Chota Gamahria
Chota Gamharia is a census town in the Adityapur CD block in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision of the Seraikela Kharsawan district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Chota Gamaria is located at.Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration
With its recognition as an industrial town as early as the 1911 census, Jamshedpur was set on the road of steady population growth, as large number of emigrants flocked in for work opportunities. While in the earlier decades the central nucleus grew, in the later decades towns around Jamshedpur grew rapidly. In 2011, Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration included 13 urban centres, with a total population of 1.3 million people. However, in more recent years, Jamshedpur UA "has lacked the growth and development observed around other similar industrial towns in western and southern India."Note: The map alongside presents the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Civic administration
There is a police station at Gamharia.Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Chota Gamahria had a total population of 7,505, of which 4,033 were males and 3,472 were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 970. The total number of literate persons in Chota Gamahria was 5,782.Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration includes: Jamshedpur, Jamshedpur, Tata Nagar Railway Colony, Mango, Jugsalai, Bagbera, Chhota Gobindpur, Haludbani, Sarjamda, Gadhra, Ghorabandha, Purihasa, Adityapur, Chota Gamahria and Kapali.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Seraikela Kharsawan, Chota Gamahria covered an area of. It has an annual rainfall of. Among the civic amenities, it had of roads with both closed and open drains. The protected water supply involved tube well/ bore well, hand pump, overhead tank. It had 1,588 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 5 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 1 nursing home, 1 charitable hospital/ nursing home, 1 veterinary hospital, 4 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 4 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, other educational facilities at Jamshedpur away. It had 1 polytechnic. Among social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Three important commodities it produced were bell metal utensils, gold jewellery, mask making. It had the branch offices of 6 nationalised banks, 1 private commercial bank, 1 co-operative bank, 1 agricultural credit society.Transport
There is a station at Gamharia on the Tatanagar-Bilaspur section of the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.Education
, is a private university at Mohanpur, Gamharia, established in 2011. It offers 25 courses across 10 streams.MSME Tool Room, Jamshedpur Main Centre, located at Gamharia, offers diploma, certificate and skill development programmes.
XITE College was established at Gamharia by the Jamshedpur Jesuit Society in 2003 initially as a coaching centre, "but in 2007 it began to offer degree programmes BBA and subsequently B.Com and other programmes." XITE College is one of the units of Xavier Colleges. It has a 34.5-acre campus with hostels, sports facilities etc. "The College provides additional facilities such as training in CAT, XAT, GMAT, Banking, Railway, Tally, and other competitive examinations to its students".
Government High School at Chota Gamahria is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1960. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and XII. The school has a playground.