadership in children and youth so that they realise their full potentials and confidently take decisions that impact themselves and the community. There is a focus on working with adolescents on various aspects of self, others and their communities. Many adolescents have been motivated and have formed small study and discussion groups. They have also taken up initiatives in solving challenges faced by their community.

Moving beyond competition, we utilise sports as a medium to engage the community’s youth and children over different personal and social aspects.

Umang Schedule

We have a very healthy calendar of events across the different sports, along with workshops and community training programmes. Know more about the programmes with our schedule!

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