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(Top) 1 History 2 Administrative set up 2.1 Urban frame 2.2 Rural frame 3 Police stations 4 Blocks 5 Economy 5.1 Collieries 5.2 Tenughat Dam 5.3 Thermal Power Plants 5.4 Explosives 6 Education 6.1 Educational institutions 7 Healthcare 7.1 Medical facilities 8 References

Bermo subdivision

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Bermo subdivision
Subdivision
Bermo subdivision Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Bermo subdivision Bermo subdivision (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°47′N 85°57′E / 23.783°N 85.950°E / 23.783; 85.950
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Headquarters	Tenughat
Population
• Total	1,018,690
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Website	bokaro.nic.in

Bermo subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Bokaro district in the North Chotanagpur division in the state of Jharkhand, India.

History

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Bokaro district was created on 1 April 1991 by taking out Chas and Chandankiyari CD blocks of Dhanbad district and the entire Bermo subdivision of Giridih district and merging them.^[1] Earlier, in 1972, Giridih district, including Bermo subdivision, was carved out of Hazaribagh district.^[2]

Administrative set up

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Bokaro district has two subdivisions:^[3]^[4]

Subdivision	Headquarters	Area km²	Population (2011)	Rural Population % (2011)	Urban Population % (2011)
Bermo	Tenughat	n/a	1,018,690	59.98	40.02
Chas	Chas	n/a	1,043,640	44.81	55.19
Bokaro district	Bokaro Steel City	2,883	2,062,330	52.30	47.70

8km
5miles

Bokaro
River

Konar
River

Damodar River

Tenughat
Dam

Petarwar

Nawadih

Kasmar

Mahuatand

Pindrajora

Siyaljori

Chandankiyari

Bokaro Steel Plant

Bokaro B TPS

Tenughat TPS

CCL Kathara Area

CCL Dhori Area

CCL B&K Area

Phusro

Chas

Tenu

Bhandra

Tanr Balidih

Jena

CTV

Bandh Dih

Tenudam-cum-Kathara

Saram

Lalpania

Hasir

Gomia

Bandhgora

Bokaro Steel City

Dugda

Sijhua

Bursera

Termi

Chandrapura

Narra

Telo

Jaridih Bazar

Bermo

Kurpania

Bokaro (Thermal)

Bhojudih

Amlabad

Cities, towns and locations in Bokaro district in North Chotanagpur Division
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Factory, A: Coal Mining Area
Abbreviation used: TPS – Thermal Power Station
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Urban frame

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Phusro is the only statutory town in Bermo subdivision. It has 21 census towns: Bhandra, Telo, Narra, Chandrapura, Bursera, Dugda, Sijhua, Termi, Bermo, Kurpania, Bokaro (Thermal), Gomia, Saram, Hasir, Jaridih Bazar, Tenudam-cum-Kathara, Tenu, Lalpania, Jena, Bandh Dih and Tanr Balidih.^[5]

The percentage of the population living in the urban areas is very high in Bermo CD block at 97.78%, and it is reasonably high in Chandrapura CD block at 63.09% and in Gomia CD block at 43.38%.^[3]

Rural frame

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There are 363 inhabited villages in Bermo subdivision.^[6]

Police stations

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Police stations in Bermo subdivision were at:^[7]

Blocks

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Community development blocks in Bermo subdivision are^[8]

CD block	Headquarters	Area km²	Population (2011)	SC %	ST %	Literacy Rate %	Census Towns
Nawadih	Nawadih	318.03	138,454	13.34	12.53	52.51	Bhandra
Chandrapura	Chandrapura	121.08	132,162	11.29	8.52	65.08	Telo, Narra, Chandrapura, Termi, Bursera, Sijua, Dugda
Bermo	Bermo	57.74	100,599	14.61	6.50	69.13	Bokaro (Thermal), Kurpania, Bermo, Jaridih Bazar
Gomia	Gomia	670.49	23,118	12.45	20.24	55.46	Gomia, Hasir, Lalpania, Saram, Tenudam-cum-Kathara
Petarwar	Petarwar	305.64	132150	14.85	29.09	52.93	Tenughat
Kasmar	Kasmar	195.26	89,974	10.91	15.05	55.98	-
Jaridih	Bandhdih	207.52	104,988	10.72	30.67	58.80	Bandh Dih, Jena, Tanr Balidih

