Bokaro district consists of undulating uplands on the Chota Nagpur Plateau with the Damodar River cutting a valley right across.

The highest hill, Lugu Pahar, rises to a height of 1,070 metres (3,510 ft).

The 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long, 55 metres (180 ft) high earthfill dam with composite masonry cum concrete spillway, Tenughat Dam, across the Damodar River, is operated by the Government of Jharkhand.

[3] According to old British records, Nawadih PS was there after Giridh subdivision was formed (then in Hazaribagh district) in 1870.

The total number of literate persons in Nawadih was 2,642 (85.14% of the population over 6 years).