Topa | |
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Census Town | |
Coordinates: 23°44′39″N85°28′33″E / 23.74419°N 85.4757°E Coordinates: 23°44′39″N85°28′33″E / 23.74419°N 85.4757°E | |
Country | ![]() |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Ramgarh |
Area | |
• Total | 4.097 km2 (1.582 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 5,028 |
• Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
Languages (*For language details see Mandu (community development block)#Language and religion) | |
• Official | Hindi, Urdu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 825316 |
Telephone/ STD code | 06545 |
Vehicle registration | JH |
Lok Sabha constituency | Hazaribagh |
Vidhan Sabha constituency | Mandu |
Website | ramgarh |
Topa is a census town in the Mandu CD block in the Ramgarh subdivision of the Ramgarh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Topa is located at 23°44′39″N85°28′33″E / 23.74419°N 85.4757°E .
Ramgarh has a vibrant coal-mining sector. The map alongside provides links to five operational areas of Central Coalfields spread across South Karanpura Coalfield, Ramgarh Coalfield and West Bokaro Coalfield. Four of the six CD blocks in the district have coal mines – Patratu, Ramgarh, Mandu and Chitarpur. The high concentration of census towns in these blocks are noticeable on the map. Only two blocks, Gola and Dulmi, are totally rural areas. Ramgarh district lies in the central part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The Damodar valley covers most of the district. The forested areas in highlands to the north and the south of the valley can be seen in the map (mark the shaded areas). [1] "Chotanagpur has a charm of its own... The entire area forms one of the most charming series of views imaginable. The far-off hills in the background in exquisite tints of blue or purple as the light falls, the nearer hills picturesquely shaped and luxuriant in every shade of green with their bold escarpments in black or grey, and the brown plains below furnishing their quota of colours." [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.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Topa had a total population of 5,028, of which 2,660 (53%) were males and 2,368 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 656. The total number of literate persons in Topa was 3,384 (77.40% of the population over 6 years). [3]
As of 2001 [update] India census, [4] Topa had a population of 5008. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Topa has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 51%. In Topa, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Ramgarh, Topa covered an area of 4.097 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 8 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, hand pumps, pressure tanks. It had 974 domestic electric connections, 45 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 7 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 2 family welfare centres, 5 maternity and child welfare centres, 7 maternity homes, 8 nursing homes, 2 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Ramgarh Cantonment 20 km away. It had 6 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 stadium, 1 auditorium/ community hall. Two important commodities it produced were coal, chuna pathar. It had the branch offices of 2 nationalised banks, 1 agricultural credit society. [5]
The projects in the Kuju Area of Central Coalfields are: Saruberia underground, Saruberia opencast, Ara open cast, Kuju underground, Topa underground, Topa open cast, Pindra underground, Pindra open cast, Pundi open cast, Karma opencast. The area office is at Hesagarha, Kuju 825316. [6]
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