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About Jharkhand
Area : 79,714 sq.km.
Population : 218.44 Lakhs
Capital : Ranchi
Districts : 18
The new State Jharkhand formerly a part of Bihar state, was
formed on November 15th, 2000 with Ranchi as its capital.
Jharkhand is the 28th state of the Indian Union. The districts
are Garwa, Palamu, Chatra, Koderma, Hazaribagh, Giridih,
Deoghar, Dumka, Godda, Pakur, Sahibganj, Dhanbad, Bokaro,
Ranchi, Lohardagga, Gumla, West Singhbhum and East Singhbhum.
Jharkhand means a forest country. This region lies in the
southern part of Bihar embracing Santhalparganas and
Chhotanagpur. It comprises of 18 districts. It is a plateau
about 3000 feet above sea level. The highest part of the
plateau is Netarhat which has an elevation of 3600 ft. The
Parasnath Hill is the highest point with an elevation of 4800
feet. The plateau is full of mountain ranges covered with
dense forests. A number of rivers and rivulets flow down
through the hilly terrains and valleys.
The Capital of Jharkhand will be
Ranchi. It has Raj Bhawan and bungalows for ministers and the
Chief Minister. The sprawling township of the Heavy
Engineering Corporation, a large part of which is unoccupied,
has been earmarked for setting up the Assembly house and a
Central office complex.Earlier, Ranchi was also the summer
capital of Bihar. It has an airport with night- landing
facilities and a daily commercial flight link to New
Delhi.
Creation of a new Jharkhand
State
In a historic move both the houses of
Parliament passed the Bihar Reorganisation Bill - 2000 during
the first week of August and the President gave his assent to
it a few days later. With this the stage is all set for the
formal beginning of the governance of the new Jharkhand state
from the 15th of November 2000. This witnesses the fulfilment
of the long cherished dream of the people of Chhotanagpur and
Santhalparganas for a separate state of Jharkhand. The new
state will comprise of 18 districts in Santalparganas and
Chotanagpur. These districts are: Ranchi, Gumla, Lohardaga,
Singhbhum East, Singhbhurn West, Palamau, Garhwa, Hazaribagh,
Chatra, Koderma, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Giridih, Deoghar, Godda,
Dumka, Pakur and Sahibganj. There will be 81 assembly seats,
14 Lok Sabha seats and 6 Rajya Sabha seats in the new state.
Partywise break up in the new assembly is given
below:
Langauages
Santhali
, Mundari , Kurukh, Khortha, Nagpuria, Sadri, Khariya,
Panchparagnia, Ho, Malto, Karmali, Hindi, Urdu, Bangla etc
Festivals
Sarhul, Karma,
Sohrai, Badna, Tusu, Id, X-mas, Holi, Dushahra
etc.
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