Country India District Bokaro Telephone/STD code 06544 Area 630.6 km² Area code 06544 | State Jharkhand Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 273 m Population 231,185 (2011) | |
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PIN 829111 (Gomia), 829128 (Swang Colliery), 829116 (Kathara), 829112 (E.Gomia), 829134 (Sarubera) | ||
Gomia (also spelled Gumia) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bermo subdivision of Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 43 km from Bokaro Steel City, the district headquarters,
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Geography
Gomia is located at 23°48′27″N 85°49′56″E. The Gomia block is a beautiful hilly terrain. It is mostly known by the ICI factory (previously IEL)
Gomia CD Block has an area of 630.6 km2 and has 36 panchayats and 135 villages.
Demographics
As per 2011 Census of India Gumia CD Block had a total population of 231,185, of which 130,898 were rural and 100,287 were urban. There were 118,918 males and 112,267 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 28,774 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 46,327. Population below 6 years is 35,144.
Gomia CD Block has several census towns (2011 population figure in brackets): Gomia (48,145), Hasur (11,195), Lalpania (3,659), Saram (15,212) and Tenu dam-cum-Kathhara (22,080).
Hindi is the local language in the Gomia area. Santali is also spoken.
Literacy
As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Gumia CD Block was 128,208 (65.40% of the population above 6 years) out of which 77,211 were males and 50,995 were females.
As per 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%.
Explosives
Indian Explosives Ltd. set up a plant at Gomia in 1954.
Coal mining
Kathara area of Central Coalfields Limited operates the following collieries of East Bokaro Coalfield: Kathara OC, Jarangdih OC, Jarangdih UG, Swang OC, Swang UG and Govindpur UG.
CCL operates coking coal washeries at Kathara and Swang.
Power
Tenughat Thermal Power Station is located at Lalpania and is owned by the state-owned Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd. It operates a 2x210 MW power plant.
Transportation
The Gomoh-Barkakhana line serves Gomia Block.
Education
Pitts Modern School