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'''Gomia''' (also spelled Gumia) is a [[Community development block in India|community development block]] that forms an administrative division in the [[Bermo subdivision]] of the [[Bokaro district]], [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], India.

Bokaro district, a part of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], has undulating surface with the altitude varying between 200 and 282&nbsp;m. Topographically, the entire area is divided into three parts – the Bokaro uplands in the west, the Bokaro-Chas uplands in the middle and Barakar basin in the east. The general slope of the region is from the west to the east. The main rivers are the [[Damodar River|Damodar]], Garga, Parga, [[Konar River|Konar]] and Gobei. The district, covered with hills and forests, is a mining-industrial area. With the construction of the gigantic [[Bokaro Steel Plant]] in the nineteen sixties, it has become the focal point of this district.<ref name=admin1>{{cite web | url = http://www.bokaro.nic.in/about_bokaro.html | title = Bokaro district | work = About Bokaro | publisher = Government of Jharkhand | accessdateaccess-date = 23 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171004085328/http://www.bokaro.nic.in/about_bokaro.html | archive-date = 4 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://ecourts.gov.in/Bokaro/ | title = District Courts of India | work = About Bokaro | publisher = District Court | accessdateaccess-date = 23 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170930134922/http://www.ecourts.gov.in/bokaro | archive-date = 30 September 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Jharkhand is one of the states affected by [[Naxalite|Maoist]] activities. {{As of|2012}}, Bokaro was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/maoist/Assessment/2013/Jharkhand.htm |title = Jharkhand Assessment 2013 | publisher= Satp | accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017}}</ref> {{As of|2016}}, Bokaro was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/east/jharkhand/ranchi/2016/06/14073809/13-focus-areas-identified-in-Jharkhand-to-check-Maoist.vpf | title = 13 focus areas identified in Jharkhand to check Maoist activities | publisher = Eenadu Jndia, 14 June 2016 | accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170927113900/http://www.eenaduindia.com/states/east/jharkhand/ranchi/2016/06/14073809/13-focus-areas-identified-in-Jharkhand-to-check-Maoist.vpf | archive-date = 27 September 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

[[Gomia]] is located at {{coord|23|48|27|N|85|49|56|E}}.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wikimapia.org/14801041/Gomia |title= Gomia | work= Jharkhand| publisher= Wikimapia | accessdateaccess-date = 5 December 2015}}</ref>

Gomia CD Blockblock is bounded by [[Bishnugarh (community development block)|Bishnugarh]] and [[Tati Jhariya (community development block)|Tati Jhariya]] CD Blocksblocks, in Hazaribagh district, on the north, [[Bermo block|Bermo]] and [[Petarwar block|Petarwar]] CD Blocksblocks on the east, [[Gola (community development block)|Gola]], [[Chitarpur (community development block)|Chitarpur]] and [[Ramgarh (community development block)|Ramgarh]] CD Blocksblocks, in Ramgarh district on the south and [[Mandu (community development block)|Mandu]] CD Blockblock, in Ramgarh district, on the west.<ref name=dchb1>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2010_PART_B_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf | title= 2011 District Census Handbook Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII B| work= Map on Page 3 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/jharkhand/tehsil/bokaro.html | title= CD Block/ Tehsil Map of Bokaro |publisher= Maps of India| accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017}}</ref>

Gomia CD Blockblock has an area of 650.70&nbsp;km².<ref>{{cite web | url = http://desjhrkhand.nic.in/publications.html | title = District Statistical Handbook, Bokaro | work = Tables 2.4 | publisher = Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand | accessdateaccess-date = 1 October 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It has 36 [[gram panchayat]]s, 135 villages and 5 [[census town]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bokaro.nic.in/block_office1.html | title = Bokaro district | publisher = Government of Jharkhand | accessdateaccess-date = 1 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171009184259/http://bokaro.nic.in/block_office1.html | archive-date = 9 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-JK.html |title = 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdateaccess-date = 1 October 2017}}</ref> [[Gomia#Police station|Gomia]] and [[Mahuatand#Police station|Mahuatand]] police stations are located in this CD Blockblock.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://jhpolice.gov.in/police-station/kathara-op-766-1308404713 | title = Jharkhand Police Official Website | work = Contact Bokaro Police | publisher = Jharkhand Police | accessdateaccess-date = 1 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140214023553/http://www.jhpolice.gov.in/police-station/kathara-op-766-1308404713 | archive-date = 14 February 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Headquarters of this CD Blockblock is at Gomia.<ref name=dchb1/>

AsAccording perto the [[2011 Census of India]], Gumia CD Blockblock had a total population of 231,185, of which 130,898 were rural and 100,287 were urban. There were 118,918 (51%) males and 112,267 (49%) females. Population belowin the age range 0-6 years was 35,144. [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Castes]] numbered 28,774 (12.45%) and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribes]] numbered 46,327 (20.04%).<ref name=census2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-JK.html |title = 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | accessdate = 1 October 2017}}</ref>

