water facility. 14 villages had post offices, 14 villages had sub post offices, 9 village had telephone (land line) and 50 villages had mobile phone coverage. 62 villages had pucca (hard top) village roads, 33 villages had bus service (public/ private), 6 villages had autos/ modified autos, and 22 villages had tractors. 5 villages had banks branches, 4 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, 1 village had public library and public reading room. 32 villages had public distribution system, 19 villages had weekly haat (market) and 42 villages had assembly polling stations. Tenughat Dam Tenughat Dam was constructed across the Damodar River in 1978 by the Government of Bihar, outside the control of the Damodar Valley Corporation. Agriculture The average annual rainfall in Bokaro district is 1291.2 mm. The soil is generally laterite and sandy. 39.21% of the total area is under agriculture. It is generally a single monsoon-dependent crop. 9.90% of the cultivable land is under horticulture. Rice and maize are the main crops. Bajra, wheat, pulses and vegetables are also grown. Backward Regions Grant Fund Bokaro district is listed as a backward region and receives financial support from the Backward Regions Grant Fund. The fund created by the Government of India is designed to redress regional imbalances in development. As of 2012, 272 districts across the country were listed under this scheme. The list includes 21 districts of Jharkhand. Education In 2011, amongst the 62 inhabited villages in Peterwar CD block, all villages had primary schools, 44 villages had one primary school and 18 villages had more than one primary school. 40 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 9 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school. Bermo (small block with only 3 inhabited villages) and Peterwar were the only CD Blocks in Bokaro district where all inhabited villages had primary schools. Peterwar CD block had 2 senior secondary schools and 1 degree college. Healthcare In 2011, amongst the 62 inhabited villages in Peterwar CD block, 4 villages had primary health centres, 15 villages had primary health sub-centres, 8 villages had maternity and child welfare centres, 2 villages had TB clinics, 2 villages had allopathic hospitals, 1 village had an alternative medicine hospital, 4 villages had dispensaries, 2 villages had veterinary hospitals, 4 villages had medicine shops and 40 villages had no medical facilities. References