Tandwa Block

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Tandwa
टंडवा
Community development block
Tandwa is located in Jharkhand
Tandwa
Tandwa
Location in Jharkhand, India
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Country  India
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Block Tandwa
Elevation 447 m (1,467 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 126,119
Languages
 • Official Hindi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 825321
Telephone/STD code 06551
Vehicle registration JH 13
Lok Sabha constituency Chatra
Vidhan Sabha constituency Simaria
Website chatra.nic.in
CD Block

Tandwa(Hindi: टंडवा ) is a community development block that forms an administrative division in Simaria subdivision of Chatra district, Jharkhand state, India. It is located 47 km from Chatra.

Geography

Tandwa is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. It has an average elevation of 508 metres (1,667 ft).[1]

There are 19 panchayats and 96 villages in Tandwa CD Block.[2]

Demographics

As per 2011 Census of India Tandwa CD Block had a total population of 126,119, of which 113,350 were rural and 12,969 were urban. There were 65,141 males and 61,178 females. Scheduled Castes numbered 30,104 and Scheduled Tribes numbered 20,330.[3]

Tandwa village had a population of 6,475 in 2011.[3]

Bachra is a census town in Tandwa CD Block with a population of 12,969 in 2011.[3]

Magahi is the local language in the Tandwa area. Nagpuri, Khortha, Hindi and Urdu are also spoken in the region.[4]

Literacy

As per 2011 census the total number of literates in Tandwa CD Block was 65,367 out of which 39,132 were males and 26,235 were females.[3]

Economy

Market

A small market called as Tandwa Bazar is situated in middle of the block.

North Karanpura Thermal Power Station

NTPC Limited is constructing the 3 X 660 MW North Karanpura Thermal Power Station at Tandwa at an appraised current (2015) estimated cost of Rs 14,366.58 crore.[5]

Coal mining

The North Karanpura Coalfield is spread across parts of Ranchi, Hazaribagh, Chatra and Latehar districts of Jharkhand covering an area of 1,230 sq. km. This coalfield in the upper reaches of the Damodar Valley, has reserves of around 14 billion tonnes of coal, very little of which has been exploited. Karkatta, KD Hesalong, Manki, Churi, Bachara UG, Bachara OC, and Dakara are long established collieries south of the Damodar. North of the Damodar lies comparatively new major mines such as Piparwar Mine and Ashoka Project. 23 mines are planned in the northern sector. Those in an advanced stage of planning are: Dhadu, Purnadih, Magadh, and Amrapali. This happens to be the largest mining sector of Central Coalfields Limited.[6]

References

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