Chandrapura (community development block)

Chandrapura
Community development block
Chandrapura

Location in Jharkhand, India

Coordinates: 23°44′44″N 86°7′8″E / 23.74556°N 86.11889°E / 23.74556; 86.11889Coordinates: 23°44′44″N 86°7′8″E / 23.74556°N 86.11889°E / 23.74556; 86.11889
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Population (2011)
  Total 132,162
Languages
  Official Hindi, Santali
Literacy (2011)
  Total literates 86,011 (75.41%)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Lok Sabha constituency Giridih
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bermo
Website bokaro.nic.in
CD Block

Chandrapura is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bermo subdivision of Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 25 km from Bokaro Steel City.

Geography

Chandrapura is located at 23°44′44″N 86°7′8″E / 23.74556°N 86.11889°E / 23.74556; 86.11889.[1]

Chandrapura CD Block has 23 panchayats and 31 villages.[2]

The Damodar passes through this block. Chandrapura Thermal Power Station stands on the southern bank of the Damodar.[3]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Chandrapura CD Block had a total population of 132,162, of which 48,776 were rural and 88,386 were urban. There were 83,386 males and 68,881 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 14,917 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 11,260. Population below 6 years was 18,110.[4]

Chandrapura CD Block has several census towns (2011 population figure in brackets): Telo (14,274), Narra (5,390), Chandrapura (27,425), Termi (5,111), Bursera (4,070), Sijhua (4,376) and Dugda (27,740).[4]

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Chandrapura CD Block was 86,011 (75.41% of the population above 6 years) out of which 50,940 were males and 35,071 were females.[4]

As per 2011 census, literacy in Bokaro district was 72.01[5]Literacy in Jharkhand (for population over 7 years) was 66.41% in 2011. [6]Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.[7]

Economy

The 890 MW Chandrapura Thermal Power Station of Damodar Valley Corporation at Chandrapura was placed in commercial operation progressively between October 1964 and July 2011.[8]

Dugda Coal Washery of Bharat Coking Coal Limited at Dugda has two units: Dugda I with annual capacity of 1 million tonnes per year washes non-coking coal, Dugda II with annual capacity of 2 million tonnes per year washes coking coal.[9]

References

  1. "Chandrapura Bokaro". Jharkhand. Wikimapia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. "District Profile". Block wise statictical information. Bokaro district administration. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  3. "Bokaro". Glorius India. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  5. "District Census 2011". Population Census 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  6. "Jharkhand Profile" (PDF). Census Info India 2011 – Final population totals. Census Comissioner, Government of India. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  7. "Literacy in India". Census 2011. Census population 2015 data. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  8. "Damodar Valley Corportion". DVC Power Stations at a Glance. DVC. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  9. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Washery. BCCL. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
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