Bursera is a census town in the Chandrapura CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the

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n state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Bursera is located at . Bursera is not marked in Google maps. The location given here is as per the Map of Chandrapura 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 (Thermal). 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, Bursera had a total population of 4,070, of which 2,108(52%) were males and 1,962 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 599. The total number of literate persons in Bursera was 2,316 (66.72% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro'', Bursera covered an area of 4.95 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 7 km roads with both open and close drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered well. It had 679 domestic electric connections, x road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 6 hospitals, 4 dispensaries, 4 health centres, 6 family welfare centres, 9 maternity and child welfare centres, 6 maternity homes, 6 nursing homes, no medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, the nearest secondary, senior secondary school at

Dugda Dugda (also known as Deonagar) is a census town in the Chandrapura CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is a small township, constructed during the 1970s, situated under the foot of ...

7 km away.

References

{{Bokaro District Cities and towns in Bokaro district