The earlier census town was combined with other urban units to form Dhanbad Municipal Corporation in 2006.

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).

[11] 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.

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.

[11] [12] [13] In addition to the 100-bedded Jealgora Regional Hospital and 10-bedded units at Bhowrah and Sudamdih, BCCL has an Ayurvedic dispensary at Pathardih.