Maithon
Maithon is a town in northern Jharkhand. The Barakar River east of Maithon forms the border with West Bengal at Asansol.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Maithon Dam.
Maithon
- Type: Locality with 18,800 residents
- Description: human settlement in Dhanbad district, North Chotanagpur division, Jharkhand, India
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Egarkund, Dhanbad District, North Jharkhand, Jharkhand, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
23.78° or 23° 46′ 48″ north
Longitude
86.81° or 86° 48′ 36″ east
Population
18,800
Elevation
133 metres (436 feet)
Open location code
7MM8QRJ6+22
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Maithon” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “মাইথন”
- Bhojpuri: “मैथन”
- Bishnupriya: “মাইথন”
- Bulgarian: “Маитхон”
- Cebuano: “Maithon”
- Chinese: “迈通”
- Chinese: “邁通”
- Dutch: “Maithon”
- French: “Maithon”
- Hindi: “मैथन”
- Irish: “Maithon”
- Italian: “Maithon”
- Malay: “Maithon”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Maithon”
- Nepali: “मैथन”
- Portuguese: “Maithon”
- Santali: “ᱢᱟᱭᱛᱷᱚᱱ”
- Swedish: “Maithon”
- Vietnamese: “Maithon”
- “मैथन”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Mera and Chirkunda.
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Worth a closer look: Dhanbad and Bokaro Steel City.
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