Bokaro

India
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Also known as: Bokaro Steel City
In full:
Bokaro Steel City

Bokaro, city and metropolitan area, eastern Jharkhand state, northeastern India. It lies along the Damodar River, just west of one of India’s largest iron and steel plants.

Construction of the steelworks began in 1968, and the first blast furnace was inaugurated in 1972. The plant was built with Soviet aid and was completed in the 1980s. Facilities there were upgraded in the 1990s. Major coalfields are located nearby. Bokaro was built to provide housing and other community facilities for the plant’s employees. The city is connected by road and rail with Kolkata (Calcutta) to the southeast. Pop. (2001) city, 393,805; urban agglom., 497,780; (2011) city, 414,820; urban agglom., 564,319.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.