About Chas
Chas is a Municipal Corporation City in Bokaro district in the state of Jharkhand, India. Chas is the sub-urban area of Bokaro Steel City. Chas Nagar Nigam area consists of 35 wards.Chas is notable for a large wholesale market and small scale industrial centre of Bokaro.Vedanta.Ltd (previously Electrosteel Castings) is also close to Chas.
Once a small grain trading hub of the region, Chas became notable during the Second World War when the British government used it as a base to supply soldiers fighting in the eastern front against the Japanese. After the decision of Government of India to establish the Bokaro Steel Plant, the economic activity of Chas gathered momentum. It was the administrative headquarters of the area when Bokaro was a part of Dhanbad district, and later when Bokaro became a district itself. Later the headquarters were moved to the Bokaro steel city.
Source : Wikipedia