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in the Bermo CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the
Bokaro district Bokaro district is one of the most industrialized zones in India. It is one of the twenty-four districts of the Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad district a ...
of the state of
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,
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Geography


Location

Bermo is located at .


Area overview

Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the
Chota Nagpur Plateau The Chota Nagpur Plateau () is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and th ...
with the Damodar River cutting a valley right across. It has an average elevation of above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of . 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 Bokaro Steel Plant (BSL) is located in the Bokaro district of Jharkhand. It is the fourth integrated public sector steel plant in India built with Soviet technology. It is the second largest steel plant in India after Bhilai Steel Plant and 3 ...
, operated by
Steel Authority of India Limited Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is an Indian Public sector undertakings in India, public sector steel manufacturing corporation based in New Delhi. It is the largest Government of India, government-owned steel producer, with an annual pr ...
, was set-up at
Bokaro Steel City Bokaro, officially known as Bokaro Steel City (), is a large and Planned community, planned city in Jharkhand, India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, fourth most populous city in the state and one of the first planned cities ...
. The
Damodar Valley Corporation Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) is a statutory corporation which operates in the Damodar River area of West Bengal and Jharkhand states of India to handle the Damodar Valley Project, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent ...
established its first thermal power station at Bokaro (Thermal). The long, 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 . The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed. 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.


Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Bermo had a total population of 17,401, of which 9,086 (52%) were males and 8,315 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,328. The total number of literate persons in Bermo was 11,152 (73.99% of the population over 6 years). As per 2011 Census of India, Phusro Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 186,139, of whom males were 97,665 and females 88,874. Phusro Urban Agglomeration is composed of Phusro (NP), Bermo (CT),
Jaridih Bazar Jaridih Bazar is a census town in the Bermo CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Jharkhand state, India. Geography Location Jaridih Bazar is located at . It is on the banks of Damodar River, a little above its ...
(CT), Bokaro (CT) and Kurpania (CT). India
census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
, Bermo had a population of 16,954. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Bermo has an average literacy rate of 58%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with 61% of the males and 39% of females literate. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.


Civic administration


Police station

Bermo police station is located at Bermo. According to old British records, Bermo PS was there after Giridh subdivision was formed (then in Hazaribagh district) in 1870.


CD block HQ

The headquarters of Bermo CD block are located at Bermo.


Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro'', Bermo covered an area of 11.18 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 20 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered well, overhead tank. It had 3,227 domestic electric connections, 250 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 8 maternity and child welfare centres, 8 maternity homes, 1 nursing home, 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 8 primary schools, 6 middle schools, 2 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school, 1 general degree college. It had 1 non-formal educational centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 10 auditorium/ community halls, 1 public library, 1 reading room. An important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 4 non-agricultural credit societies.


Economy


Coal mining

Bokaro and Kargali Area of Central Coalfields Limited operates the following projects in East Bokaro Coalfield among others in Bokaro district: Bokaro open cast, Karagli OC, Kargali underground, Karo OC, Karo underground, Karo Spl. UG, Khas Mahal OC, Khas Mahal UG and Kargali Washery. Dhori Area of CCL operates: Amlo OC, Dhori OC, Selected Dhori Quarry No.I OC, Selected Dhori Quarry No. III OC, New Selected Dhori UG and Dhori Khas UG.


References

{{Bokaro District Cities and towns in Bokaro district