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 include Maithon Dam.
Maithon Dam
Dam
The Maithon Dam is located at Maithon, 48 km from Dhanbad, in the state of Jharkhand India.It is just 24 km from Asansol city and one of the topmost visited place in Asansol region.
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
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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: “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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