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Jharkhand in India (disputed hatched)
Location of Jharkhand

Jharkhand (Hindi: झारखंड, Urdu: جھارکھنڈ) is a state in the Republic of India. About 20,000,000 people live in there. The state covers 28,833 square miles (74,680 km2). It is bigger than Sierra Leone but smaller than Panama. It has many villages and towns. Ranchi is the capital city. In traditional Indian geography it falls under the East Indian zone.

Provincial symbols of Jharkhand

  • Asian Koel (Male) I IMG 8190

    Provincial bird of Jharkhand

  • IndianElephant

    Provincial animal of Jharkhand

  • Ficus religiosa Bo

    Provincial tree of Jharkhand

  • STS 001 Butea monosperma

    Provincial flower of Jharkhand


Images for kids

  • Khakparta Temple

    Khakparta Temple, a 9th-century Shiva temple in Lohardaga

  • Nehru bajaj sarojini khan azad1940a

    Jawaharlal Nehru, industrialist Jamnalal Bajaj, Sarojini Naidu, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and Maulana Azad at the 1940 Ramgarh session of the Indian National Congress.

  • India Jharkhand relief map

    Physical map of Jharkhand

  • Sun Temple, Bundu, Ranchi

    Sun Temple at Ranchi; Hinduism is the largest religion in the state

  • Coal Mine

    Open-cast Coal Mining in Dhanbad

  • Rice plate Jharkhand

    A Jharkhand Rice Plate

  • Chhau Dancers

    Chhau Dancers in Jharkhand village

  • Sohrai wall painting jharkhand India

    Sohrai wall painting jharkhand

  • Bitmesra

    Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi

  • IMGJagannathpur Temple

    Jagannath temple at Ranchi built by king Ani Nath Shahdeo

  • Malooti3

    Maluti temples in Dumka

  • Palamau Fort

    Palamu Forts

  • Nawratan gadh

    Navratangarh fort

  • Palaash flowers

    Palash flowers, bright red, pepper the skyline in Jharkhand during fall, also known as forest fire

  • Muta crocodile park

    A crocodile at Muta crocodile breeding centre at Ormanjhi, Ranchi

  • RAJNI

    A Female Indian Elephant at Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary in Jharkhand

  • Karam puja in jharkhand

    Karam festival in Jharkhand

  • Chhath puja photo

    Chhath Puja in Jharkhand

  • Durgas Puja in a Pandal

    Durga Puja in Jharkhand

  • Manasa-popular

    Manasa Puja in Jharkhand

  • Ranchi Airport Night View

    Ranchi Airport (IXR)

  • NH 33 Between Ramgarh and Chutupallu

    National Highway 33 near Ramgarh Cantonment

  • Sahibganj railway station

    View from the Sahibganj Railway Station

  • Keenan Stadium aerial view

    Aerial View of Keenan Stadium in Jamshedpur

  • J.R.D. Tata Stadium

    JRD Tata Sports Complex

  • Temples at Deorgag, Santal Parhanas, Bihar - William Hodges, 1782 - BL Foster 396

    The ancient Baidyanath Jyotirlinga Temple in Deoghar

  • Shikharji Jain temple

    Jain temple at Samet Shikharji, the place from where twenty Tirthankars attained nirvana

  • Jonha falls

    Jonha Falls

  • Sunset in netarhatt, jharkhand

    Netarhat hill station

See also

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