Chas
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Chas is a 70 year old twin city with Bokaro
and a municipality
in Bokaro district
in the state of Jharkhand
, India
. Chas is also included in the urban
area of Bokaro Steel City having Population of More than 250000. Chas market is one of the biggest wholesale market in the region better known as the wholesale market of the B.S.City district. It is situated on the junction of National Highway 23
and National Highway 32
. Chas comes under the agglomeration of Bokaro Steel City
. Once a small grain trading hub of the region, this town first became famous during the Second World War when the British government used it as a base to supply soldiers fighting on the eastern front against the Japanese. After the decision of Government of India to establish the Bokaro Steel Plant it gained in stature. It was the administrative headquarters of the area when Bokaro was a part of Dhanbad district, and later when Bokaro became a district. Recently the headquarters were moved to the steel township. Chas continues to be a trading hub, but has declined in importance after the rise of the township to the west. The old Chas bazaar still remains a cheap wholesale market. One Electrosteel plant is also going to be set up in the Talgodiya area of Chas.
, Chas had a population of 1,96,923. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chas has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 77% and female literacy of 58%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Bokaro Steel City
Bokaro Steel City is one of the largest Industrial city situated in the State of Jharkhand, in India. Bokaro is the 48th cleanest city in India and second in Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and one of the best cities to live in India...
and a municipality
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Bokaro district
Bokaro District
Bokaro district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad District and six blocks from Giridih District. Bokaro Steel City is the district headquarters...
in the state of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Chas is also included in the urban
Urban
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area of Bokaro Steel City having Population of More than 250000. Chas market is one of the biggest wholesale market in the region better known as the wholesale market of the B.S.City district. It is situated on the junction of National Highway 23
National Highway 23 (India)
National Highway 23 is a National Highway in India that connects Chas in Jharkhand with the village of Nuahata at the intersection of NH 42 in Orissa. The total length of NH 23 is . -See also:...
and National Highway 32
National Highway 32 (India)
National Highway 32 is a National Highway of India that connects Gobindpur in Dhanbad district with Jamshedpur in East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand. The total length of NH 32 is , of which is in Jharkhand and is in West Bengal....
. Chas comes under the agglomeration of Bokaro Steel City
Bokaro Steel City
Bokaro Steel City is one of the largest Industrial city situated in the State of Jharkhand, in India. Bokaro is the 48th cleanest city in India and second in Jharkhand after Jamshedpur and one of the best cities to live in India...
. Once a small grain trading hub of the region, this town first became famous during the Second World War when the British government used it as a base to supply soldiers fighting on the eastern front against the Japanese. After the decision of Government of India to establish the Bokaro Steel Plant it gained in stature. It was the administrative headquarters of the area when Bokaro was a part of Dhanbad district, and later when Bokaro became a district. Recently the headquarters were moved to the steel township. Chas continues to be a trading hub, but has declined in importance after the rise of the township to the west. The old Chas bazaar still remains a cheap wholesale market. One Electrosteel plant is also going to be set up in the Talgodiya area of Chas.
Geography
Chas is located at 23.63°N 86.17°E. It has an average elevation of 210 metres (688 feet).Demographics
In the 2001 India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Chas had a population of 1,96,923. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Chas has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 77% and female literacy of 58%. 15% of the population is under 6 years of age.