Tenudam-cum-Kathara explained

Tenudam-cum-Kathhara
Settlement Type:Census Town
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand#India3
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in India
Coordinates:23.7526°N 85.8442°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jharkhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Bokaro
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:20.17
Population Total:22,080
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Footnotes:[1]
Demographics Type1:Languages
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:829111
Area Code Type:Telephone/STD code
Area Code:06544
Registration Plate:JH 09
Blank1 Name Sec1:Lok Sabha constituency
Blank1 Info Sec1:Giridih
Blank2 Name Sec1:Vidhan Sabha constituency
Blank2 Info Sec1:Gomia

Tenudam-cum-Kathara is a census town in the Gomia CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Tenudam-cum-Kathara is located at 23.7526°N 85.8442°W.

Teundam-cum-Kathara is not marked in Google maps. The location given here is as per the Map of Gomia CD block on page 78 of District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro.[2]

Area overview

Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the Chota Nagpur Plateau 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, operated by Steel Authority of India Limited, was set-up at Bokaro Steel City. 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.[3] [4]

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.

Tenughat Dam

Tenughat Dam, earthfill dam with masonry-cum-concret

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Tenudam-cum-Kathara had a total population of 22,080, of which 11,538 (52%) were males and 10,542 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 3,160. The total number of literate persons in Tenudam-cum-Kathara was 13,798 (72.93% of the population over 6 years).[8]

India census,[9] Tenudam-cum- Kathara had a population of 20,443. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Tenu Dam-cum- Kathhara has an average literacy rate of 56%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 43%. In Tenu Dam-cum- Kathhara, 19% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Tenudam-cum-Kathara covered an area of 20.17 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 79 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tapwater from treated sources, overhead tank. It had 3,636 domestic electric connections, 40 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 10 family welfare centres, 6 maternity and child welfare centres, 1 nursing home, 3 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 21 primary schools, 10 middle schools, 7 secondary school, 2 senior secondary schools, 1 general degree college. It had 2 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). An important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.[10]

Administration

Tenudam-cum Kathara is one of the 16 urban local bodies in Bokaro district. It has a town panchayat.[11]

Economy

Kathara Area of Central Coalfields Limited operates the following collieries in East Bokaro Coalfield: Kathara OC, Jarangdih OC, Jarangdih UG, Swang OC, Swang UG and Govindpur UG.[12]

CCL operates coking coal washeries at Kathara and Swang.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of India: Search Details . 25 May 2014 . 24 September 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120703/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=378079 . dead .
  2. Web site: District Census Handbook Bokaro, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Page 78. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand . 12 March 2021.
  3. Web site: District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011 . Physical features, Mines and minerals, Indistires, p 7-8 . Directorate of Census Operations . 30 May 2021 .
  4. Web site: Tenughat Dam . india9 . 30 May 2021 .
  5. Web site: Tenughat Dam . india9.com . 2010-04-17 .
  6. Web site: Tenughat Dam Project, India . 2010-04-17 .
  7. Web site: DVC Case Study . 2010-04-17 .
  8. Web site: District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII B. Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 362421, page 138. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand . 9 March 2021.
  9. Web site: Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional). https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. 2004-06-16. 2008-11-01. Census Commission of India.
  10. Web site: District Census Handbook Bokaro, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A . Pages 384-397. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand . 2 March 2021.
  11. Web site: Report on Urban Local Bodies . National Panchayat Directory,National Informatics Centre(NIC) . 2010-04-17 .
  12. Web site: Areas . CCL . 5 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151026145917/http://ccl.gov.in/comp/area.htm . 26 October 2015 . dmy-all .
  13. Web site: Washeries . CCL . 5 December 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150823041836/http://ccl.gov.in/comp/washeries.htm . 23 August 2015 . dmy-all .