Economy

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Collieries

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Projects of the Central Coalfields in Bermo subdivision are given below:^[9]

Operational Area	Collieries
Bokaro and Kargali Area	Bokaro open cast, Kargali open cast, Kargali underground, Karo opencast, Karo underground, Khas Mahal opencast, Khas Mahal underground, Karo Special underground, Giridih opencast, Kabribad opencast, Kargali washery. The area office is at Kargali, PO Bermo 829104
Dhori Area	Amlo opencast, Dhori open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. I open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. III open cast, New Selected Dhori underground, Dhori Khas underground. The area office is at Dhori, PO Dhori 825102.
Kathara Area	Kathara open cast, Jarangdih opencast, Jarangdih underground, Sawang opencast/ underground, Govindpur underground, Kathara Washery, Swang Washery. The area office is at Kathara, PO Kathara 829116.

.*Located outside the subdivision

Damoda colliery in the Barora AreaofBCCL is in Bermo subdivision.^[10]

Dugda Coal Washery of BCCLatDugda 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.^[11]

Tenughat Dam

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The four main multipurpose dams of the Damodar Valley Corporation, located at Tilaiya, Konar, Maithon and Panchet were commissioned during 1953–1959. In addition, a single purpose reservoir on the main stream, the Damodar, at Tenughat (with live storage 224 million m³ and without provision for flood storage) was constructed later in 1974.^[12] While the four earlier dams are controlled by Damodar Valley Corporation, Tenughat Dam is controlled by the Government of Jharkhand.^[13]

Thermal Power Plants

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Bokaro (Thermal) has two power plants:

BTPS 'A' was started in 1952 and closed down on 17 July 2000 for violating pollution norms. A new efficient 500MW has been set up in May 2016.
BTPS 'B' has an installed capacity of 630 MW. The first unit was commissioned in March 1986. The station is located on the banks of the Konar River near Bokaro ‘A’ Thermal Power Station.^[14]

Chandrapura Thermal Power Station is a thermal power plant located in Chandrapura, operated by the Damodar Valley Corporation. It has 3 units with a total installed capacity of 630 MW. All of the units are coal-based.^[15]

Tenughat Thermal Power Station is a coal-based thermal power plant located at Lalpania, owned by Jharkhand State owned Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited,^[16] with an installed capacity of 420 MW (2x210 MW).^[17]

Explosives

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Indian Explosives Ltd. set up a plant at Gomia in 1954.^[18]

Education

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In 2011, in Bermo subdivision out of a total 363 inhabited villages there were 63 villages with pre-primary schools, 340 villages with primary schools, 193 villages with middle schools, 51 villages with secondary schools, 23 villages with senior secondary schools, 6 locations with general degree colleges, 2 locations with non-formal training centres, 3 locations with vocational training institutes, 1 polytechnic, 20 villages with no educational facility.^[19]
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Educational institutions

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The following institutions are located in Bermo subdivision:

Krishna Ballav Mahavidyalaya, established in 1964, at Bermo.^[20]
Jhabbu Singh Memorial College, established in 1980, at Phusro.^[21]

(Information about degree colleges with proper reference may be added here)

Healthcare

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In 2011, in Bermo subdivision there were 16 villages with primary health centres, 69 villages with primary health subcentres, 17 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 11 villages with allopathic hospitals, 20 villages with dispensaries, 5 villages with veterinary hospitals, 11 villages with family welfare centres, 38 villages with medicine shops.^[19]
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

Medical facilities

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(Anybody having referenced information about location of government/ private medical facilities may please add it here)

References

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^ "About district – brief history of the district". Bokaro district. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

^ "History". Giridih district. Retrieved 1 June 2016.

