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Jharkhand

Jharkhand is a state in . Home to the Chota Nagpur Plateau, Jharkhand can fairly claim to be one of the most attractive parts of the country.
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is the capital city and also the largest district by population of the state of Jharkhand. was the centre of the Jharkhand movement, which called for a separate state for the tribal regions of South , northern , western and the eastern area of what is present-day .

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, also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. Located on the confluence of Swarnarekha and rivers, the city is surrounded by Dalma Hills.

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is a city in Jharkhand; 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.

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, also called Baidyanath Dham, is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Jharkhand. It is famous for the Baidyanath temple.

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is a city in Jharkhand and one of the most important industrial cities in the Eastern Region. Population of the urban area is more than 1,000,000 with area above than 200 km2.

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, meaning "a place of thousand gardens", is a city on the Chota Nagpur Plateau, in the state of Jharkhand.

is headquarters of the of Jharkhand state, India. The city of is known for its industrial and health sectors, as well as its scenery.

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is a city in Jharkhand. The city was named during the British Raj after Irishman Colonel Edward Tuite Dalton.

is a city in Deoghar district of Jharkhand. It is considered a health resort because the water there is said to cure digestion ailments. Historically, many notable people, particularly from Bengal, owned a house in .

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is a small town in the CD block in the subdivision of the , in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

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is a national park located in the Latehar and of Jharkhand, . Its the only national park in the state. It is spread over an area of 226.32 km2 and is a part of the .

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Shikharji, also known as Sammet or Sammed Shikharji, is one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Jains, in , Jharkhand. It is located on hill, the highest mountain in the state of Jharkhand.

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is a town in northern Jharkhand. The Barakar River east of forms the border with West Bengal at .

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The Dasam Falls is the collective name for cascade type waterfalls . They form the southern end of the Kanchi River. Dasam Falls is famed for its beauty and as a valuable source of hydroelectric power.

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, also called Hazaribag Wildlife Sanctuary, is in Jharkhand, . Hazaribagh town forms the base for visiting the national park.
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Jharkhand

