Kurpania
Kurpania is a census town in the Bermo CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography. Location. Kurpania 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 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. Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Kurpania had a total population of 7,789, of which 3,993 (51%) were males and 3,796  (49%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,020. The total number of literate persons in Kurpania was 5,689 (84.04% of the population over 6 years). As per 2011 Census of India, Phusro Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 186,139, of which males were 97,665 and females 88,874. Phusro Urban Agglomeration is composed of Phusro (NP), Bermo (CT), Jaridih Bazar (CT), Bokaro (CT) and Kurpania (CT). Infrastructure. According to the "District Census Handbook 2011, Bokaro", Kurpania covered an area of 1.65 km. Among the civic amenities, it had 10 km roads with open drains, the protected  water supply involved tap water from treated sources, uncovered well, overhead tank. It had 1,313 domestic electric connections, 150 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities, it had 2 hospitals, 1 dispensary, 1 health centre, 4 family welfare centres, 10 maternity and child welfare centres, 10 maternity homes, 10 nursing homes, 5 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school, 1 senior secondary school, the nearest general degree college at Jaridih Bazar 8 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities it had 1 cinema theatre, 8 auditorium/ community halls , 1 public library, 1 reading room. An important commodity it produced was coal. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.