Adityapur

Adityapur
City and Neighbourhood
[[File: Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo |200px]] Tata Kandra Road, Expressway, Adityapur Toll Bridge
Country	India
State or Union Territory	Jharkhand
Metro/City/Town	Jamshedpur

Adityapur is a city in Jharkhand named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo, the last ruler of Saraikela. It is today an industrial town/sister city separated from the famous city of Jamshedpur by the Kharkai River, But it is the part Jamshedpur only itself. It lies in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. Today it is considered a part of the Metropolitan Region. As part of the Indian government's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Adityapur will be included under the plan.^[1] It is predominantly an industrial region and once held the record of being the largest industrial belt in Asia.^{[citation needed]}

Demographics[]

As of 2011, according to the Indian census,^[2] Adityapur had a population of 225,628. 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 the males and 40% of females literate. Fourteen percent of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography[]

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

• A toll bridge through Kadma and
• Kharkai Bridge through Bistupur over the Kharkai river.

Media[]

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

FM channels are as follows:

• Big FM: 92.7
• Red FM: 93.5
• Radio Dhoom FM: 104.8
• Vividh Bharati FM (All India Radio): 100.8.

Economy[]

Adityapur is one of the largest industrial areas in India^{[citation needed]}, 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 L.M.T and RSB. The Estate has an average annual production of ₹ 4,950 Crore.

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

Adityapur Auto Cluster is a place in Adityapur. It is an economic cluster in Adityapur. It is also a major economic source of the city This place have the famous company IT - SCIENT. Now City Residency Privated Limited will setup a large mixed used project namely The Onyx at heart of the Adityapur. It will be a shopping mall as well as a hotel, office, commercial, entertainment and residential hub. It will be the first shopping mall of Adityapur.

Education[]

• NIT Jamshedpur
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• DAV Public School

Transport[]

Tata Kandra Main Road

Adityapur Kadma Toll Bridge

• Adityapur railway station
• Four-lane highway, (Adityapur-Kandra Main 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.

Civic amenities[]

Adityapur is a Municipal Corporation area under the Metropolitan Area.

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