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Chandrapura | |
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Census Town | |
  Chandrapura Location in Jharkhand, India  Chandrapura Chandrapura (India) | |
| Coordinates: 23°45′N 86°07′E / 23.75°N 86.12°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Bokaro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 7.6 km2 (2.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 27,425 |
| • Density | 3,600/km2 (9,300/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 828403 |
| Telephone code | 06549 |
| Vehicle registration | JH |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Giridih |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Bermo |
| Website | bokaro |
| Industrial township of Chandrapura Thermal Power Station (C.T.P.S) under Damodar Valley Corporation | |
Chandrapura is a census town in the Chandrapura CD block in the Bermo subdivision of the Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is situated on the northern banks of the river Damodar. The town is well known for the Chandrapura Thermal Power Station, a thermal-coal based power generation unit of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) and De Nobili school which was established by Roberto de Nobili. The school is one of 16 schools supported by Damodar Valley Corporation, an Indian state-owned corporation.