Sijhua
Sijhua is a Village in the Chas CD block in the Chandankiyari subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography
Location
Sijhua is located at.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.
Area overview
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 above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of. 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. The long, 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. The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed.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.
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Sijhua had a total population of 3,566, of which 1,907 were males and 1,659 were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 556. The total number of literate persons in Sijhua was 2,109.India census, 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.