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Jharkhand (/ ˈ dʒ ɑːr k ə n d /; [8] Hindi: [d͡ʒʱɑːɾkʰəɳɖ]; lit. ' the land of forests ') is a state in eastern India. [9] The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south.
Geography. Ranchi lies at 23°22′N 85°20′E near the Tropic of Cancer. The city covers an area of 175 km 2 (68 sq mi) [1] and its average elevation is 651 m above sea level. Ranchi is located in the southern part of the Chota Nagpur plateau, which is the eastern section of the Deccan plateau.
History of Jharkhand. The region have been inhabited since the Stone Age. [1] Copper tools from the Chalcolithic period have been discovered. [2] This area entered the Iron Age during the mid-2nd millennium BCE. [3][4] The region was conquered by the Maurya Empire, in 15th century Sultan Adil khan II (1457-1501) of Khandesh conquered it and ...
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification. [2] The creators note that "the assignment of ...
Jamshedpur (/ ˈdʒæmʃɛdpʊər /, [8] Hindi: [dʒəmˈʃeːdpʊr] ⓘ), also known as Tatanagar, is the largest and the most populous city in Jharkhand and the first planned industrial city of India. [9] It is a Notified Area Council [10] and Municipal Corporation and also the headquarter of the East Singhbhum district.
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
India is situated north of the equator between 8°4' north (the mainland) to 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' east to 97°25' east longitude. [2] It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with a total area of 3,287,263 square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi). [3][4][5] India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south and 2,933 km (1,822 ...
Jharkhand – state in eastern India carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. The state 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. It has an area of 79,710 km2 (30,778 sq mi).