Hasir

Hasir Hosir
Census Town
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Coordinates: 23°46′54″N85°48′19″E / 23.7816°N 85.8052°E / 23.7816; 85.8052
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Area
• Total	8.42 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	11,195
• Density	1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	829111
Telephone/STD code	06544
Vehicle registration	JH 09
Lok Sabha constituency	Giridih
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gomia
Website	bokaro.nic.in

Hasir (also spelled Hosir) is a census town in the Gomia CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in Bokaro district in North Chotanagpur Division
M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Factory, A: Coal Mining Area
Abbreviation used: TPS – Thermal Power Station
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Hasir is located at 23°46′54″N85°48′19″E / 23.7816°N 85.8052°E / 23.7816; 85.8052 .

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 200 to 540 metres (660 to 1,770 ft) above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft). 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 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. ^{[1] [2]}

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Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Hasir had a total population of 11,195, of which 5,772 (52%) were males and 5,428 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,504. The total number of literate persons in Hasir was 7,081 (73.07% of the population over 6 years). ^[3]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Hasir covered an area of 8.42 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 20 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered wells. It had 1,990 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 5 dispensaries, 5 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 65 nursing homes, no medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Bokaro 60 km away. ^[4]

References

1. "District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011" (PDF). Physical features, Mines and minerals, Indistires, p 7-8. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
2. "Tenughat Dam". india9. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
3. "District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 362418, page 138. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
4. "District Census Handbook Bokaro, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 384-397. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 March 2021.