Pindrajora
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Pindrajora is a village in the
CD block in the Chas subdivision of the Bokaro District, Jharkhand.[1] The village is 15.0 km from Chas Bokaro, 20 km from Bokaro Steel City and 93 km far from Ranchi
.
Geography
8km
5miles
5miles
W
E
S
T
B
E
N
G
A
L
Bokaro
River
River
Konar
River
River
Damodar River
Tenughat
Dam
Dam
D
Petarwar
R
Nawadih
R
Kasmar
R
Mahuatand
R
Pindrajora
R
Siyaljori
R
Chandankiyari
R
Bokaro Steel Plant
F
Bokaro B TPS
F
Tenughat TPS
F
CCL Kathara Area
A
CCL Dhori Area
A
CCL B&K Area
A
Phusro
M
Chas
M
Tenu
CT
Bhandra
CT
Tanr Balidih
CT
Jena
CTV
Bandh Dih
CT
Tenudam-cum-Kathara
CT
Saram
CT
Lalpania
CT
Hasir
CT
Gomia
CT
Bandhgora
CT
Bokaro Steel City
CT
Dugda
CT
Sijhua
CT
Bursera
CT
Termi
CT
Chandrapura
CT
Narra
CT
Telo
CT
Jaridih Bazar
CT
Bermo
CT
Kurpania
CT
Bokaro (Thermal)
CT
Bhojudih
CT
Amlabad
CT
Location
Pindrajora is located at 23°30′56″N 86°12′10″E / 23.515556°N 86.202750°E.
Area overview
Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the
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 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 55 metres (180 ft) 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 1,291.2 millimetres (50.83 in). The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.[2][3]
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.
Civic administration
Police station
Pindrajora police station is located at Pindrajora.[4]
Educational institutions
- Crescent Public School
- Adarsh Vidya Mandir High School (AVM)
- St Mary Public School
- sardar Patel school CBSE affiliated school
- gurukula public school
- Adarsh Siksha Niketan
The village hosts the only training college for primary teachers in Dhanbad and Bokaro. The village has also a State Government Basic School and a Sarvodaya High School.
Transport
NH 18 passes through Pindrajora.[5]
See also
- Gowai Baradge at Kendadih Village
- Sri Sri Kalika Maharani Temple
References
- ^ "Pindrajora tehsil". Glorious India (website). Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011" (PDF). Physical features, Mines and minerals, Indistires, p 7-8. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Tenughat Dam". india9. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ^ "Jharkhand Police Official Website". Contact Bokaro Police. Jharkhand Police. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ Google maps