Adityapur

Adityapur
City and Neighbourhood
[[File: File:Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo.jpg Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo |200px]] Tata Kandra Road, Expressway, Adityapur Toll Bridge
Adityapur Location in Jharkhand, India Adityapur Adityapur (India)
Coordinates: 22.7901°N 86.1657°E / 22.7901; 86.1657
Country	India
State or Union Territory	Jharkhand
Metro/City/Town	Jamshedpur
Languages*
• Official	Hindi, Urdu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	831013
Telephone code	0657
Vehicle registration	JH 22
Lok Sabha constituency	Singhbhum
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Seraikella
Website	seraikela.nic.in

Adityapur is an industrial city/ sister city of Jamshedpur, and a nagar parishad in the Seraikela Sadar subdivision in the Seraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, India

Etymology

Adityapur is named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, the last ruler of Saraikela.

Geography

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Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration M: municipality, OG: outgrowth, CT: census town, T: tourist centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly For Seraikela Kharsawan district location map see Saraikela page

Location

Adityapur is located at 22.7901°N 86.1657°E / 22.7901; 86.1657.

Adityapur is part of the Greater Jamshedpur, under the Indian government's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). It is separated from Jamshedpur by the Kharkai River.

Kharkai River surrounds Adityapur on three sides (except the west). Adityapur is connected, over the Kharkai River, to the city of Jamshedpur via:

• A toll bridge through Kadma and
• Kharkai Bridge through Bistupur

Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration

With its recognition as an industrial town as early as the 1911 census, Jamshedpur was set on the road of steady population growth, as large number of emigrants flocked in for work opportunities. While in the earlier decades the central nucleus grew, in the later decades towns around Jamshedpur grew rapidly. In 2011, Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration included 13 urban centres, with a total population of 1.3 million people. However, in more recent years, Jamshedpur UA “has lacked the growth and development observed around other similar industrial towns in western and southern India.”

Note: The map alongside presents the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration

There is a police station at Adityapur.

The headquarters of Adityapur CD block are located at Adityapur city.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Adityapur had a total population of 174,355 of which 91,664 (53%) were males and 82,691 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 24,041. The total number of literate persons in Adityapur was 123,158 (81.93% of the population over 6 years.

(*For language details see Adityapur block#Language and religion)

Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration includes:

• Jamshedpur (Industrial Town),
• Jamshedpur (NAC),
• Tata Nagar Railway Colony (OG),
• Mango (NAC),
• Jugsalai (M),
• Bagbera (CT),
• Chhota Gobindpur (CT),
• Haludbani (CT),
• Sarjamda (CT),
• Gadhra (CT),
• Ghorabandha (CT),
• Purihasa (CT),
• Adityapur (M Corp.),
• Chota Gamahria (CT) and
• Kapali (CT).

See also: List of cities in Jharkhand

As of 2001 India census, Adityapur had a population of 119,221. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Adityapur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 60% of males and 40% of females literate. 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Infrastructure

According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Seraikela Kharsawan, Adityapur covered an area of 49 km² (19 sq mi). It has an annual rainfall of 1,132.9 mm (44.60 in). Among the civic amenities, it had 192 km (119 mi) of roads with open drains. The protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, hand pump, overhead tank. It had 31,710 domestic electric connections, 572 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 3 hospitals (with 75 beds), 4 dispensaries, 4 health centres, 1 family welfare centre, 2 maternity and child welfare centres, 2 maternity homes, 2 nursing homes, 2 charitable hospital/ nursing homes, 2 veterinary hospitals, 12 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 19 primary schools, 17 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at Jamshedpur, 4 km (2.5 mi) away. It had 1 engineering college, 1 polytechnic, 1 non-formal education centre (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan). Among social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 old age home, 1 stadium, 3 cinema theatre, 1 auditorium/ community hall, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Three important commodities it produced were bus body building, saria (iron), iron ore process. It had the branch offices of 9 nationalised banks, 2 private commercial banks, 3 co-operative banks.

Economy

See also: Adityapur Industrial Area, Adityapur Auto Cluster, The Onyx Mall, and The Onyx Hotel

Adityapur is one of the largest industrial areas in India, and a Special Economic Zone is in the works through the Adityapur Industrial Development Authority. The Adityapur Industrial Estate (33,970 acres, 53 sq. mile) has been Asia's largest industrial hub for a while. About 1,000 industries are located here and about 250 are under construction. There are about 20 large scale industries such as TGS, Usha Martin, Omni Auto, LMT and RSB. The Estate has an average annual production of ₹ 4,950 Crores.

Adityapur also has an IT company namely IT-SCIENT. This is a company based in Noida. Adityapur houses several corporate firms. Adityapur Industrial Area is a large industrial area/ belt/ zone in the city of Adityapur, housing a large number of companies.

Adityapur Auto Cluster is an economic cluster. It is a major economic hub of the city. City Residency Private Limited will setup a large mixed-use project, namely, The Onyx in the heart of Adityapur, with a shopping mall, a hotel, office, commercial, entertainment and residential spaces. It will be the first shopping mall of Adityapur.

Transport

Adityapur Kadma Toll Bridge

• Adityapur railway station is located on the Tatanagar-Bilaspur section of the Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line and the Asansol-Tatanagar-Kharagpur line.
• Four-lane highway, (Adityapur - Kandra Road), connects Jamshedpur to Barbil via Seraikela and Chaibasa.
• The bridge between Kadma and Adityapur provides a shortcut to NH 33 via Marine Drive, Jamshedpur.

Education

National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, an Institute of National Importance established at Adityapur in 1960, has the status of a Deemed University.

Srinath University is a private institution at Dindli, Adityapur with diverse educational programmes.

Government Polytechnic, established at Adityapur in 1980, offers diploma courses in engineering.

DAV Public School, NIT Campus, Adityapur is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 1991. It is a higher secondary school affiliated with the CBSE.

Central Public School Adityapur is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2005. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. The school has a playground and a library with 16,000 books and has 60 computers.

Srinath Public School Adityapur is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 2014. It is a secondary school affiliated with the CBSE.

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya is a Hindi-medium girls only institution established in 2007. It has facilities for teaching from class VI to class XII. The school has a playground, and a library with 30 books and has 6 computers for teaching and learning purposes.

Gayatri Shiksha Neekatan is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1985. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. The school has a playground, and a library with 250 books and has 14 computers for teaching and learning purposes.

Adarsh Shiksha Niketan is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1992. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class XII. The school has a playground, and a library with 500 books and has 1 computer for teaching and learning purposes.

S.N. High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1972. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. The school has a playground, and a library with 95 books and has 2 computers for teaching and learning purposes.

Victoria Memorial High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1984. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. The school has a playground, and a library with 625 books and has 2 computers for teaching and learning purposes.

Shri Ram NG High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 2009. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class X. The school has a library with 200 books.

Culture

All India Radio, Jamshedpur has its radio station in Adityapur.