Saram, Bokaro

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Saram
Census Town
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Coordinates: 23°45′53″N85°49′06″E / 23.7646°N 85.8182°E / 23.7646; 85.8182
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Area
• Total	10.87 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	15,212
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,600/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

Saram 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

Saram is located at 23°45′53″N85°49′06″E / 23.7646°N 85.8182°E / 23.7646; 85.8182 .

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]}

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.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Saram had a total population of 15,212, of which 7,959 (52%) were males and 7,253 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 2,259. The total number of literate persons in Saram was 9,541 (73.66% of the population over 6 years). ^[3]

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Saram covered an area of 10.87 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 23 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tapwater from treated sources, hand pump, overhead tank. It had 2,421 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 1 dispensary, 6 health centres, 6 family welfare centres, 8 maternity and child welfare centres, 8 maternity homes, 9 nursing homes, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary school, senior secondary school at Hasir 0.5 km away. The nearest general degree college at Teughat 5 km away. It had 2 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank. ^[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. 362420, 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.