Bokaro Steel City

Bokaro, officially known as Bokaro Steel City (pronunciation^ⓘ), is an industrial planned city in Jharkhand, India. With an estimated metropolitan population of 1.1 million and 183 square kilometres (71 sq mi) of area, it is the fourth largest city in the state. Bokaro is the administrative headquarters of Bokaro district. The city is located on the banks of Garga River and on the fringes of Bokaro river and is surrounded by hill ranges at Giridih and Ramgarh districts.

Marafari is the oldest settlement in Bokaro which was just a village during the time of Mughals and Sultanates. Manbhum region also covered Bokaro which was ruled by Mughal and Sultanates. Bokaro became one of the first planned cities of India started in late 1960s, with establishment of the Bokaro Steel Plant led by then prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru. After independence, it became a part of Bihar state. Today, Bokaro is the headquarters of the Bokaro District as well as Koylanchal range (Bokaro, Dhanbad and Giridih) and is also one of the headquarters of the Police IG zone, apart from Ranchi and Dumka, covering seven districts- Hazaribagh, Dhanbad, Giridih, Koderma, Chatra, Bokaro, and Ramgarh (North Chotanagpur Division).

The city is an emerging industrial and educational hub. Despite this, the city has a cosmopolitan culture with people belonging to different ethnicity from South India as well as North India, representing its unique attributes, giving the city the character of Mini India while having a strong influence of Bihari and Bengali culture. The city hosts numerous tourist spots, which include zoo, dam, parks and shopping mall. Multiple big corporations operate in Bokaro. It lies on the mineral-rich Chota Nagpur Plateau and a Coal Bed Methane(Gas) reserves of 45 billion cubic metres. Bokaro has one of the most important coalfields of India in nearby areas which are Jharia, Kulti, West Bokaro, East Bokaro and Ramgarh.