{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Pathardih | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Neighbourhood in Dhanbad | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = India Jharkhand#India | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jharkhand, India | coordinates = {{coord|23.67|N|86.43|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Jharkhand]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Dhanbad district|Dhanbad]] | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = BK Sharma | named_for = | government_type = B.C.C.l | governing_body = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 143 | population_total = 39527 | population_as_of = 2001 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]] | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] -->828126 | postal_code = 828126 | registration_plate =JH | website = {{URL|dhanbad.nic.in/}} | footnotes = }} '''Pathardih''' is a [[neighbourhood]] in [[Dhanbad]] in [[Dhanbad Sadar subdivision]] of [[Dhanbad district]] in [[Jharkhand]] [[States and territories of India|state]], [[India]].

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===Location=== Pathardih is located at {{Coord|23.67|N|86.43|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Pathardih.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Pathardih]</ref> It has an average elevation of 143&nbsp;metres (469&nbsp;feet).

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

The earlier [[census town]] was combined with other urban units to form [[Dhanbad Municipal Corporation]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://166.62.42.155/dmc/citizen/ | title = Dhanbad Municipal Corporation | publisher = DMC | access-date = 15 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171015150926/http://166.62.42.155/dmc/citizen/ | archive-date = 15 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://dhanbad.nic.in/maps.html | title= Dhanbad District Map| work= Physical Map of Dhanbad |publisher= Jharkhand Government| access-date = 15 October 2017}}</ref>

Pathardih is part of Ward No. 50 of Dhanbad Municipal Corporation.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://dhanbad.nic.in/dhanbad_dmc.html |title = Dhanbad Municipal Corporation | work= प्रादेशिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों की सूची (in Hindi)|publisher= Jharkhand Government | access-date = 19 October 2017 }}</ref>

===Overview=== The region shown in the map is a part of the undulating [[Highland|uplands]] bustling with coalmines. The [[Damodar River]], the most important river of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]], flows along the southern border. A major part of the area shown in the map is part of [[Dhanbad Municipal Corporation]], an urban area. The places in the DMC area are marked as [[neighbourhoods]]. The western part of the region shown in the map is covered by [[Dhanbad (community development block)]]. 57% of the population of Dhanbad CD block reside in rural areas and 43% reside in urban areas, The east-central part of the region shown in the map is covered by [[Baliapur (community development block)]]. 86% of the population of Baliapur CD block reside in rural areas and 14% reside in urban areas. The places in the CD block areas are marked mostly as [[census towns]]. Three operational areas of [[Bharat Coking Coal|BCCL]] operate fully within the region – [[Pootkee Balihari Area]], [[Lodna Area]] and [[Eastern Jharia Area]]. The Moonidih sector of [[Western Jharia Area]] also operates in the region.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/20/2009_PART_A_DCHB_DHANBAD.pdf | title = District Census Handbook Dhanbad | work = Series 21, Part XIIA, pages 4-5, 5-6, 8 | publisher = Directorate of Census Operations, Jharkhand | access-date = 4 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-JK.html |title = 2011 Census C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= Jharkhand – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 8 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=22623| title = Area| publisher = Bharat Coking Coal Limited| access-date = 2 July 2019| archive-date = 26 July 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190726160730/http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=22623| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://dhanbad.nic.in/dhanbad_dmc.html | title = Dhanbad Municipal Corporation | work = प्रादेशिक निर्वाचन क्षेत्रों की सूची (in Hindi) | publisher = Jharkhand Government | access-date = 19 October 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171028073630/http://dhanbad.nic.in/dhanbad_dmc.html | archive-date = 28 October 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

===Police station=== Pathardih police station serves [[Jharia (community development block)|Jharia]] CD Block.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dhanbad.nic.in/Admins/structure.html| title = Dhanbad – Welcome to the Coal Capital of India| work = Administrative Structure of Dhanbad District – List of Thana and Outpost of Dhanbad Outpost| publisher = Jharkhand Government| access-date = 15 October 2017| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171024095316/http://www.dhanbad.nic.in/Admins/structure.html| archive-date = 24 October 2017| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==Demographics== {{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Pathardih had a population of 39,527. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Pathardih has an average literacy rate of 66%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 76%, and female literacy is 54%. In Pathardih, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Economy== Collieries in the [[Eastern Jharia Area]] of [[Bharat Coking Coal|BCCL]] are: Bhowrah North [[Coal mining#Underground mining|underground mine]], Bhowra South colliery, Sudamdih Incline Mine, Sudamdih Shaft Mine, Patherdih Colliery and Amlabad colliery/ project. Eastern Jharia Area has a reserve of 508.493 million tonnes.<ref name = "ejarea">{{cite web | url= http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=1716 | title= Bharat Coking Coal Limited | work= East Jharia Area | publisher= BCCL | access-date= 25 October 2017 | archive-date= 13 October 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171013230739/http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=1716 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

About 17.85 hectares of East Jharia Area are affected by fire and subsidence, because of primitive methods of mining at shallow depths in the pre-nationalization era. All the quarries and subsidized areas affected by fire at Sudamdih and Pathardih have been filled up.<ref name = "ejarea"/>

Mining has been going on in the underground mines in this area for about 100 years. Working conditions in these mines being amongst the most difficult in the world, good quality prime coking coal in the lower seams still remain untapped.<ref name = "ejarea"/>

==Transport== {{Railways in Jharia Coalfield|collapse=yes}}

==Healthcare== In addition to the 100-bedded Jealgora Regional Hospital and 10-bedded units at Bhowrah and Sudamdih, BCCL has an Ayurvedic dispensary at Pathardih.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=13141 | title= Bharat Coking Coal Limited | work= East Jharia Area - Welfare | publisher= BCCL | access-date= 25 October 2017 | archive-date= 16 January 2021 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210116110207/http://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=13141 | url-status= dead }}</ref>

==References== <references/>

{{Dhanbad District}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Dhanbad]]