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Mahuatand is a village in the Gomia CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Mahuatand 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
Mahuatand police station is located at Mahuatand.[3]
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Mahuatand had a total population of 3,554 of which 1,867 (52%) were males and 1,690 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 542. The total number of literate persons in Mahuatand was 1,792 (84.75% of the population over 6 years).[4]
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 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA). Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India.