Adityapur
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. Location. Adityapur is located at . 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: 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.” 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. Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration includes: Infrastructure. According to the "District Census Handbook 2011, Seraikela Kharsawan", Adityapur covered an area of . It has an annual rainfall of . Among the civic amenities, it had 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, 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. 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. 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.