Misplaced Pages

Tenu
Census Town
TenuLocation in Jharkhand, IndiaShow map of JharkhandTenuTenu (India)Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°44′04″N 85°50′04″E / 23.734444°N 85.834556°E / 23.734444; 85.834556
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Area
• Total	5.46 km (2.11 sq mi)
Elevation	237 m (778 ft)
Population
• Total	4,533
• Density	830/km (2,200/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	829123 (Tenughat Dam)
Telephone/STD code	06549
Vehicle registration	JH-09
Lok Sabha constituency	Giridih
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Gomia
Website	bokaro.nic.in

Tenu (also known as Tenughat) is a census town in the Petarwar CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located at the foot of Tenughat Dam, 42 km from Bokaro Steel City, the district headquarters,

Geography

Location

Tenu is located at 23°44′04″N 85°50′04″E / 23.734444°N 85.834556°E / 23.734444; 85.834556.

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, Tenu had a total population of 4,533, of which 2,523 (56%) were males and 2,010 (44%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 448. The total number of literate persons in Tenu was 3,619 (88.59% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro, Tenu covered an area of 5.46 km. Among the civic amenities, it had 2 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved tapwater from treated sources, handpump, overhead tank. It had 765 domestic electric connections, 62 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 3 hospitals, 3 dispensaries, 3 health centres, 15 family welfare centres, 3 maternity and child welfare centres, 3 maternity homes, 11 nursing homes, no medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 1 primary school, 3 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, 4 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at Tenudam-cum-Kathara 6 km away. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.

Economy

Tenughat Dam

Tenughat Dam was constructed across the Damodar River in 1978 by the Government of Bihar, outside the control of the Damodar Valley Corporation.

References

1. "District Census Handbook Bokaro 2011" (PDF). Physical features, Mines and minerals, Indistires, p 7-8. Directorate of Census Operations. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
2. "Tenughat Dam". india9. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
3. "District Census Handbook, Bokaro, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Rural PCA-C.D. blocks wise Village Primary Census Abstract, location no. 362486, page 150. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
4. "District Census Handbook Bokaro, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Pages 384-397. Directorate of census Operations, Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
5. "Integrated Flood Management Case Study1 India: Flood Management – Damodar River Basin" (PDF). World Meteorological Organization. Retrieved 11 December 2015.

v t e Cities, towns and locations in Bokaro district, North Chotanagpur Division
Cities, towns and locations in Dhanbad district Cities, towns and locations in Purulia district Cities, towns and locations in South Chotanagpur division Cities, towns and locations in Giridih district Cities, towns and locations in Hazaribagh district Cities, towns and locations in Ramgarh district
Cities, municipal and census towns	Amlabad Bandh Dih Bandhgora Bermo Bhandra Bhojudih Bokaro (Thermal) Bokaro Steel City Bursera Chandrapura Chas Dugda Gomia Hasir Jaridih Bazar Jena Kurpania Lalpania Narra Phusro Saram Sijhua Tanr Balidih Telo Tenu Tenudam-cum-Kathara Termi
Locations other than cities and towns	Achhaiya Chalkari Basti Chandankiyari Dungditand Kasmar Mahuatand Manpur Nawadih Petarwar Pindrajora Pupunki Siyaljori
Neighbourhoods	Chira Chas City Centre, Bokaro
Related topics	North Chotanagpur Division topics Cities, towns, locations and neighbourhoods in Dhanbad district Cities, towns and locations in Chatra district Cities, towns and locations in Giridih district Cities, towns and locations in Koderma district Cities, towns and locations in Hazaribagh district Cities, towns and locations in Ramgarh district

This article related to a location in Jharkhand is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Cities and towns in Bokaro district
• Jharkhand geography stubs