''Boram is a village in the
Boram CD block in the
Dhalbhum subdivision
Dhalbhum subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the East Singhbhum district in the Kolhan division in the state of Jharkhand, India.
History
Dhalbhum subdivision was created in 1920 with Jamshedpur as headquarters.
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of the
Purbi Singhum district in the
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Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
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Geography
Location
Boram is located at .
Area overview
The area shown in the map “forms a part of the
Chota Nagpur Plateau
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the bas ...
and is a hilly upland tract”. The main rivers draining the district are the
Subarnarekha and the
Kharkai. The area lying between Jamshedpur and Ghatshila is the main industrial mining zone. The rest of the district is primarily agricultural. In the district, as of 2011, 56.9% of the population lives in the rural areas and a high 43.1% lives in the urban areas.
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.
Civic administration
There is a police station at Boram.
The headquarters of Boram CD block is located at Boram village.
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India
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, Boram had a total population of 3,314, of which 1,760 (53%) were males and 1,554 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 485. The total number of literate persons in Boram was 1,807 (63.87% of the population over 6 years).
(*For language details see
Boram block#Language and religion)
Education
Adibasi High School is a Bengali-medium coeducational institution established in 1963. It has facilities for teaching in classes IX and X. The school has a library with 773 books.
References
Villages in East Singhbhum district
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