Jharkhand Basic Facts
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Jharkhand Basic Facts Information
If you are preparing for a state government examination then you should have knowledge about your state. In this section, you will know basic information about Jharkhand state.
| Formation of Jharkhand State | 15th Nov 2000 |
| Capital of Jharkhand | Ranchi |
| Sub-capital of Jharkhand State | Dumka |
| Rank if JH state in terms of population in India | 14th |
| Industrial capital of the JH state | Jamshedpur |
| Rank of JH state in terms of Area in India | 15th |
| Latitude of the Jharkhand State | 21°59'N to 25°18'N |
| Longtitude of the Jharkhand Stage | 83°59'E to 87°57'E |
| Boundaries of Jharkhand State | Bihar in North, Odisha in the South, West bengal in teh East, Chhattisgarh and Uttar pradesh in the West |
| Lenght of the JH State | 463KM East to West |
| Breadth of the JH state | 380KM North to South |
| Jharkhand State Language | Hindi |
| Area of the Jharkhand State | 79,714 sq km |
| Latitudnal line passing through state | Tropic of Cancer (Passes through Ranchi and Gumla) |
| Districts of the JH touching the boundary of bihar | 10 districts (Garhwa, Pakur, Chatra, hazaribagh, Koderma, Gridih, Sahibganj, Deoghar, Dumka, Godda |
| Districts of the Jharkhand which touches the boundary of west bengal | 10 districts (Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Jamtara, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Ramgarh, Ranchi, Seraikela-kharsawan, Purbi-singhbhum) |
Demography of the Jharkhand State
Polulation : 3,29,88,134 (Ranked 14th in the Country)
| Male | 1,69,30,315 |
| Female | 1,60,57,819 |
Urban population : 79,33,061
| Male | 1,60,57,819 |
| Female | 3,77,92,232 |
Polulation Density: 414 persons per sq km
Decadal Polulation Growth: 22.42%v(2001-2011)
Percentage of Total population of India : 2.72% (2011)
Sex Ratio of Jharkhand : 949 (18th)
Literacy Rate of Jharkhand : 66.4% (31st)
| Male | 76.8% |
| Female | 55.4% |
ST population:86,45,042
SC population : 39,85,644
Administrative Structure of Jharkhand State
| Legislature | Unicameral |
| Legislature Constituencies | 82 (elected 81 and Nominated 1) |
| Number of seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes in the Jharkhand State | 28 |
| Number of seats reserved for Scheduled Castes in the Jharkhand State | 09 |
| lok Sabha Constituencies in the Jharkhand State | 14 (ST-05, SC-01) |
| Rajya Sabha Seats in Jharkhand State | 6 |
| Largest constituency of Lok Sabha | Singhbhum |
| Smallest constituency of Lok Sabha | Chatra |
| Total districts in Jharkhand State | 24 |
| Total division in the Jharkhand state | 5 |
| Number of districts during formation of jharkhand State | 18 |
| Districts added after formation of jharkhand | 6 (Latehar, Jamtara, Simdega, Khunti, Seraikela-kharsawan, Ramgarh |
| Total number of sub-divisions in Jharkhand state | 45 |
| Total number of blocks in Jharkhand state | 264 |
| High court of Jharkhand | Ranchi (21st high court of India) |
First in Jharkhand State
| First Governor of Jharkhand | Prabhat kumar |
| First chief minister of Jharkhand state | Babulal Marandi |
| First leader of opposition | Inder singh namdhari |
| First speaker of vidhan sabha | Stephen Marandi |
| First women cabinet minister | Joba Majhi |
| First chief justice of high court | Vinod kumar gupta |
| First chief secretary of Jhakhand | Vijay shankar dubey |
| First IG police of Jharkhand state | Shivaji mohan caire |
| First advocate general of Jharkhand state | MM banerjee |
| First ashok chakra awardee | Albert ekka |
| First international hockey player of Jharkhand state | Savitri purti |
| First chairman of the Jharkhand public service commission | Phatikchandra hembrum |
| First Nominated member of vidhan sabha | joseph pacheli galstaun |
| First copper plant in Jharkhand | Ghatshila |
| First cement factory in Jhakhand | Japla |
| First university of Jhakhand | Ranchi university |
| First agriculture university of jharkhand | Birsa agriculture university |
| First Medical college of Jhakhand | Rajendra institute of Medical Science |
| First degree college in Jhakhand | St Columbas college |
| First daily hindi newspaper of JH | Rashtriya bhasha |
| First English newspaper of jharkhand | daily press |
| First film of Jharkhand | Aakarant |
| First santhali film of Jhakhand | Mukhya braha |
| First power house of Jhakhand | Tilaiya |
| Pioneer of jharkhand movement | J Barthoman |
Jharkhand First in India and in the World
| First Steel factory of India | Jamshedpur (1907) |
| First largest fertilizer plant of India | Sindri (1951) |
| First large explosive production factory of India | Gomla |
| First methane gas well of Asia | Parbatpur (Bokaro) |
| Largest iron and steel factory of India | Bokaro |
| Largest export center of Lac in the World | Tori (Latehar) |
Jharkhand Miscellaneous
| First copper plant of the state | Ghatshila |
| Highest waterfall of the state | Budhaghagh or Lodh falls |
| Highest peak of the Jharkhand state | Parasnath |
| Coldest peak of the Jharkhand state | Netarhat |
| City of black diamond | Dhanbad |
| Storage house of minerals | Chhota nagpur |
| Place receiving the highest in the JH state | Netarhat |
| Shimla of the Jhakhand state | Ranchi |
| Steel city of the jharkhand state | Jamshedpur (tatanagar) |
| Largest river valley project of the Jhakhand state | Damodar vallery project |
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