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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Chaibasa
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = or-hi
| other_name =
| nickname =
| settlement_type = [[Town]]
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| pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India3
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India
| coordinates = {{coord|22.57|N|85.82|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Pashchimi Singhbhum district|Pashchimi Singhbhum]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| elevation_m = 222
| population_total = 69,565
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = auto
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Ho language|Ho]]
| demographics1_title2 = Other important
| demographics1_info2 = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = [http://www.citypincode.in/JHARKHAND/WEST_SINGHBHUM/Chaibasa__PINCODE 833201]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypincode.in/JHARKHAND/WEST_SINGHBHUM/Chaibasa__PINCODE |title=Pin Code of Chaibasa |publisher=citypincode.in |access-date=2014-05-12}}</ref>
| registration_plate =JH-06
| website = http://www.chaibasa.nic.in/
| footnotes =
}}
'''Chaibasa''' is a town and a [[municipality]] in [[West Singhbhum]] district in the state of [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]. Chaibasa is the district headquarters of [[West Singhbhum]] district. It is also the headquarter of Singhbhum [[Kolhan division]] headed by the [[Divisional commissioner]]. It is famous as a mining hub as well as for being the hometown of [[Birsa Munda]], Jharkhand's most well known freedom fighter.

== Geography ==
Chaibasa is located at {{Coord|22.57|N|85.82|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Chaibasa.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chaibasa]</ref> It has an average elevation of 222 metres. It is located 140 km south of state capital [[Ranchi]], 25 km from [[Chakradharpur]], and 65 km from [[Jamshedpur]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box
| location = Chaibasa (1981–1999, extremes 1901–1996)
| metric first = yes
| single line = yes
| width = auto
| Jan record high C = 33.3
| Feb record high C = 37.3
| Mar record high C = 42.2
| Apr record high C = 45.0
| May record high C = 46.7
| Jun record high C = 46.1
| Jul record high C = 41.1
| Aug record high C = 39.6
| Sep record high C = 36.7
| Oct record high C = 36.6
| Nov record high C = 34.4
| Dec record high C = 31.1
|year record high C = 46.7
| Jan high C = 25.4
| Feb high C = 28.7
| Mar high C = 33.6
| Apr high C = 38.3
| May high C = 38.0
| Jun high C = 34.3
| Jul high C = 31.3
| Aug high C = 31.0
| Sep high C = 30.9
| Oct high C = 30.4
| Nov high C = 27.8
| Dec high C = 25.6
|year high C = 31.3
| Jan low C = 11.8
| Feb low C = 14.8
| Mar low C = 19.2
| Apr low C = 23.5
| May low C = 25.4
| Jun low C = 25.6
| Jul low C = 25.0
| Aug low C = 25.0
| Sep low C = 24.3
| Oct low C = 21.0
| Nov low C = 15.8
| Dec low C = 11.9
|year low C = 20.3
| Jan record low C = 4.4
| Feb record low C = 6.2
| Mar record low C = 11.6
| Apr record low C = 14.9
| May record low C = 18.3
| Jun record low C = 17.6
| Jul record low C = 21.1
| Aug record low C = 21.0
| Sep record low C = 20.0
| Oct record low C = 13.9
| Nov record low C = 6.9
| Dec record low C = 5.0
|year record low C = 4.4
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 11.2
| Feb rain mm = 20.1
| Mar rain mm = 23.7
| Apr rain mm = 36.2
| May rain mm = 75.6
| Jun rain mm = 213.5
| Jul rain mm = 239.7
| Aug rain mm = 294.2
| Sep rain mm = 213.9
| Oct rain mm = 98.4
| Nov rain mm = 14.2
| Dec rain mm = 7.7
|year rain mm = 1248.5
| Jan rain days = 1.0
| Feb rain days = 1.4
| Mar rain days = 1.7
| Apr rain days = 2.1
| May rain days = 4.8
| Jun rain days = 9.3
| Jul rain days = 11.8
| Aug rain days = 14.6
| Sep rain days = 11.0
| Oct rain days = 4.3
| Nov rain days = 0.7
| Dec rain days = 0.7
|year rain days = 63.3
|time day = 17:30 [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| Jan humidity = 51
| Feb humidity = 41
| Mar humidity = 35
| Apr humidity = 30
| May humidity = 40
| Jun humidity = 64
| Jul humidity = 76
| Aug humidity = 79
| Sep humidity = 75
| Oct humidity = 63
| Nov humidity = 55
| Dec humidity = 50
|year humidity = 54
|source 1 = [[India Meteorological Department]]<ref name=IMDnormals>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205040301/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/1981-2010%20CLIM%20NORMALS%20%28STATWISE%29.pdf
| title = Station: Chaibasa Climatological Table 1981–2010
| work = Climatological Normals 1981–2010
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = January 2015
| pages = 173–174
| access-date = 18 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=IMDextremes>
{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200205042509/http://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| archive-date = 5 February 2020
| url = https://imdpune.gov.in/library/public/EXTREMES%20OF%20TEMPERATURE%20and%20RAINFALL%20upto%202012.pdf
| title = Extremes of Temperature & Rainfall for Indian Stations (Up to 2012)
| publisher = India Meteorological Department
| date = December 2016
| page = M80
| access-date = 18 August 2020}}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2011}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2011: Data from the 2011 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Chaibasa had a population of 69,565. The total number of householders was 10596. The male population stood at 36273 and the female population at 33292 (with the sex ratio at 100%:91,8%). Chaibasa has an average literacy rate of 86.93%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy rate of 91.60% and female literacy rate of 81.83%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Chaibasa{{Citation needed|date=May 2013}}
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|left1=Religion
|right1=Percent
|float=right
|bars=
{{bar percent|[[Hinduism and Sarnaism|Hindu and Sarna]]|orange|89}}
{{bar percent|[[Muslims]]|green|9}}
{{bar percent|[[Christians]]|blue|1}}
{{bar percent|Others†|black|1}}
|caption=Distribution of religions<br />
†<small>Includes [[Sikh]]s (4.2%), [[Buddhism|Buddhists]] (<0.2%).</small>
}}

