Location edit

Sijhua is located at 23°36′56″N 86°06′05″E / 23.6156°N 86.1014°E / 23.6156; 86.1014.

Sijhua is marked in Google maps. The location given here is as per the Map of Chas CD block on page 74 of District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro.^[1]

Area overview edit

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 metres (660 to 1,770 ft) above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft). 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 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 55 metres (180 ft) 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 1,291.2 millimetres (50.83 in). The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.^[2][3]

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, Sijhua had a total population of 3,566, of which 1,907 (53%) were males and 1,659 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 556. The total number of literate persons in Sijhua was 2,109 (59%) of the population over 6 years).^[4]

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[5] Sijhua had a population of 4,478. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Sijhua has an average literacy rate of 50%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 63%, and female literacy is 35%. In Sijhua, 16% of the population is under 6 years of age.

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Sijhua covered an area of 2.18 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 9 km roads with both open and close drains, the protected water supply involved uncovered well, tap water from treated sources, overhead tank. It had 746 domestic electric connections, 65 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 2 dispensaries, 2 health centres, 4 family welfare centres, 4 maternity and child welfare centres, 15 maternity homes, 7 nursing homes, 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 secondary school. It had 1 non-formal educational centre (Sarva Siksha Abhiyan). It had the branch office of 2 nationalised banks, 1 cooperative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.^[6]