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Jugsalai is a township and business center adjacent to
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Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...
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Purbi Singhbhum district East Singhbhum is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand, India. It was created on 16 January 1990. More than 50% of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely. It is known for being a centre of ind ...
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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
. It is often referred as a wholesale market of Jamshedpur.


Geography


Location

Jugsalai is located at . Jugsalai has an average elevation of 140 metres (459 feet).


Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration

With its recognition as an industrial town as early as the 1911 census, Jamshedpur was set on the road of steady population growth, as large number of emigrants flocked in for work opportunities. While in the earlier decades the central nucleus grew, in the later decades towns around Jamshedpur grew rapidly. In 2011, Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration included 13 urban centres, with a total population of 1.3 million people. However, in more recent years, Jamshedpur UA “has lacked the growth and development observed around other similar industrial towns in western and southern India.” Note: The map alongside presents the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.


Civic administration

The first police station in the area was opened in 1912 at Jugsalai.


Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Jugsalai had a total population of 49,660, of which 26,036 (52%) were males and 23,624 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 6,115. The total number of literate persons in Jugsalai was 36,773 (84.36% of the population over 6 years). (*For language details see Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai block#Language and religion) Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration includes:
Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...
(Industrial Town),
Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...
(NAC), Tata Nagar Railway Colony (OG),
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(NAC), Jugsalai (M), Bagbera (CT), Chhota Gobindpur (CT), Haludbani (CT), Sarjamda (CT), Gadhra (CT),
Ghorabandha Ghorabandha is a census town in the Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai block, Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Dhalbhum subdivision of the East Singhbhum district, Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian States and te ...
(CT), Purihasa (CT),
Adityapur Adityapur is a city and suburb in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. It is a municipal corporation in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision in the Seraikela Kharsawan district. Adityapur is part of the Greater Jamshedpur, under the Indian govern ...
(M Corp.), Chota Gamahria (CT) and Kapali (CT). India
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, Jugsalai had a population of 46,061. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Jugsalai has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 77%, and female literacy is 67%. In Jugsalai, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age. Major festivals celebrations in the Jugsalai area include in Chhath Puja
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is the Majority Religion in Jugsalai.


Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Purbi Singhbhum'', Jugsalai covered an area of . It has an annual rainfall of . Among the civic amenities, it had of roads with both closed and open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, tube well/ borewell, overhead tank. It had 8,366 domestic electric connections, 386 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital (with 30 beds), 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 6 maternity and child welfare centres,1 maternity home, 1 nursing home, 2 charitable hospitals/ nursing homes, 1 veterinary hospital, 17 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 5 primary schools, 5 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, the nearest senior secondary school at Bishtupur, away, the nearest general degree college at
Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...
, away. Among social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 cinema theatre, 2 public library, 2 reading room. It had flour mill, oil mill and produced steel almirahs. It had the branch offices of 5 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society, 2 non-agricultural credit societies.


Main areas

.* Dispensary Road Bhogendra * Mishra Niwas * Ghoda Chowk * Chowk Bazaar * Gouri Shankar Road * Shahid Thakurji Pathak House * Saffi Gang Muhalla * Goushala Nala Road * Bengali Para * R.P Patel School Road * Gouri Shankar Road * Marwari Para * Panchhi Mohallah * Gwala Para * Chaparia Mohallah * Millatnagar * Islamnagar * Chuna Shah Colony * Rahbar Lane * Habibnagar * Gharib Nawaz Colony * Station Road * Mahato Para Road * Kali Asthan Road * Huma Lane * Ram Tekri Road * Nagar Palika Chowk * M.E. School Road * Safihganj Mohallah * Gadhabasa * Girls School Road * Rahmat Lane * Fish Lane * Ghausia Lane * Harijan Basti .* Patnaiya Colony * D.B. Road * Sachchidanand Mishra coal Industry * Hussaini Lane * Chuna Bhatta * Shiv Ghat R* Hill View Area * Raja Ram Badi * Dhobi Lane * Dry Fish Godwon * M.E. School road * River View Colony * P.B.Road * Pareek Bhawan.


Notable people

* Thakur Ji Pathak ठाकुर जी पाठक Indian Activist, Politician From Jamshedpur Jharkhand, Born at Uttar Pradesh. * Ram Chandra Sahis Politician, Ex-MLA Jugsalai Vidhansabha Constituency. *Mangal Kalindi Politician, Jugsalai Vidhansabha Constituency.


References

* {{Kolhan Division Cities and towns in East Singhbhum district Jamshedpur Central business districts in India Neighbourhoods in Jamshedpur