Chas subdivision
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Chas subdivision | |
|---|---|
Subdivision | |
  Chas subdivision Location in Jharkhand, India  Chas subdivision Chas subdivision (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°38′N 86°10′E / 23.63°N 86.17°E | |
| 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 |
Chas subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Bokaro district in the North Chotanagpur division in the state of Jharkhand, India.
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 |
5miles
River
River
Dam
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]
- Balidih
- Chandankiyari
- Chas (M)
- Gandhinagar
- Harla
- Mahila
- Maraphari
- Penk Narayanpur
- SC/ST
- Sector IV
- Sector VI
- Sector XII
- 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]