== Education ==
There are a number of schools up to 10th and 12th standards in Chaibasa, including the Mangillal Rungta middle and high school, the [[Francis Xavier|St. Xavier]]'s schools (some of which are in Lupungutu), the SPG school and many others (a [[Lutheran]] school, the Navodaya Vidyalaya, the Padmawati Jain Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, the St. Mary's Public School in Gandhi Tola, the [[Swami Vivekananda|St. Viveka]] English Medium School, the Scott Hindi Girls school, the S. S. A. Niche Tola School, the Surajmull Jain DAV Public School or the Zila School). There is also the Kolhan Inter College and the DPS Inter College.

For higher education up to postgraduate degrees, Chaibasa has adequate colleges. The oldest and biggest one is [[Tata College, Chaibasa]]. Other two prominent colleges are GC Jain Commerce College and Mahila College. In 2009, [[Kolhan University]] was constituted with its head office at Chaibasa. In addition to the [[Chaibasa Engineering College]], Chaibasa also boasts of a branch of the [[Industrial Training Institute]] (ITI) and the RAJ ITI.

==Society (NGOs)==

Both the [[Indian Red Cross Society]] and [[Rotary International]] have their centers in the municipality. Sanmat ([http://www.ssnmtrust.org website]) is operating skill training center at Chaibasa under [https://www.india.gov.in/information-about-national-urban-livelihoods-mission National Urban Livelihood Mission] of [https://web.archive.org/web/20190201120254/http://udhd.jharkhand.gov.in/NULM.aspx Dept. of Urban Development, Govt. of Jharkhand.]

== Economy ==

Chaibasa is a district headquarters and constitutes all the Governmental offices of the district. Government Institutions are the chief employers of chaibasa. The cement manufacturer ACC Cement Works is situated in Jhinkpani, 18 km from Chaibasa, but relies on Chaibasa itself for daily needs. Substantial mining is done in the area by companies such as S.R. Rungta Group, Thakur Prasad Sao & Sons, Saha Brothers and Anil Khirwal. Many other small-scale steel manufacturing companies are situated in Chaibasa. [[Lfyd]] one of the biggest hyperlocal discovery startups of India founded by Satyajeet Patnayak & Dharam Chand Patnaik and currently backed by [[NASSCOM]] is registered from Chaibasa.<ref>{{Cite web|title=LFYD SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED - Company, directors and contact details {{!}} Zauba Corp|url=https://www.zaubacorp.com/company/LFYD-SERVICES-PRIVATE-LIMITED/U74999JH2020PTC015432|access-date=2021-04-03|website=www.zaubacorp.com}}</ref>

Chaibasa's proximity to [[Jamshedpur]] and [[Kolkata]] contributes to its small scale industrial scape. The most popular economic engines are mining, textiles and service sector.

Chaibasa not being directly on Howrah-Mumbai main line has hurt its economy quite a lot and all the railway jobs and related industries moved to [[Chakradharpur]] which is a smaller town near to it that lies on the main line.

== Transportation ==

The best-connected place is [[Jamshedpur]] which is 60  km away from Chaibasa. The second best place is [[Chakradharpur]], 25 km from [[Chaibasa railway station|Chaibasa]] on [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line|Howrah - Mumbai main line]]. There are two trains running from [[Jamshedpur]] which passes via Chaibasa.

One more train is running from Howrah i.e. [[Howrah Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express]] passes via Chaibasa. In 2012 another train from [[Chakradharpur–Barbil Intercity Express]] had started passing through Chaibasa.

In 2014 another weekly train started from [[Visakhapatnam - Tatanagar Weekly Superfast Express]] which also passes through Chaibasa. Capital of [[Jharkhand]], [[Ranchi]] is 145 km away from Chaibasa.

Chaibasa is a station on the southbound line to Orissa from [[Rajkharsawan Junction railway station|Rajkharsawan Junction]] on the [[Tatanagar–Bilaspur section]] of [[Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line]].

The city does not have a public airport, but there are some helipads.

Chaibasa is on the [[State Highway 5 (Jharkhand)|State Highway 5]].<ref>Google maps</ref>

== Hungry generation ==
The exponents of famous literary and cultural movement Bhookhi Peedhi or [[Hungry generation]], [[Samir Roychoudhury]] resided in this town for several decades after the 1950s.

== Filmography ==
Chaibasa has featured in the [[Zee TV]] show [[Service Wali Bahu]].<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4806056/</ref> Ho language film shooting also took place in chaibasa.<ref>https://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/west-singhbhum-cultural-program-20048448.html</ref>
Actor Priyam Chirania also live in chaibasa

==See also==
*[[Chaibasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kolhan Division}}
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[[Category:Cities and towns in West Singhbhum district]]

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