Malkera
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Malkera is a census town
Census town
In India, a census town is one which has:# A minimum population of 5,000# At least 75% of male working population engaged in non-agricultural pursuits# A density of population of at least 400 persons per km2.In Ireland, a census town is;...

 in Dhanbad district
Dhanbad District
Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district...

 in the India
India
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n state
States and territories of India
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 of Jharkhand
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...

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Geography

Malkera is located at 23.78°N 86.3°E. It has an average elevation of 183 metre
Metre
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s (600 feet).

Demographics

India census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Malkera had a population of 9804. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Malkera has an average literacy rate of 64%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 52%. In Malkera, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.here Tata groups have coal mines.Tata steel also developed labour township here.Malkera constituted of place like choutidih,lal bungalow, new colony, trigunait basti, green basti. nearest market place is katras which is at 15 minutes drive.It has well maintained green patched area managed by TISCO. Malkera is at a distance of 20 km from Dhanbad town and 70 km from Bokaro Steel. since there is no English medium school situated here, children have to go either to D.A.V,sijua or DE'NOBLI which are at a distance of 5 km to 6 km from here.The only high school situated here is Bhubneswar Trigunait Memorial high school(Hindi medium).
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