Santaldih

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  ?Santaldih
West Bengal • India
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Location of Santaldih
Coordinates: 23°36′N 86°17′E / 23.6, 86.28
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s) Purulia
Population 4,678 (2001)
Website: purulia.gov.in/egov/egov_initiative.html

Coordinates: 23°36′N 86°17′E / 23.6, 86.28 Santaldih (Bengali: সাঁওতালডিহ) or S.T. Power Project Town (Santaldih Thermal Power Project Town) is a census town in Purulia district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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[edit] Geography

The area forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills.[1]It is located south of Damodar River. To the north of the river is Sindri in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census[2], S.T. Power Project Town had a population of 4678. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. S.T. Power Project Town has an average literacy rate of 88%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 93%, and female literacy is 82%. In S.T. Power Project Town, 7% of the population is under 6 years of age.

[edit] Economy

West Bengal Power Development Corporation operates the 4 X 120 MW Thermal Power Station. [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Houlton, Sir John, Bihar, the Heart of India, 1949, p. 170, Orient Longmans Ltd.
  2. ^ Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns. (Provisional). Census Commission of India. Retrieved on 2007-09-03.
  3. ^ WBPDCL website

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