Chakradharpur

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Chakradharpur
Chakradharpur
State - District(s)	Jharkhand - Pashchimi Singhbhum
Coordinates	22.7° N 85.63° E
Area - Elevation	- 227 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	38,352 -

Chakradharpur is a city and a municipality in Pashchimi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is located on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The town serves the mineral rich areas of Jharkhand and Orissa, as well as the cement, steel and limestone industries in the region.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Education
4 Transport
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Geography

Chakradharpur is located at 22.7° N 85.63° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 227 metres (744 feet).

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Chakradharpur had a population of 38,352. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Chakradharpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 78% and female literacy of 66%. 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Education

The town is rich for its educational properties. The primary education purpose is served by many of the private & Government schools. The most popular schools are:

Carmel High School
S.E.Railway English Medium School
Kendriya Vidyalaya (Central School)
Railway High School
Bangla Medium (Girls) School
Urdu School
Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir

The intermediate study needs are primarily fulfilled by:

Jawahar Lal Nehru College
Rudra Pratap Sarangi College
Railway High School

For Graduation and Master Degree courses, students prefer to get admission in Jawahar Lal Nehru College which is one of the reputed college within the University. This college is operated by Ranchi University and offers a varity of courses including Voccational Courses.

This college was established in 1969 within the Raaj Bari (King's Castle) and since then offers Graduation in the three main streams - Arts, Commerce and Science.
In the mid 90's the college administration was able to get affiliation courses from United Grant Commission of India which was agreed to be certified by Ranchi University; for its Voccational Studies. This include - Computer Application, Computer Maintanance and Office Management & Secreterial Practice (OMSP). Further in the early decade of 2000 the college got few more respected courses affiliated from the University for their Computer Science courses.
--Sarkar.kunal 11:41, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Transport

Chakradharpur is the divisional headquarters of the South Eastern Railway.The first rail line on Chakradharpur Division was opened on 22nd January 1890 with laying of 72.25 miles long Purulia-Chakradharpur rail line. The rail network on the main trunk route passing through Chakradharpur Division was completed on 18th February 1891 when Goilkera-Jharsuguda section was opened. With the opening of Goilkera-Jharsuguda section the main line route of Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR) was completed and the official function for the opening ceremony of main line from Asansol to Nagpur, presided by the Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne was held at Chakradharpur station on 3rd March 1891.