Gomia CD Blockblock has several [[census towns]] (2011 population figure in brackets): [[Gomia]] (48,145), Hasur[[Hasir]] (11,195), [[Lalpania]] (3,659), [[Saram, Bokaro|Saram]] (15,212) and [[Tenu damTenudam-cum-KathharaKathara]] (22,080).<ref name=census2011/>

Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Gomia CD Blockblock are (2011 census figures in brackets): Hurlung (4,028), Barkipunu (6,986) and Kodwatanr alias Bhitugarha (6,283).<ref name=census2011/>

{{As of|2011}} census the total number of literatesliterate persons in Gumia CD Blockblock was 128,206 (65.40% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 77,211 (76.62% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 50,995 (53.53% of the female population over 6 years). The [[Literacy#Gender disparities|gender disparity]] (the difference between female and male literacy rates) was 23.09%.<ref name=census2011/>

{{As of|2011}} census, literacy in Bokaro district was 73.48% ,<ref name="censusindia.gov.in">{{cite web|url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/data_files/india/Final_PPT_2011_chapter6.pdf |title=Ranking of states and union territories by literacy rate: 2011|work= Page 110| publisher=Government of India| accessdateaccess-date = 1 October 2017}}</ref> Literacy in Jharkhand was 66.41% in 2011.

<ref name=censushandbook2011>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2010_PART_B_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf | title= District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011 Series- 21, Part XII B|work= Page 15 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand | accessdateaccess-date = 1 October 2017}}</ref> Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.census2011.co.in/literacy.php | title= Literacy in India| work= Census 2011 |publisher= Census population 2015 data | accessdateaccess-date = 1 October 2017}}</ref>

[[Hindi language|Hindi]] is the official language in Jharkhand and [[Urdu language|Urdu]] has been declared as an additional official language.<ref name="langoff">{{cite web|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |title=Report of the Commissioner for linguistic minorities: 50th report (July 2012 to June 2013) |pages= 35 |publisher=Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities, Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India |accessdateaccess-date=3 October 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708012438/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM50thReport.pdf |archivedatearchive-date= 8 July 2016 }}</ref> Jharkhand legislature had passed a bill according the status of a second official language to several languages in 2011 but the same was turned down by the Governor.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/1111122/jsp/jharkhand/story_14782656.jsp | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171005050803/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1111122/jsp/jharkhand/story_14782656.jsp | url-status = dead | archive-date = 5 October 2017 | title= Khortha demand for language teachers |publisher= The Telegraph, 22 November 2011| accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/second-official-language-of-jharkhand-governor-syed-ahmad/1/157173.html | title= Second Language |publisher= India Today, 22 October 2011| accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://post.jagran.com/search/second-official-language-in-jharkhand | title= Jharkhand Governor turns down language bill |publisher= Post/Jagran Josh, 19 October 2011 | accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017}}</ref>

In the 2001 census, the three most populous mother tongues (spoken language/ medium of communication between a mother and her children) in Bokaro district were (with percentage of total population in brackets): [[Khortha dialect|Khortha]] (41.08%), [[Hindi language|Hindi]] (17.05%) and [[Santali language|Santali]] (10.78%). In the 2011 census, scheduled tribes constituted 12.40% of the total population of the district. The five most populous mother tongues were (with percentage of ST population in brackets): [[Santali language|Santali]] (70.12%), [[Mundari language|Munda]] (17.05%), [[Kurukh language|Oraon]] (5.90%), Karmali (4.23%) and Mahli (3.23%).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf | title= District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Census of India 2011, Series 21 Part XII A| work= Page 20 – Note on mother tongue |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | accessdateaccess-date = 21 October 2017}}</ref>

|caption= '''Livelihood<br/>in Gomia CD Blockblock'''

In Gomia CD Blockblock in 2011, amongst the class of total workers, cultivators numbered 28,912 and formed 33.85%, agricultural labourers numbered 14,397 and formed 16.86%, household industry workers numbered 2,743 and formed 3.21% and other workers numbered 39,355 and formed 46.08%. Total workers numbered 85,407 and formed 36.94% of the total population, and non-workers numbered 145,778 and formed 63.06% of the population.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf| title = District Statistical Handbook 2011 Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII A| work = Tables 30 and 33, pages 42 and 47 | publisher = Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Department of Planning and Development, Jharkhand | accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

<small>Note: In the census records a person is considered a cultivator, if the person is engaged in cultivation/ supervision of land owned. When a person who works on another person's land for wages in cash or kind or share, is regarded as an agricultural labourer. Household industry is defined as an industry conducted by one or more members of the family within the household or village, and one that does not qualify for registration as a factory under the [[Factories Act,1948, India|Factories Act]]. Other workers are persons engaged in some economic activity other than cultivators, agricultural labourers and household workers. It includes factory, mining, plantation, transport and office workers, those engaged in business and commerce, teachers, entertainment artistes and so on.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf | title= District Census Handbook 2011 Bokaro, Series 21 Part XII A | work= Page 14 |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand| accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref></small>

