Kasmar is a community development block that forms an administrative division in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district, Jharkhand state, India. Overview Bokaro district, a part of the Chota Nagpur Plateau, has undulating surface with the altitude varying between 200 and 282 m. Topographically, the entire area is divided into three parts – the Bokaro uplands in the west, the Bokaro-Chas uplands in the middle and Barakar basin in the east. The general slope of the region is from the west to the east. The main rivers are the Damodar, Garga, Parga, Konar and Gobei. The district, covered with hills and forests, is a mining-industrial area. With the construction of the gigantic Bokaro Steel Plant in the nineteen sixties, it has become the focal point of this district. Maoist activities Jharkhand is one of the states affected by Maoist activities. , Bokaro was one of the 14 highly affected districts in the state., Bokaro was identified as one of the 13 focus areas by the state police to check Maoist activities. Geography Kasmar is located at . Kasmar CD block is bounded by Petarwar CD block on the west and the north, Jaridih CD block on the east, and Gola CD blocks, in Ramgarh district, and Joypur CD blocks, in Purulia district of West Bengal, on the south. Kasmar CD block has an area of 195.29 km2. It has 15 gram panchayats and 68 villages. Kasmar police station is located in this CD block. Headquarters of this CD block is at Kasmar. Demographics Population According to the 2011 Census of India, Kasmar CD block had a total population of 89.974, all of which were rural. There were 45,947 (51%) males and 44,027 (49%) females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 12,883. Scheduled Castes numbered 9,817 (10.91%) and Scheduled Tribes numbered 13,543 (15.05%). Large villages (with 4,000+ population) in Kasmar CD block are (2011 census figures in brackets): Garri (4,184), Manjura (5,503) and Madhukarpur (4,563). Other villages in Kasmar CD block include (2011 census figure in brackets): Kasmar (2,867) and Khairachatar (2,363). Literacy census the total number of literate persons in Kasmar CD block was 50,366 (65.33% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 30,343 (77.30% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 20,023 (52.92% of the female population over 6 years). The gender disparity (the difference between female and male