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Chandrapura (community development block)

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Country
  
India

District
  
Bokaro

Vehicle registration
  
JH

Population
  
132,162 (2011)

State
  
Jharkhand

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Lok Sabha constituency
  
Giridih

Chandrapura (community development 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.

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Geography

Chandrapura is located at 23°44′44″N 86°7′8″E.

Chandrapura CD Block has 23 panchayats and 31 villages.

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

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.

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).

Literacy

As of 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.

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

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.

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.

References

Chandrapura (community development block) Wikipedia