Narra, Bokaro

Narra is a census town in Chandrapura CD block in Bermo subdivision of Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Location
Narra is located at 23.78626°N, 86.09825°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.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Narra had a total population of 5,390, of which 2,773 (51%) were males and 2,617 (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 777. The total number of literate persons in Narra was 3,240 (70.28% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Narra covered an area of 6.83 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 9 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered wells, hand pumps. It had 880 domestic electric connections, x road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 6 hospitals, 6 dispensaries, 6 health centres, 6 family welfare centres, 6 maternity and child welfare centres, 6 maternity homes, 8 nursing homes, no medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary school at Bursera 10 km away, the nearest senior secondary school at Taranagar 2 km away. It had 3 non-formal educational centres (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan).