Sijhua is a
Village in the
Chas
Chas is a Municipal Corporation in the Chas subdivision of the Bokaro district in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is often referred to as a suburb of Bokaro Steel City, though it predates the steel plant. Chas is one of the fastest-growing ur ...
CD block
In India, a Community development block (CD block) or simply Block is a sub-division of Tehsil, administratively earmarked for planning and development. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer (BDO), supported by several technic ...
in the
Chandankiyari subdivision of the
Bokaro district in the
Indian
state of
Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Sijhua is located at .
Sijhua is marked in Google maps. The location given here is as per the Map of Chas CD block on page 74 of ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro''.
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 the bas ...
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
Phusro is a nagar parishad in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated about from the district headquarters of Bokaro district. Damodar River passes through it.
Geography
Location
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, operated by
Steel Authority of India Limited, was set-up at
Bokaro Steel City
Bokaro, officially known as Bokaro Steel City () is a planned city in Jharkhand, India. It is fourth largest and most populous city in the state. It is one of the planned cities of India. Bokaro is the administrative headquarters of Bokaro distri ...
. The
Damodar Valley Corporation 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
The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...
, Sijhua had a total population of 3,566, of which 1,907 (53%) were males and 1,659 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 556. The total number of literate persons in Sijhua was 2,109 (59%) of the population over 6 years).
India
census, Sijhua had a population of 4,478. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Sijhua has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 35%. In Sijhua, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro'', Sijhua covered an area of 2.18 km
2. Among the civic amenities, it had 9 km roads with both open and close drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, tap water from treated sources, overhead tank. It had 746 domestic electric connections, 65 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 4 family welfare centres, 4 maternity and child welfare centres, 15 maternity homes, 7 nursing homes, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 secondary school. It had 1 non-formal educational centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). It had the branch office of 2 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.
References
{{Bokaro District
Cities and towns in Bokaro district