Latitude of center
23.456° or 23° 27′ 22″ north
Longitude of center
85.2557° or 85° 15′ 21″ east
Population
33,000,000
Elevation
364 metres (1,194 feet)
Abbreviation
“JH”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2240991958
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1444365
Wiki­data ID
Q1184
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Yue Chinese—“Jharkhand” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Jharkhand”
  • Albanian: “Xharkand”
  • Amharic: “ጃርኸንድ”
  • Angika: “झारखंड”
  • Angika: “झारखण्ड”
  • Arabic: “تجاركاند”
  • Arabic: “جاركند”
  • Arabic: “جهارخاند”
  • Aragonese: “Jharkhand”
  • Armenian: “Ջարխանդ”
  • Armenian: “Ջարկխանդ”
  • Assamese: “ঝাড়খণ্ড”
  • Assamese: “ঝাৰখণ্ড”
  • Asturian: “Jharkhand”
  • Awadhi: “झारखण्ड”
  • Azerbaijani: “Charkhand”
  • Balinese: “Jharkhand”
  • Basque: “Jharkhand”
  • Belarusian: “Джгаркганд”
  • Belarusian: “Джхаркханд”
  • Bengali: “ঝাড়খণ্ড”
  • Bengali: “ঝাড়খন্ড”
  • Bengali: “ঝারখণ্ড”
  • Bhojpuri: “झार खंड”
  • Bhojpuri: “झार खण्ड”
  • Bhojpuri: “झारखंड प्रदेश”
  • Bhojpuri: “झारखंड प्रांत”
  • Bhojpuri: “झारखंड राज्य”
  • Bhojpuri: “झारखंड”
  • Bhojpuri: “झारखण्ड”
  • Bishnupriya: “ঝাড়খন্ড”
  • Breton: “Jharkhand”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаркханд”
  • Burmese: “ဈာရခဏ္ဍပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Jharkhand”
  • Cebuano: “State of Jharkhand”
  • Chechen: “Джаркханд”
  • Chinese: “Jharkhand”
  • Chinese: “乍拉肯德邦”
  • Chinese: “加尔克汉德邦”
  • Chinese: “恰尔肯德邦”
  • Chinese: “賈坎德邦”
  • Chinese: “贾坎德邦”
  • Croatian: “Jharkhand”
  • Czech: “Džhárkhand”
  • Danish: “Jharkhand”
  • Dhivehi: “ޖަރްކަންދު”
  • Dotyali: “झारखण्ड”
  • Dutch: “Jharkhand”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝarkando”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝarkhando”
  • Estonian: “Jharkhand”
  • Estonian: “Jhārkhand”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Jharkhand”
  • Finnish: “Jharkhand”
  • French: “Jharkhand”
  • Georgian: “ჯარხანდი”
  • German: “Jharkhand”
  • Goan Konkani: “Jharkhandd”
  • Goan Konkani: “झारखंड”
  • Greek: “Τζαρκάντ”
  • Greek: “Τζαρχάντ”
  • Gujarati: “ઝારખંડ”
  • Hausa: “Jharkhand”
  • Hebrew: “ג’הרקאנד”
  • Hebrew: “גהרקאנד”
  • Hindi: “झारखंड”
  • Hindi: “झारखण्ड”
  • Hungarian: “Dzshárkhand”
  • Icelandic: “Jharkhand”
  • Indonesian: “Jharkhand”
  • Interlingua: “Jharkhand”
  • Irish: “Jharkhand”
  • Italian: “Jharkhand”
  • Japanese: “ジャールカンド”
  • Japanese: “ジャールカンド州”
  • Kannada: “ಜಾರಖಂಡ”
  • Kannada: “ಝಾರ್ಖಂಡ್”
  • Kashmiri: “جھارکھنڈ”
  • Kashmiri: “جھارکھَنٛڈ”
  • Komering: “Jharkhand”
  • Korean: “자르칸드 주”
  • Korean: “자르칸드”
  • Korean: “자르칸드주”
  • Ladin: “Jharkhand”
  • Latin: “Jharakhanda”
  • Latin: “Jhārakhaṇḍa”
  • Latvian: “Džhārkhanda”
  • Literary Chinese: “賈坎德邦”
  • Lithuanian: “Džarkandas”
  • Lithuanian: “Džharkhandas”
  • Macedonian: “Џарканд”
  • Maithili: “झारखण्ड”
  • Malay: “Jharkhand”
  • Malayalam: “ഝാർഖണ്ഡ്‌”
  • Manipuri: “ꯓꯔꯈꯟ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯓꯥꯔꯈꯟ꯭ꯗ”
  • Marathi: “झारखंड”
  • Mazanderani: “جارکند”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Jharkhand”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jharkhand”
  • Mingrelian: “ჯარხანდი”
  • Mongolian: “Жарканд”
  • Mongolian: “Жаркханд”
  • Nepali: “झारखण्ड”
  • Newari: “झारखण्ड”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jharkhand”
  • Northern Luri: “جارکأند”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jharkhand”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jharkhand”
  • Norwegian: “Jharkhand”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jharkhand”
  • Oriya: “ଝାଡ଼ଖଣ୍ଡ”
  • Ossetian: “Джаркханд”
  • Ottoman Turkish (1500-1928): “جاركند”
  • Pampanga: “Jharkhand”
  • Panjabi: “ਝਾਰਖੰਡ”
  • Persian: “جارکند”
  • Polish: “Jharkhand”
  • Portuguese: “Jarcanda”
  • Portuguese: “Jharkhand”
  • Pushto: “جارکنډ”
  • Romanian: “Jharkhand”
  • Russian: “Джаркханд”
  • Sanskrit: “झारखण्डराज्यम्”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱟᱦᱮᱨᱠᱷᱚᱸᱰ”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱷᱟᱨᱠᱷᱚᱸᱰ”
  • Scots: “Jharkhand”
  • Serbian: “Џарканд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Džarkand”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jharkhand”
  • Sindhi: “جهارکنڊ”
  • Sindhi: “جھرکنڊ”
  • Sinhala: “ජාර්ක්හාන්ඩ්”
  • Slovak: “Džhárkhand”
  • Slovenian: “Džarhand”
  • South Azerbaijani: “جارکند”
  • Spanish: “Jharkhand”
  • Swahili: “Jharkhand”
  • Swedish: “Jharkhand”
  • Tagalog: “Jharkhand”
  • Tajik: “Ҷарханд”
  • Tamil: “சார்க்கண்டு”
  • Tamil: “சார்க்கண்ட்”
  • Tamil: “ஜார்கன்ட்”
  • Tatar: “Җаркһанд”
  • Telugu: “జార్ఖండ్”
  • Thai: “รัฐฌารขัณฑ์”
  • Tibetan: “རྗར་ཁན་ཌི།”
  • Tulu: “ಝಾರ್ಖಂಡ್”
  • Turkish: “Carkhand”
  • Turkish: “Jharkhand”
  • Ukrainian: “Джхаркханд”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Dźarkand”
  • Urdu: “جھار کھنڈ”
  • Urdu: “جھارکھنڈ”
  • Venetian: “Jharkhand”
  • Vietnamese: “Jharkhand”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Jharkhand”
  • Welsh: “Jharkhand”
  • Western Panjabi: “جھاڑکھنڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “贾坎德邦”
  • Yiddish: “דזשארקהאנד”
  • Yoruba: “Jharkhand”
  • Yue Chinese: “乍拉肯德邦”
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  • “झारखंड”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jharkhand”. Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.