Bokaro Steel City

Anchal Bokaro, Jila Bokaro, Jharkhand.
Bokaro Steel city is governed by Municipal Corporation which comes under Bokaro Steel Metropolitan Region. The Bokaro Steel city is located in Jharkhand state of India.
As per provisional reports of Census India, population of Bokaro Steel in 2011 is 414,820
Although Bokaro Steel city has population of 414,820; its urban / metropolitan population is 564,319.
Bokaro , the name originated from the river Bokaro in the west side of the distric. Total Urban population of Bokaro Steel city including Chas,Jainamore,Industrial area(tupkadih),and realstate hub Chira Chas is near about 1000000. The urban area of City is more tha 250 sq.km.

Bokaro Steel City (In Hindi: बोकारो स्टील सिटि) Bokaro. pronunciation (help·info) is the home of the largest steel plants in India- Bokaro Steel Plant and Electrosteel, and several other medium and small industries is situated here. Some big corporates are also setting up there industries here, such as - ArcelorMittal 12ml/t steel plant, Posco 3ml/t steel plant and SAIL greenfield steel plant of 12 ml/t are coming soon around the city. In the next five Bokaro alone contribute half of the steel production of the country. Apart from steel plants a Cement factory of 2.1 ml/t and a power plant of 1000 MW is also coming up.

Bokaro is the district headquarters of the Bokaro district as well as Bokaro divisional range (Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih) and Office of Inspector General of North Chhotanagpur Commissioner(Bokaro, Hazaribag, Dhanbad, Giridih, Chatra, Koderma, Ramgarh).

Bokaro is located in the eastern part of India at [show location on an interactive map] 23.29° N 86.09° E[2] It is located in picturesque surroundings on the southern bank of river Damodar with Garga, one of its tributaries meandering along the southern and eastern outskirts of the city. On the north, the city is flanked by the high ranges of the Parasnath Hills and on the south just beyond the river Garga, it is enveloped by the Satanpur hillocks. Two artificial cooling ponds have been built for use in steel making. A dam on river Garga has been built to supply water to the township as well as the steel plant, but due to ever increasing demand Tenughat dam is supplementing it.

The primary economy is well supported by the services sector. The city market situated at the center of the city is full of shops selling the basic requirements of groceries and furniture, to the latest tech gizmos. Of late a lot of shops selling computer hardware have come up along with a lot of computer training institutes making Bokaro a hub of computer studies for the region. The old chas bazaar still remains a cheap option of wholesale market, and dundi baag is one of the biggest vegetable market for the region. Besides these, each sector has its own small shopping center catering to the day to day needs of the people.