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Chandnakiyari is a village in the Chandankiyari CD block in the Chas subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Chandankiyari is located at Template:Coord.
Area overview
Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the Chota Nagpur Plateau with the Damodar River cutting a valley right across. It has an average elevation of Template:Convert above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of Template:Convert. The East Bokaro Coalfield located in the Bermo-Phusro area and small intrusions of Jharia Coalfield make Bokaro a coal rich district. In 1965, one of the largest steel manufacturing units in the country, Bokaro Steel Plant, operated by Steel Authority of India Limited, was set-up at Bokaro Steel City. The Damodar Valley Corporation established its first thermal power station at Bokaro (Thermal). The Template:Convert long, Template:Convert high earthfill dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway, Tenughat Dam, across the Damodar River, is operated by the Government of Jharkhand. The average annual rainfall is Template:Convert. The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.[1][2]
Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Civic administration
Police station
Chandankiyari police station is located at Chandankiyari.[3]
CD block HQ
The headquarters of Chandankiyari CD block are located at Chandankiyari.[4]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India Chandankiyari had a total population of 9,836, of which 5,127 (52%) were males and 4,709 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,486. The total number of literate persons in Chandankiyari was 5,767 (84.89% of the population over 6 years).[5]
Transport
The Raghunathpur-Chandankiyari Road meets State Highway 12 (Jharkhand) at Chandankiyari.[6]
References
- ↑ District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ Tenughat Dam. india9. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ Jharkhand Police Official Website. Jharkhand Police.
- ↑ 2011 District Census Handbook Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII B. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand.
- ↑ 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.
- ↑ Google maps