Chas subdivision

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

Chas subdivision
Subdivision
Chas subdivision Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Chas subdivision Chas subdivision (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23.63°N 86.17°E / 23.63; 86.17
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Headquarters	Chas
Population
• Total	1,043,643
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Website	bokaro.nic.in

History

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, Dhanbad district was created in 1956 by carving out the old Dhanbad subdivision and Chas and Chandankiyari police station areas of the Sadar subdivision of Manbhum district, on the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission.^[2]

Administrative set up

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

W

E

S

T

B

E

N

G

A

L

l

Bokaro
River

k

Konar
River

j

Damodar River

D

Tenughat
Dam

R

Petarwar

R

Nawadih

R

Kasmar

R

Mahuatand

R

Pindrajora

R

Siyaljori

R

Chandankiyari

F

Bokaro Steel Plant

F

Bokaro B TPS

F

Tenughat TPS

A

CCL Kathara Area

A

CCL Dhori Area

A

CCL B&K Area

M

Phusro

M

Chas

CT

Tenu

CT

Bhandra

CT

Tanr Balidih

CT

Jena

CT

Bandh Dih

CT

Tenudam-cum-Kathara

CT

Saram

CT

Lalpania

CT

Hasir

CT

Gomia

CT

Bandhgora

CT

Bokaro Steel City

CT

Dugda

CT

Sijhua

CT

Bursera

CT

Termi

CT

Chandrapura

CT

Narra

CT

Telo

CT

Jaridih Bazar

CT

Bermo

CT

Kurpania

CT

Bokaro (Thermal)

CT

Bhojudih

CT

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

Chas is the only statutory town in Chas subdivision. It has 4 census towns: Bokaro Steel City, Bandhgora, Amlabad and Bhojudih.^[5]

Rural frame

There are 248 inhabited villages in Chas subdivision.^[6]

Police stations

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

1. Balidih
2. Chandankiyari
3. Chas (M)
4. Gandhinagar
5. Harla
6. Mahila
7. Maraphari
8. Penk Narayanpur
9. SC/ST
10. Sector IV
11. Sector VI
12. Sector XII
13. Siyaljori

Blocks

Community development blocks in Bermo subdivision are^[8]

CD block	Headquarters	Area km2	Population (2011)	SC %	ST %	Literacy Rate %	Census Towns
Chas	Chas	553.19	671,672	14.44	9.59	66.61	Bokaro Steel City, Bandh Dih
Chandankiyari	Chandankiyari	370.51	230,238	25.28	8.24	53.61	Amlabad, Bhojudih

Economy

Bokaro Steel Plant

Bokaro Steel Plant is one of the largest steel producing units in the country with an annual capacity of 5.8 MT of liquid steel.^[9] It was incorporated as a limited company in 1965.^[10] It was later merged with the state-owned Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).^[11]

Vedanta Limited

Electrosteel Steels Limited, whose initial promoters were the Kolkata-based Kejriwal family of the Electrosteel Group, whose flagship is the ductile iron pipe pioneers, Electrosteel Castings, was setting up a 2.51 million tonnes per annum integrated steel plant at Sialjory.^[12][13] The company had acquired 1,723.44 hectares of land for the plant.^[14] Vedanta Limited acquired control of Electrosteels Steels Limited in 2018.^[15]

Collieries

Amlabad colliery of Eastern Jharia Area of BCCL is a Amlabad.^[16]

Bhojudih Coal Washery of BCCL is at Bhojudih.^[17][18]

Education

In 2011, in Chas subdivision out of a total 248 inhabited villages there were 54 villages with pre-primary schools, 233 villages with primary schools, 133 villages with middle schools, 34 villages with secondary schools, 10 villages with senior secondary schools, 1 location with general degree college, 4 locations with non-formal training centres, 2 locations with vocational training institutes, 12 villages with no educational facility.^[19]
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand

Educational institutions

The following institutions are located in Chas subdivision:

• Chas College, established in 1976, at Chas.^[20]
• Guru Gobind Singh Educational Society Technical Campus (GGESTC), established in 2011, at Bokaro Steel City.^[21]
• CMCE College, established in 1995, at Chira Chas.^[22]
• Swami Sahjanand College, established in 1984, at Chas.^[23]
• Chas Mahila College, at Chas.^[24]
• Ran Vijay Smarak Mahavidyalaya, established in 1982 at Bokaro Steel City.^[25]
• BB Amina Women's College at Bokaro(?),^[26]
• Bokaro Steel City College, established in 1970, at Bokaro Steel City.^[27]
• Immanuel Hai Khan Law College at Bokaro(?).^[28]

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

Healthcare

In 2011, in Chas subdivision there were 5 villages with primary health centres, 26 villages with primary health subcentres, 3 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 6 villages with allopathic hospitals, 9 villages with dispensaries, 2 villages with family welfare centres, 45 villages with medicine shops.^[19]
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included

Medical facilities

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