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Brief history of the District Bokaro
This district of Bokaro was created on 1st April, 1991 by taking out Chas and Chandankiyari C.D.Blocks of Dhanbad district and the entire Bermo Subdivision of Giridih district and then merging them to form a new district. Bokaro district is bounded on the east by Dhanbad district and some portion of West Bengal State, on the west by Ramgarh district, on the south by Purulia district of West Bengal and on the north by parts of Giridih, Hazaribag and Dhanbad districts. The district extends between 23o26” to 23o57” North Latitude and 85o34” to 86o26” East Latitude. The district is located at an elevation of 200-546 m. from mean sea level.
Bokaro Wikipedia
| Country |  India |
|---|---|
| State |  Jharkhand |
| District | Bokaro |
| Founded by | Steel Authority of India |
| Named for | Steel Manufacturing Sector/Gas Exploration |
| Government | |
| • Type | Corporate |
| • Body | Steel Authority of India |
| AreaIncludes the sub urban area of Chas Municipal Corporation and Balidih Industrial Area. | |
| • Metropolis | 183 km2 (71 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5th in state |
| Elevation | 210 m (690 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Metropolis | 563,417 |
| • Rank | 4th in state |
| • Metro | 1,100,000 (proposed) |
| Demonym(s) | Bokaroite |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 827 001 |
| Telephone/ STD code | (+91)- 065420 |
| Vehicle registration | JH-09 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Dhanbad |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bokaro |
| Website | bokaro.nic.in |
The Settlement Report for Manbhum, 1928 and the District Gazetteer for Dhanbad, 1964 are the sources available to trace some historical background of newly created district of Bokaro. As a matter of fact, not much information is available for Bokaro district exclusively.
The District of Dhanbad was created on 24.10.1956 on the recommendation of the State Reconstitution Commission. The then district of Dhanbad consisted of two subdivisions, viz., Dhanbad Sadar & Baghmara.
On 01.04.1991 the Baghmara Subdivision, known as Chas Subdivision, became part and parcel of Bokaro district.
E-Governance
The e-District is a comprehensive and web enabled service portal that acts as an electronic gateway into the Government’s portfolio of services. It is an end-to-end integrated solution which caters to the needs of various departments of Jharkhand state and provides various e-Governance services to its citizens. This system enables the people in rural areas to have electronically/digitally signed certificates for birth, death, income, residential, castes, etc, at common service centres (CSC) located at Panchayat Bhawans and other locations, also known as Pragya Kendras. Other services like Revenue Courts, Electoral services, Consumer court services can be accessed by external links as provided on the home page of the website http://jharsewa.jharkhand.gov.in while rest of the services viz. Pension (Old-Age/Widow Pension/Handicapped Pension), RTI and Grievance Redressal, Government dues and recoveries will be introduced in a phased manner. The web based application is available at http://jharsewa.jharkhand.gov.in
Different e- Services
- Issuing of Birth Certificate
- Issuing of Cast certificate
- Issuing of Death certificate
- Issuing of Income certificate
- Issuing of Local Residancial certificate
- Issuing of Social Security Pension Services