| Bermo subdivision | |
| Settlement Type: | Subdivision |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jharkhand#India |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jharkhand, India |
| Coordinates: | 23.7833°N 142°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jharkhand |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bokaro |
| Seat Type: | Headquarters |
| Seat: | Tenughat |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 1,018,690 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Hindi, Urdu |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Bermo 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, in 1972, Giridih district, including Bermo subdivision, was carved out of Hazaribagh district.[2]
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 |
Phusro is the only statutory town in Bermo subdivision. It has 21 census towns: Bhandra, Telo, Narra, Chandrapura, Bursera, Dugda, Sijhua, Termi, Bermo, Kurpania, Bokaro (Thermal), Gomia, Saram, Hasir, Jaridih Bazar, Tenudam-cum-Kathara, Tenu, Lalpania, Jena, Bandh Dih and Tanr Balidih.[5]
The percentage of the population living in the urban areas is very high in Bermo CD block at 97.78%, and it is reasonably high in Chandrapura CD block at 63.09% and in Gomia CD block at 43.38%.[3]
There are 363 inhabited villages in Bermo subdivision.[6]
Police stations in Bermo subdivision were at:[7]
Community development blocks in Bermo subdivision are[8]
| CD block | Headquarters | Area km2 | Population (2011) | SC % | ST % | Literacy Rate % | Census Towns |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nawadih | Nawadih | 318.03 | 138,454 | 13.34 | 12.53 | 52.51 | Bhandra |
| Chandrapura | Chandrapura | 121.08 | 132,162 | 11.29 | 8.52 | 65.08 | Telo, Narra, Chandrapura, Termi, Bursera, Sijua, Dugda |
| Bermo | Bermo | 57.74 | 100,599 | 14.61 | 6.50 | 69.13 | Bokaro (Thermal), Kurpania, Bermo, Jaridih Bazar |
| Gomia | Gomia | 670.49 | 23,118 | 12.45 | 20.24 | 55.46 | Gomia, Hasir, Lalpania, Saram, Tenudam-cum-Kathara |
| Petarwar | Petarwar | 305.64 | 132150 | 14.85 | 29.09 | 52.93 | Tenughat |
| Kasmar | Kasmar | 195.26 | 89,974 | 10.91 | 15.05 | 55.98 | - |
| Jaridih | Bandhdih | 207.52 | 104,988 | 10.72 | 30.67 | 58.80 | Bandh Dih, Jena, Tanr Balidih |
Projects of the Central Coalfields in Bermo subdivision are given below:[9]
| Operational Area | Collieries | |
|---|---|---|
| Bokaro and Kargali Area | Bokaro open cast, Kargali open cast, Kargali underground, Karo opencast, Karo underground, Khas Mahal opencast, Khas Mahal underground, Karo Special underground, Giridih opencast*, Kabribad opencast*, Kargali washery. The area office is at Kargali, PO Bermo 829104 | |
| Dhori Area | Amlo opencast, Dhori open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. I open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. III open cast, New Selected Dhori underground, Dhori Khas underground. The area office is at Dhori, PO Dhori 825102. | |
| Kathara Area | Kathara open cast, Jarangdih opencast, Jarangdih underground, Sawang opencast/ underground, Govindpur underground, Kathara Washery, Swang Washery. The area office is at Kathara, PO Kathara 829116. |
.*Located outside the subdivision
Damoda colliery in the Barora Area of BCCL is in Bermo subdivision.[10]
Dugda Coal Washery of BCCL at Dugda has two units: Dugda I with annual capacity of 1 million tonnes per year washes non-coking coal, Dugda II with annual capacity of 2 million tonnes per year washes coking coal.[11]
The four main multipurpose dams of the Damodar Valley Corporation, located at Tilaiya, Konar, Maithon and Panchet were commissioned during 1953–1959. In addition, a single purpose reservoir on the main stream, the Damodar, at Tenughat (with live storage 224 million m3 and without provision for flood storage) was constructed later in 1974.[12] While the four earlier dams are controlled by Damodar Valley Corporation, Tenughat Dam is controlled by the Government of Jharkhand.[13]
Bokaro (Thermal) has two power plants:
Chandrapura Thermal Power Station is a thermal power plant located in Chandrapura, operated by the Damodar Valley Corporation. It has 3 units with a total installed capacity of 630 MW. All of the units are coal-based.[15]
Tenughat Thermal Power Station is a coal-based thermal power plant located at Lalpania, owned by Jharkhand State owned Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited,[16] with an installed capacity of 420 MW (2x210 MW).[17]
Indian Explosives Ltd. set up a plant at Gomia in 1954.[18]
In 2011, in Bermo subdivision out of a total 363 inhabited villages there were 63 villages with pre-primary schools, 340 villages with primary schools, 193 villages with middle schools, 51 villages with secondary schools, 23 villages with senior secondary schools, 6 locations with general degree colleges, 2 locations with non-formal training centres, 3 locations with vocational training institutes, 1 polytechnic, 20 villages with no educational facility.[19]
.*Senior secondary schools are also known as Inter colleges in Jharkhand
The following institutions are located in Bermo subdivision:
(Information about degree colleges with proper reference may be added here)
In 2011, in Bermo subdivision there were 16 villages with primary health centres, 69 villages with primary health subcentres, 17 villages with maternity and child welfare centres, 11 villages with allopathic hospitals, 20 villages with dispensaries, 5 villages with veterinary hospitals, 11 villages with family welfare centres, 38 villages with medicine shops.[19]
.*Private medical practitioners, alternative medicine etc. not included
(Anybody having referenced information about location of government/ private medical facilities may please add it here)