Gomia
Gomia (also spelled as Gumia) is a census town in the Gomia CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The modern name is a transformation of "Gumia" over the years. Though, today, it is still listed as "Gumia" by the South Eastern Railway (India) (station code GMIA). History. Gomia took shape around the year 1956, when the Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI as its popularly known as), set up a commercial explosives (IEL) factory there. It was developed together a residential colony to house the 3500 employees that would work in  the factory. Since then, Gomia has been known as an example of diversity - with people of different nationalities, cultures and religious beliefs coming together to write a new chapter in the history of the then Hazaribagh district. Since the late 1950s, it has switched districts twice, first becoming a part of Giridih and then becoming a part of Bokaro district. In mid-1999, the IEL factory was acquired by Orica. Geography. Location. Gumia is located at . It has an average elevation of 238 metres (780 feet) and lies within the deciduous forests of Chota Nagpur Plateau 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 above mean sea level. The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of . 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 long, 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 . The soil is generally infertile and agriculture is mostly rain-fed. Civic administration. Police station. There are two police stations in Gomia, Gomia police station is located at Gomia 829111 . And another is I.E.L. Police station 829112 on the another side of the Gomia block. Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Gumia had a total population of 48,141, of which 25,119 (52%) were males and 23,022 (48%) were  females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 5,939. The total number of literate persons in Gumia was 38,968 (92.34% of the population over 6 years). Infrastructure. According to the "District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro", Gomia covered an area of 26.11 km. Among the civic amenities, it had 25 km roads with both open and closed drains, the protected water supply involved tap water from treated sources, hand pumps, overhead tank. It had 8,453 domestic electric connections, 50 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 1 hospital, 7 dispensaries, 7 health centres, 1 family welfare centre , 70 maternity and child welfare centres, 70 maternity homes, 8 nursing homes, no medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had 27 primary schools, 16 middle schools, 4 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at Swang 2 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 2 auditorium/ community halls, 1 public library, 1 reading room. One important commodity it produced was explosives. It had the branch offices of 1 nationalised bank, 1 private commercial bank, 1 cooperative bank. Transport. Gumia railway station is on the Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line. Tourism. Tenughat  Dam gathers the beauty of nature. It is the largest dam of Asia, made up of soil barrier. Konar Dam is about 20 km from Gomia. Lugu buru ghantabadi dhoromgadh is the fair for the tribals. It was announced as a state fair in 2018.