Dhanbad District

Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of state, India, and is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand, after .
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  • Type: district of India with 2,680,000 residents
  • Description: District of Jharkhand, India
  • Also known as: Dhanbad”, “Dhānbād”, “Dhānbād (India : District)”, and “Dhanbad district

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dhanbad Junction railway station.

Railway station
, station code DHN, is a railway station of the Indian railway serving the city of , the headquarters of Dhanbad district in the Indian state of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dhanbad and Jharia.

is a city in ; it is considered the coal capital of India. The coalfields around are known as the Jharia coalfields. They cover an area of around 448 km2, the total reserve of coal is estimated at 5,000 million tonnes.

Town
is a in city in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in state, . 's economy is heavily dependent on the local coal fields, used to make coke.

Suburb
is a in in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision in Dhanbad district in state, . is situated 5 km south of Dhanbad District.

Dhanbad District

Latitude
23.75° or 23° 45′ north
Longitude
86.4167° or 86° 25′ east
Population
2,680,000
Elevation
204 metres (669 feet)
Abbreviation
“DHN”
Open location code
7MM8QC28+2M
Geo­Names ID
1272980
Wiki­data ID
Q2240791
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Dhanbad District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: دانباد
  • Arabic: دنباد
  • Arabic: مقاطعة دنباد
  • Armenian: Դհանբադի Շրջան
  • Asturian: Dhanbad (distritu)
  • Asturian: Dhanbad
  • Asturian: distritu de Dhanbad
  • Basque: Dhanbad barrutia
  • Bengali: ধানবাদ জেলা
  • Bhojpuri: धनबाद जिला
  • Cebuano: Dhānbād
  • Chinese: Dhanbad
  • Chinese: 丹巴德縣
  • Dutch: Dhanbad
  • French: district de Dhanbad
  • French: District de Dhanbad
  • German: Dhanbad
  • Gujarati: ધનબાદ જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: धनबाद जिला
  • Hindi: धनबाद
  • Italian: distretto di Dhanbad
  • Italian: Distretto di Dhanbad
  • Japanese: ダンバード県
  • Maithili: धनबाद जिला
  • Malayalam: ധൻബാദ് ജില്ല
  • Manipuri: ꯙꯟꯕꯥꯗ ꯄꯅꯥ
  • Marathi: धनबाद जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Dhanbad
  • Nepali: धनबाद जिल्ला
  • Newari: धनवाद जिल्ला, झारखण्ड
  • Newari: धनवाद जिल्ला
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dhanbad
  • Norwegian: Dhanbad
  • Persian: بخش دهنبد
  • Persian: دانباد
  • Pushto: دان اباد
  • Russian: Дханбад
  • Sanskrit: धनबादमण्डलम्
  • Santali: ᱫᱷᱟᱱᱵᱟᱫᱽ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • South Azerbaijani: دانباد
  • Spanish: Distrito de Dhanbad
  • Tamil: தன்பாத் மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: ధన్‌బాద్ జిల్లా
  • Ukrainian: Дханбад
  • Urdu: دھنباد ضلع
  • Urdu: دھنباد
  • Urdu: ضلع دھنباد
  • Vietnamese: Dhanbad
  • Welsh: Dhānbād
  • Western Panjabi: دھنباد
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع دھنباد
  • धनबाद जिला

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jitpur and Hariladih.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bhaga railway station and Jamadobu.

Jharkhand: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, and Deoghar.

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