well water (covered/ uncovered), 96 villages had hand pumps, and all villages had drinking water facility. 14 villages had post offices, 13 villages had sub post offices, 6 village had telephone (land line) and 49 villages had mobile phone coverage. 106 villages had pucca (hard top) village roads, 20 villages had bus service (public/ private), 5 villages had autos/ modified autos, and 41 villages had tractors. 9 villages had banks branches, 5 villages had agricultural credit societies, no village had cinema/ video hall, no village had public library and public reading room. 37 villages had public distribution system, 27 villages had weekly haat (market) and 40 villages had assembly polling stations. Explosives Indian Explosives Ltd. set up a plant at Gomia in 1954. Coal mining Kathara Area of Central Coalfields Limited operates the following collieries of East Bokaro Coalfield: Kathara OC, Jarangdih OC, Jarangdih UG, Swang OC, Swang UG and Govindpur UG. CCL operates coking coal washeries at Kathara and Swang. Power Tenughat Thermal Power Station is located at Lalpania and is owned by the state-owned Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd. It operates a 2x210 MW power plant. 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. Bajara, 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. Transport The Gomoh-Barkakhana line serves Gomia block. Education In 2011, amongst the 107 inhabited villages in Gomia CD block, 13 villages had no primary school, 68 villages had one primary school and 26 villages had more than one primary school. 50 villages had at least one primary school and one middle school. 16 villages had at least one middle school and one secondary school. Gomia CD block had 4 senior secondary schools and 2 degree colleges. Jhabbu Singh Memorial College was established at Phusro in 1980. It is affiliated to Vinoba Bhave University and offers courses in arts and