There are 107 inhabited villages in Gomia CD Blockblock. In 2011, 48 villages had power supply. 9 villages had tap water (treated/ untreated), 106 villages had well water (covered/ uncovered), 96 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 14 villages had post offices, 13 villages had sub post offices, 6 village had telephone (land line) and 49 villages had mobile phone coverage. 106 villages had pucca (hard top) village roads, 20 villages had bus service (public/ private), 5 villages had [[Auto rickshaw|autos]]/ modified autos, and 41 villages had tractors. 9 villages had banks branches, 5 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, no village had public library and public reading room. 37 villages had [[public distribution system]], 27 villages had weekly haat (market) and 40 villages had [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] [[Polling place|polling stations]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Bokaro, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 341 - 344 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

Indian Explosives Ltd. set up a plant at [[Gomia]] in 1954.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.business-standard.com/company/akzo-nobel-266/information/company-history |title = Akzo Nobel India Ltd. – Company History |publisher= Business Standard | accessdateaccess-date = 5 December 2015}}</ref>

[[Kathara areaArea]] of [[Central Coalfields Limited]] operates the following collieries of [[East Bokaro Coalfield]]: Kathara OC, Jarangdih OC, Jarangdih UG, Swang OC, Swang UG and Govindpur UG.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccl.gov.in/comp/area.htm |title=Areas |publisher=CCL |accessdateaccess-date=5 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151026145917/http://ccl.gov.in/comp/area.htm |archivedatearchive-date=26 October 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

CCL operates coking coal washeries at Kathara and Swang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccl.gov.in/comp/washeries.htm |title=Washeries |publisher=CCL |accessdateaccess-date=5 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823041836/http://ccl.gov.in/comp/washeries.htm |archivedatearchive-date=23 August 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

[[Tenughat Thermal Power Station]] is located at [[Lalpania]] and is owned by the state-owned Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd. It operates a 2x210 MW power plant.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.cbip.org/tvnl_recruitment/about_TVNL.pdf | title = Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited – an Introduction | publisher = TVNL | accessdateaccess-date = 5 December 2015 | archive-date = 4 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104004/http://www.cbip.org/tvnl_recruitment/about_TVNL.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Bokaro district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the [[Backward Regions Grant Fund]]. The fund created by the Government of India is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | title = Backward Regions Grant Funds: Programme Guidelines | publisher = Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India | accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171030225317/http://www.panchayat.gov.in/documents/10198/0/BRGFFINALGUIDELINES.pdf | archive-date = 30 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=84879 | title= Backward Regions Grant Fund| work= Press Release, 14 June 2012 |publisher= Press Information Bureau, Government of India | accessdateaccess-date = 3 October 2017}}</ref>

The [[Asansol-Gaya section|Gomoh-Barkakhana line]] serves Gomia Blockblock.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1380958527846-SALIENT%20FEATURES%20OF%20THE%20DIVISION.pdf |title=Dhanbad Division – a Historical Perspective |publisher=Indian Railways |accessdateaccess-date=5 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210202926/http://www.ecr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1380958527846-SALIENT%20FEATURES%20OF%20THE%20DIVISION.pdf |archivedatearchive-date=10 December 2015 }}</ref>

In 2011, amongst the 107 inhabited villages in Gomia CD Blockblock, 13 villages had no primary school, 68 villages had one primary school and 26 villages had more than one primary school. 50 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 16 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school. Gomia CD Blockblock had 4 senior secondary schools and 2 degree colleges.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf | title = District Census Handbook, Bokaro, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Pages 345, 341 Appendix 1, I A & B: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

Jhabbu Singh Memorial College was established at Phusro in 1980. It is affiliated to [[Vinoba Bhave University]] and offers courses in arts and science.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.indcareer.com/jharkhand/bokaro/jhabbu-singh-memorial-college-phusro | title= Jhabbu Singh Memorial College, Phusro |publisher= Ind Career| accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

Degree College Bokaro Thermal (details not available).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://studychacha.com/discuss/100472-degree-college-bokaro-thermal.html| title= Degree College Bokaro Thermal|publisher= StudyChaCha| accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

A degree college is planned on the Gomia-Peterwar main road.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.jagran.com/jharkhand/bokaro-degree-college-to-be-opened-in-gomia-government-approves-16828460.html | title= गोमिया में खुलेगा डिग्री कॉलेज, सरकार ने दी स्वीकृति |publisher= Jagaran, 8 October 2017| accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref>

In 2011, amongst the 107 inhabited villages in Gomia CD Blockblock, 1 village had [[Primary Health Centre (India)|primary health centre]], 17 villages had primary health sub-centres, 7 villages had maternity and child welfare centres, 3 villages had TB clinics, 5 villages had allopathic hospitals, 4 villages had alternative medicine hospitals, 8 villages had dispensaries, 3 villages had veterinary hospitals, 18 villages had medicine shops and 64 villages had no medical facilities.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2010_PART_A_DCHB_BOKARO.pdf| title = District Census Handbook, Bokaro, 2011, Series 21, Part XII A | work = Page 342 Appendix I: Village Directory | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. | accessdateaccess-date = 16 November 2017}}</ref>