^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Table 1 Decadal change in population of tahsils by residence, 2001-2011. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand, 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

^ "Bokaro District". District Profile. Government of Jharkhand. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

^ "District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Table 7 Sex ration of towns, 2011. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand, 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

^ "District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII A" (PDF). Table 2 Number and percentage of inhabited villages in specified population ranges with the related population, 2011 Rural. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand, 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

^ "District Police Profile - Bokaro". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

^ "District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). District Primary Census Abstract, pages 24-25. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas – Bokaro & Kargali, Dhori, Katharara. CCL. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

^ "Barora Area". Bharat Coking Coal Limited. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

^ "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Washery. BCCL. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

^ Debasri Roy; Sandip Mukherjee; Balaram Bose. "Regulation of a multipurpose reservoir system: Damodar Valley, India" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-06-08.

^ "Integrated Flood Management Case Study1 India: Flood Management – Damodar River Basin" (PDF). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 2010-06-08.

^ "Bokaro Thermal Power Station B". Damodar Valley Corporation. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.

^ "Damodar Valley Corporation". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-03-19.

^ "Organization". tvnlonline.com. Retrieved 2014-08-21.

^ "Jharkhand Industry". jharkhandindustry.gov.in. Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2014-08-21.

^ "Akzo Nobel India Ltd. – Company History". Business Standard. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

^ ^a ^b "District Census Handbook, Bokaro" (PDF). Page 341, Appendix I: Directory. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

^ "Krishna Ballav College, Bermo". KBM. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

^ "Board Univ Result". JSMC. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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Cities, municipal and census towns	Amlabad Bandh Dih Bandhgora Bermo Bhandra Bhojudih Bokaro (Thermal) Bokaro Steel City Bursera Chandrapura Chas Dugda Gomia Hasir Jaridih Bazar Jena Kurpania Lalpania Narra Phusro Saram Sijhua Tanr Balidih Telo Tenu Tenudam-cum-Kathara Termi	Divisions of Jharkhand
Locations other than cities and towns	Achhaiya Chalkari Basti Chandankiyari Dungditand Kasmar Mahuatand Manpur Nawadih Petarwar Pindrajora Pupunki Siyaljori
Neighbourhoods	Chira Chas City Centre, Bokaro
Related topics	North Chotanagpur Division topics Cities, towns, locations and neighbourhoods in Dhanbad district Cities, towns and locations in Chatra district Cities, towns and locations in Giridih district Cities, towns and locations in Koderma district Cities, towns and locations in Hazaribagh district Cities, towns and locations in Ramgarh district

North Chotanagpur division topics

General

Districts

Sub-divisions

Bokaro	Bermo Chas
Chatra	Chatra Simaria
Giridih	Bagodar-Saria Dumri Giridih Sadar Khori Mahuwa
Koderma	Koderma
Hazaribagh	Hazaribagh Sadar Barhi
Ramgarh	Ramgarh

Community development
blocks

Bokaro	Bermo Chandankiyari Chandrapura Chas Gomia Jaridih Kasmar Nawadih Petarwar
Chatra	Chatra Gidhour Itkhori Kanhachatti Kunda Lawalong Mayurhand Pathalgada Pratappur Shaligram Ramnarayanpur (Hunterganj) Simaria Tandwa
Dhanbad	Baghmara Baliapur Dhanbad Govindpur Jharia Nirsa Purbi Tundi Topchanchi Tundi
Giridih	Bagodar Bengabad Birni Deori Dhanwar Dumri Gandey Gawan Giridih Jamua Pirtand Sariya Tisri
Hazaribagh	Barhi Barkagaon Barkatha Bishnugarh Chalkusha Chauparan Churchu Dadi Daru Ichak Katkamdag Katkamsandi Keredari Padma Sadar, Hazaribagh Tati Jhariya
Koderma	Chandwara Domchanch Jainagar Koderma Markacho Satgawan
Ramgarh	Chitarpur Dulmi Gola Mandu Patratu Ramgarh

Rivers, waterfalls, dams

Languages, people

Transport

Railway stations

Coalfields and
coal companies

Central Coalfields

Institutes of higher learning

Lok Sabha constituencies

Vidhan Sabha
constituencies

Chatra	Chatra Simaria
Dhanbad	Bokaro Sindri Nirsa Dhanbad Jharia Chandankiyari
Giridih	Giridih Dumri Gomia Bermo Tundi Baghmara
Hazaribagh	Barhi Barkagaon Ramgarh Mandu Hazaribagh
Kodarma	Kodarma Barkatha Dhanwar Bagodar Jamua Gandey