Hasir

Hasir Hosir
Census Town
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Area
• Total	8.42 km2 (3.25 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	11,195
• Density	1,330/km2 (3,440/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	829111
Telephone/STD code	06544
Vehicle registration	JH 09
Lok Sabha constituency	Giridih
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gomia
Website	bokaro.nic.in

Hasir (also spelled Hosir) is a census town in the Gomia CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Geography

Location

Hasir is located at .

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 200 to 540 metres (660 to 1,770 ft) above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft). 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 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 55 metres (180 ft) 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 1,291.2 millimetres (50.83 in). 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, Hasir had a total population of 11,195, of which 5,772 (52%) were males and 5,428 (48%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,504. The total number of literate persons in Hasir was 7,081 (73.07% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Hasir covered an area of 8.42 km². Among the civic amenities, it had 20 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved hand pump, uncovered wells. It had 1,990 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 5 dispensaries, 5 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 1 maternity home, 65 nursing homes, no medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, the nearest senior secondary school at Bokaro 60 km away.