Bokaro
Bokaro district profile
Bokaro is one of the districts covered by PACS in Jharkhand. The district (area: 2,861 sq km) was established in 1991 by carving out one sub-division consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad district, and six blocks from Giridih district. Bokaro Steel City is the district headquarters. The district is one of the most industrialised zones in India.
Bokaro is a maze of valleys and sub-valleys formed by the Damodar River and its tributaries, which are an important source of water for industry and the various townships that have sprung up along its banks.
Around 13% of the district’s population belongs to the scheduled castes, and an almost equal percentage to the scheduled tribes. Muslims constitute around 11% of the population.
|
No |
Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 1,777,662 | |
| Male | 938,436 | |
| Female | 839,226 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 189,029 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 22.11% | |
| Rural | 973,005 (54.73%) | |
| Urban | 804,657 (45.27%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 894 | |
| Household size (per household) | 6 | |
| SC population | 236,472 (13.30%) | |
| ST population | 218,600 (12.30%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 62.10 | |
| Male | 76.04 | |
| Female | 46.33 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Hindus | 1,491,855 | |
| Muslims | 194,735 | |
| Others | 69,202 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Bokaro Steel City | 393,805 | |
| Chas | 97,221 | |
| Phusro | 83,474 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 621 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 614 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 107 | |
| Primary schools | 482 | |
| Medical facility | 146 | |
| Paved approach road | 158 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 46.2% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 66.8% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 31.9% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 57.1% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 73.0% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 159,978 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 997,094 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 562 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Basic Data Sheet, Census of India 2001 http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2013.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Jharkhand. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
