Mango (Jamshedpur)

Mango माँगो
city
Mango Location in Jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 22°49′39″N 86°12′59″E / 22.82750°N 86.21639°E / 22.82750; 86.21639Coordinates: 22°49′39″N 86°12′59″E / 22.82750°N 86.21639°E / 22.82750; 86.21639
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Population (2011)
• Total	316,874
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Santali
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	831012, 831018, 832110

Mango is a suburb of Jamshedpur city. It is situated across the Subarnarekha River and is connected via two bridges laid side by side. It is a huge and growing residential area. Once a suburb, it is now a real estate hotbed.

Mango has the status of a 'city' according to the government though being part of the main city Jamshedpur. It is a notified area and is run by its own notified area committee, namely, Mango Notified Area Committee (MNAC). The electricity services are provided by state run electricity board, JSEB. There is no household water delivery system presently but MNAC has recently entered into an agreement with JUSCO to provide tap water services to the area.

It is primarily a residential area and is now witnessing a real estate boom. Many developers are developing residential colonies in the area.

It has two hospitals, namely, MGM Medical hospital and the newly opened Brahmananda Hospital. The MGM Hospital also has a college associated with it. Two new private engineering colleges have also been set up in the area.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,^[1] Mango had a population of 3,16,874. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Mango has an average literacy rate of 86.62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 91.56%, and female literacy is 81.29%. In Mango, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.^[2]

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