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Chaibasa is a small town and a municipality in West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Chaibasa is the district headquarters of West Singhbhum district. It is also the headquarter of Singhbhum Kolhan division headed by the Divisional commissioner. It consists of the main city including Sadar Bazar, Garikhana, Bari Bazar, Amla Tola, Sentola, Railway Station Area, JMP Chowk, Post Office Chowk and Gandhi Tola; and the surrounding suburbs and entry gates to the city including Tambo Chowk, Tungri, Khapparsai, Moholsai, Gutusai and Purana Chaibasa.
India [[census]], Chaibasa had a population of 69,565. The total number of householders was 10596. The male population stood at 36273 and the female population at 33292 (with the sex ratio at 100%:91,8%). Chaibasa has an average literacy rate of 86.93%, higher than the national average of 59.5%, with male literacy rate of 91.60% and female literacy rate of 81.83%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 6.52% and 25.70% of the population respectively. 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Due to its status as an industrial hub, Chaibasa is a very multilingual city. Hindi (32.6%) and Urdu (13.0%) are the most-spoken languages. Ho language (12.6%) and Odia language (8.9%) are the local languages. Other languages spoken in Chaibasa include Bengali language, Magahi language, Bhojpuri, Marwari language, Sadri language, Maithili and Karmali language. Tribal languages spoken include Kurukh language and Mundari language..
For higher education up to postgraduate degrees, Chaibasa has adequate colleges. The oldest and biggest one is Tata College, Chaibasa. Other two prominent colleges are G.C. Jain Commerce College and Mahila College. In 2009, Kolhan University was constituted with its head office at Chaibasa. In addition to the Chaibasa Engineering College, Chaibasa also boasts of a branch of the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) and the RAJ ITI.
Chaibasa's proximity to Jamshedpur and Kolkata contributes to its small scale industrial scape. The most popular economic engines are mining, textiles and the service sector.
Chaibasa not being directly on Howrah-Mumbai main line has hurt its economy quite a lot and all the railway jobs and related industries moved to Chakradharpur which is a smaller town near to it that lies on the main line.
One more train is running from Howrah i.e. Howrah Barbil Jan Shatabdi Express passes via Chaibasa. In 2012, another train from Chakradharpur–Barbil Intercity Express had started passing through Chaibasa which was later extended to Rourkela Junction but had to be closed due to poor ridership.
In 2014, another weekly train started from Visakhapatnam - Tatanagar Weekly Superfast Express which also passes through Chaibasa. Capital of Jharkhand, Ranchi is 145 km away from Chaibasa.
In early 2024, a new weekly train was inaugurated between Anand Vihar Terminal and Puri, passing through Chaibasa. This provided a direct train route to national capital Delhi for the residents.
In the latter half of the year, a new Vande Bharat Train route was inaugurated by Narendra Modi running between Tatanagar and Brahmapur in Odisha passing through Chaibasa.
Chaibasa is a station on the southbound line to Orissa from Rajkharsawan Junction on the Tatanagar–Bilaspur section of Howrah-Nagpur-Mumbai line.
The city does not have a public airport, with the nearest domestic airports being in the state capital Ranchi. While, the well connected international airports are at Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. There are small domestic airports situated close to Chaibasa, in Rourkela Airport and Sonari Airport but they only provide regular flights to Bhubaneswar and Kolkata. There is an abandoned airstrip in the outskirts of the city, last used back in the 1960s.
Chaibasa is situated on the State Highway 5.Google maps
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