Chaibasa

Chaibasa
Town
Chaibasa
Location in Jharkhand, India
Chaibasa
Chaibasa (India)
Coordinates: 22°34′N 85°49′E / 22.57°N 85.82°E / 22.57; 85.82Coordinates: 22°34′N 85°49′E / 22.57°N 85.82°E / 22.57; 85.82
Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Elevation 222 m (728 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 69,565
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Ho
 • Other important Odia
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 833201
Vehicle registration JH-06
Website http://www.chaibasa.nic.in/

Chaibasa is a town and a municipality in West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Chaibasa is the district headquarters of West Singhbhum district. It is famous as a mining hub as well as for being the hometown of Birsa Munda, Jharkhand’s most well known freedom fighter.

Geography

Chaibasa is located at 22°34′N 85°49′E / 22.57°N 85.82°E / 22.57; 85.82.[1] It has an average elevation of 222 metres.It is located 140 km south of state capital Ranchi,25 km from Chakradharpur ,58 km from Jamshedpur.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census,[2] Chaibasa had a population of 63,648.total no of householders 10596.total male 33686 and total female 29962 . Chaibasa has an average literacy rate of 75.54%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 79% and female literacy of 68%. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.The sex ratio is 918:1000 .

Religions in Chaibasa
Religion Percent
Hindu and Sarna
 
 89%
Muslims
 
 9%
Christians
 
 1%
Others†
 
 1%
Distribution of religions
†Includes Sikhs (4.2%), Buddhists (<0.2%).

Education

There are a number of schools up to 10th and 12th standards in Chaibasa. However, in case of college education and degree courses the choices are limited. On 13 August 2009, Kolhan University was constituted with its head office at Chaibasa.

The city has a number of educational institutions: SCHOOLS:-

  • Govt. Girls High school, Chaibasa
  • Lutheran school, Chaibasa
  • Mangilall Rungta High School, Chaibasa
  • Mangilall Rungta Middle School, Chaibasa
  • Navodaya Vidyalaya, Chaibasa
  • Padmawati Jain Sarswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Chaibasa
  • St. Xavier's Middle School, Lupungutu
  • St. Xavier's High School (+2), Lupungutu
  • St. Mary's Public School ( English Medium ) Gandhi Tola Chaibasa
  • St. Xavier's Boys School, Chaibasa
  • St. Xavier's Girls School, Chaibasa
  • St. Xavier's English School, Chaibasa
  • St. Viveka English Medium School, Chaibasa
  • Scott Hindi Girls school, Chaibasa
  • SPG Boys School, Chaibasa
  • SPG Girls School, Chaibasa
  • S.S.A.Niche Tola School, Chaibasa
  • Surajmull Jain DAV Public School, Chaibasa
  • Zila School, Chaibasa

Intermediate colleges

  • Kolhan Inter College
  • St. Xavier's Inter College, Lupungutu.
  • ST. Xavier's Girl's Inter College
  • St. Mary's Public inter College, Chaibasa
  • Surajmull Jain DAV Public School, Chaibasa
  • DPS Inter College

Engineering college

  • Chaibasa Engineering College, Chaibasa

ITI

  • ITI, Chaibasa
  • RAJ ITI, Gandhi tola Chaibasa

Colleges

  • G.C. Jain Commerce College
  • Mahila College (Women's College)
  • Tata College, Chaibasa

Preparatory schools:-

  • Elegant (Play school)
  • KidZee

Society ( NGO )

Economy

Chaibasa is a district headquarters and constitutes all the Governmental offices of the district. Government Institutions are the chief employers of chaibasa. The cement manufacturer ACC Cement Works is situated in Jhinkpani, 18 km from Chaibasa, but relies on Chaibasa itself for daily needs. Substantial mining is done in the area by companies such as S.R. Rungta Group, Thakur Prasad Sao & Sons, and Saha Brothers. Many other small-scale steel manufacturing companies are situated in Chaibasa.

Chaibasa’s proximity to Jamshedpur and Kolkata contributes to its small scale industrial scape. The most popular economic engines are mining, textiles and service sector,

Chaibasa not being directly on Howrah-Mumbai main line has hurt its economy quite a lot and all the railway jobs and related industries moved to Chakradhrpur which is a smaller town near to it that lies on the main line.

Transportation

The best connected place is Jamshedpur which is 60 km away from Chaibasa. The second best place is Chakradharpur, 25 km from Chaibasa on Howrah - Mumbai main line. There are two trains running from Jamshedpur which passes via Chaibasa.

One more train is running from Howrah i.e. Howrah Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express passes via Chaibasa. In 2012 another train from Chakradharpur–Barbil Intercity Express had started passing through Chaibasa.

In 2014 another weekly train started from Visakhapatnam - Tatanagar Weekly Superfast Express which also passes through Chaibasa. Capital of Jharkhand, Ranchi is 145 km away from Chaibasa.

Chaibasa is a station on the southbound line to Orissa from Rajkharsawan Junction on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.

The city does not have a public airport, but there are some helipads.

Hungry generation

The exponents of famous literary and cultural movement Bhookhi Peedhi or Hungry generation, Samir Roychoudhury resided in this town for several decades after the 1950s.

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See also

Chaibasa (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

References

  1. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chaibasa
  2. ↑ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
  3. ↑ "Pin Code of Chaibasa". citypincode.in. Retrieved 2014-05-12.
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