Adityapur

Adityapur is a city in India 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. It lies in the Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. Today it is considered a part of the Greater Jamshedpur Metropolitan Region. As part of the Indian government's Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Adityapur will be included under the Greater Jamshedpur plan. It is predominantly an industrial region and once held the record of being the largest industrial belt in Asia.Demographics, according to the Indian census, 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.GeographyKharkai River surrounds Adityapur on three sides (except the west), and is connected with the well-known city of Jamshedpur (famous for Tata Steel) via a toll bridge through Kadma and Kharkai Bridge through Bistupur over the river.