JHARKHAND (CARVED OUT
OF BIHAR)
Area: 79, 714 sq. km
Latitude:
Population: 2, 69, 09, 428
Principle language: Hindi
Longitude:
Capital: Ranchi.
Situation: 28th state of India. It is surrounded
by Bihar in the north, west Bengal in the East, Orissa in the south and Uttar
Pradesh and Chhattisgarh in the west.
RANCHI
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Capital of Jharkhand.
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Located in the chhotanagpur Plateau.
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Heavy Machine tool plants, foundry forge plant,
Heavy Machine Building Plant are important industries.
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An important centre of raw lac collection
JAMSHEDPUR
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Well connected ;with Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai
by road and rail.
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Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO), oldest
steel plant in the country, was set up in 1907.
KODARMA
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Called as the ‘Mica capital of India’.
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Chief collecting, processing and trading centre
of mica.
TUNDOO
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Site of lead smelter.
SINDRI
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First public sector nitrogenous fertilizer plant
was established here.
GOMIA
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Indian explosively Limited company is set up.
BOKARO
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Steel plant was set up in 1964, with Soviet
collaboration near the confluence of Damodar an Bokaro River.
GHATSILA
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Situated in the valley of the Subarnarekha River
in the southern park of singhbhum district.
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Copper smelting plant is located.
CHAIBASA
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Site of cement factory, which uses blast furnace
slag instead of limestone.
DHANBAD
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Bharat coking limited is set up here.
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