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Gomia (also spelled Gumia) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Bermo subdivision of Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India.

Gomia
Community development block
Gomia is located in Jharkhand
Gomia
Gomia
Location in Jharkhand, India
Gomia is located in India
Gomia
Gomia
Gomia (India)
Coordinates: 23°48′27″N 85°49′56″E / 23.80750°N 85.83222°E / 23.80750; 85.83222
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictBokaro
Government
 • TypeCommunity development block
Area
 • Total630.6 km2 (243.5 sq mi)
Elevation
273 m (896 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total231,185
 • Density370/km2 (950/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, Santali, Ho, Kurukh, Mundari, Kharia, Nagpuri, Panchpargania, Khortha, Kurmali.
Literacy (2011)
 • Total literates128,206 (65.40%)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
829111 (Gomia), 829128 (Swang Colliery), 829116 (Kathara), 829112 (E.Gomia), 829134 (Sarubera)
Telephone/STD code06544
Vehicle registrationJH 09
Lok Sabha constituencyGiridih
Vidhan Sabha constituencyGomia
Websitebokaro.nic.in
CD Block

Overview

Bokaro district, a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, has undulating surface with the altitude varying between 200 and 282 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, Garga, Parga, 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.[1][2]

Maoist activities

Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. As of 2012, Bokaro was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state.[3]As of 2016, Bokaro was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities.[4]

Geography

Gomia is located at 23°48′27″N 85°49′56″E / 23.80750°N 85.83222°E / 23.80750; 85.83222.[5] The Gomia block is a beautiful hilly terrain. It is mostly known by the ICI factory (previously IEL)

Gomia CD Block has an area of 630.6 km2 and has 36 panchayats and 135 villages.[6]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Gumia CD Block had a total population of 231,185, of which 130,898 were rural and 100,287 were urban. There were 118,918 males and 112,267 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 28,774 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 46,327. Population below 6 years is 35,144.[7]

Gomia CD Block has several census towns (2011 population figure in brackets): Gomia (48,145), Hasur (11,195), Lalpania (3,659), Saram (15,212) and Tenu dam-cum-Kathhara (22,080).[7]

Hindi is the local language in the Gomia area. Santali is also spoken.[8]

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Gumia CD Block was 128,208 (65.40% of the population above 6 years) out of which 77,211 were males and 50,995 were females.[7]

As per 2011 census, literacy in Bokaro district was 72.01[9]Literacy in Jharkhand (for population over 7 years) was 66.41% in 2011. [10]Literacy in India in 2011 was 74.04%.[11]

Economy

Explosives

Indian Explosives Ltd. set up a plant at Gomia in 1954.[12]

Coal mining

Kathara area 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.[13]

CCL operates coking coal washeries at Kathara and Swang.[14]

Power

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.[15]

Transport

The Gomoh-Barkakhana line serves Gomia Block.[16]

(The route chart for the Asansol-Gaya section given alongside includes the Gomoh-Barkakhana line)

Education

Pitts Modern School

References

  1. ^ "Bokaro district". About Bokaro. Government of Jharkhand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ "District Courts of India". About Bokaro. District Court. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Jharkhand Assessment 2013". Satp. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ^ "13 focus areas identified in Jharkhand to check Maoist activities". Eenadu Jndia, 14 June 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Gomia". Jharkhand. Wikimapia. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  6. ^ "District Profile". Block wise statictical information. Bokaro district administration. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ a b c "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  8. ^ "Gomia". Onefivenine. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  9. ^ "District Census 2011". Population Census 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  10. ^ "Jharkhand Profile" (PDF). Census Info India 2011 – Final population totals. Census Commissioner, Government of India. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  11. ^ "Literacy in India". Census 2011. Census population 2015 data. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Akzo Nobel India Ltd. – Company History". Business Standard. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  13. ^ "Areas". CCL. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Washeries". CCL. Archived from the original on 23 August 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Limited – an Introduction" (PDF). TVNL. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  16. ^ "Dhanbad Division – a Historical Perspective" (PDF). Indian Railways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)


 

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