Jealgora

Jealgora
Neighbourhood in Dhanbad
Jealgora Location in Jharkhand, India Show map of Jharkhand Jealgora Jealgora (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°42′24″N86°25′00″E / 23.706758°N 86.416675°E / 23.706758; 86.416675 Coordinates: 23°42′24″N86°25′00″E / 23.706758°N 86.416675°E / 23.706758; 86.416675
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Elevation	194 m (636 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	828110 (Jealgora)
Telephone/ STD code	0326
Website	dhanbad.nic.in

Jealgora is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

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Cities, towns and locations in the southern portion of Dhanbad Sadar subdivision in Dhanbad district
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: Census Town, N: Neighbourhood, R: Rural/ Urban centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Location

Jealgora is located at 23°42′24″N86°25′00″E / 23.706758°N 86.416675°E / 23.706758; 86.416675 .

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Jealgora was combined with other urban units to form Dhanbad Municipal Corporation in 2006. ^{[1] [2]} Jealgora is part of Ward No. 44 of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation. ^[3]

Overview

The region shown in the map is a part of the undulating uplands bustling with coalmines. The Damodar River, the most important river of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, flows along the southern border. A major part of the area shown in the map is part of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation, an urban area. The places in the DMC area are marked as neighbourhoods. The western part of the region shown in the map is covered by Dhanbad (community development block). 57% of the population of Dhanbad CD block reside in rural areas and 43% reside in urban areas, The east-central part of the region shown in the map is covered by Baliapur (community development block). 86% of the population of Baliapur CD block reside in rural areas and 14% reside in urban areas. The places in the CD block areas are marked mostly as census towns. Three operational areas of BCCL operate fully within the region – Pootkee Balihari Area, Lodna Area and Eastern Jharia Area. The Moonidih sector of Western Jharia Area also operates in the region. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

Economy

The Lodna Area of BCCL consists of five underground mines, two departmentally operated open cut (OC) mines and one outsourced OC mine. The underground mines are: Lodna, Bagdigi, Joyrampur, North Tisra and Bararee. The Jealgora underground mine has been closed down and dewatered from the surface. The open cast mines are: NT-ST, Jeenagora (departmental) and Jeenagora Patch I (outsourced). Lodna Area has mineable reserves of 46.368 million tonnes of coking coal and 618.6 million tonnes of non-coking coal. ^[8]

Healthcare

The 100-bedded Regional Hospital of BCCL, located at Jealgora, caters to the employees and their relatives of East Jharia and Lodna Areas. ^{[9] [10] [11]}

Sports

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium of BCCL at Jealgora is a major centre of sporting activity in Dhanbad. In this stadium large area is present for playing cricket , football , kabaddi etc. ^[12]

References

1. "Dhanbad Municipal Corporation". DMC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
2. "Dhanbad Dsitrict Map". Physical Map of Dhanbad. Jharkhand Government. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
3. "Dhanbad Municipal Corporation". प्रादेशिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों की सूची (in Hindi). Jharkhand Government. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
4. "District Census Handbook Dhanbad" (PDF). Series 21, Part XIIA, pages 4-5, 5-6, 8. Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
5. "2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
6. "Area". Bharat Coking Coal Limited. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
7. "Dhanbad Municipal Corporation". प्रादेशिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों की सूची (in Hindi). Jharkhand Government. Archived from the original on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
8. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Lodna Area. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
9. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". Lodna Area - Welfare. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
10. "Bharat Coking Coal Ltd" (PDF). Jealgora Regional Hospital, Lodna Area. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
11. "Bharat Coking Coal Limited". East Jharia Area - Welfare. BCCL. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
12. "Sports in Dhanbad". dhanbadonline. Retrieved 25 October 2017.