Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved
out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand
shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
to the west, Odisha to the south, and West Bengal to the east. The industrial
city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka is sub capital, Dhanbad the coal
capital of India, while Jamshedpur is the largest and the biggest industrial
city of the state. Some of the other major cities and industrial centres are Bokaro,
Dhanbad and Jamshedpur. The major religious centre is Deoghar.
Indian
parliament passed the Bihar Reorganization Bill on August, 2, 2000 to create
the state of Jharkhand. The state comprises of twenty-two districts of the
erstwhile Bihar. The new state is bordered by Bihar, Chattisgarh, Orissa, and
West Bengal to its north, west, south and east respectively. Around 35% of the
population of former Bihar is in the Jharkhand region.
Capital :
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Ranchi
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Area:
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30,778 sq m
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State Bird:
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koel
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State Animal:
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Elephant
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State Flower:
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Palash
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State Language:
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Bengali
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State Sport:
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Football
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State Dance:
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Folk dance
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Chief Minister:
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Hemant
Soren
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Major Occupation:
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Agriculture
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Time Zone:
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GMT + 5:30
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