Telo, Bokaro

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

Location
Telo is located at 23.82026°N, 86.12539°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, Telo had a total population of 14,274, of which 7,406 (52%) were males and 6,868 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 2,127. The total number of literate persons in Telo was 8,894 (73.22% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Telo covered an area of 12.79 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 18 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered wells, hand pumps. It had 50 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 9 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 6 maternity and child welfare centres, 9 maternity homes, 10 nursing homes, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 2 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, 1 senior secondary school. It had 1 non-formal educational centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 cooperative bank.

Transport
There is a station at Telo on the Railways in East Central Railway. It is 8 km from Chandrapura Junction railway station and 9 km from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Gomoh railway station.