Chandankiyari

Chandnakiyari is a suburb in Bokaro, Jharkhand, India. It is a village in the Chandankiyari CD block in the Chas subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is planned to be a part of Greater Bokaro. It is also a major industrial hub and houses several companies of Bokaro. It is under the region of Chas municipal corporation.

Location
Chandankiyari is located at 23.5781°N, 86.35982°W.

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 m above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of 1070 m. 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 km long, 55 m 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 1291.2 mm. The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.

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.

Police station
Chandankiyari has a police station.

CD block HQ
The headquarters of Chandankiyari CD block are located at Chandankiyari.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India Chandankiyari had a total population of 9,836, of which 5,127 (52%) were males and 4,709 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,486. The total number of literate persons in Chandankiyari was 5,767 (84.89% of the population over 6 years).

Transport
The Raghunathpur-Chandankiyari Road meets State Highway 12 (Jharkhand) at Chandankiyari.