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| Capital | Ranchi |
| Governor | Ved Marwah |
| Chief Minister | Arjun Munda |
| Area - Total - Cultivable |
79,700 kmē 38,000 kmē |
| Population - Total ( 2001) - Density |
21,843,911 274/kmē |
| Date of formation | November 15, 2000 |
| Highways - National - State |
1006 km 4662 km |
| Universities | 5 |
| Schools | 21386 |
Jharkhand (झार्खण्ड) is a state of India. It was carved out of the southern portion of Bihar state on November 15, 2000. The industrial city of Ranchi is its capital. The other major cities are Bokaro , Dhanbad and Jamshedpur. The region is also known as Vananchal.
Jharhkand is bordered by the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh ( is the largest state in India. The administrative and legislative capital is Lucknow and the judicial capital is Allahabad. Other notable cities include Agra, Aligarh, Ayodhya, Varanasi (Benares), Gorakhpur, Kanpur. Neighbouring states are and ChhattisgarhChhattisgarh Formed 1 November 2000 out of Madhya Pradesh Language Hindi, Chhattisgarhi Capital Raipur Governor K. Seth Chief Minister Raman Singh Area 192,000 kmē Population Total (2001) Density 20,795,956 108/kmē Literacy: Total Male Female 65. 4% Urban to the west, OrissaOrissa is a state situated in the east coast of India. Orissa is bounded on the north by Bihar, on the north-east by West Bengal, on the east by the Bay of Bengal, on the south by Andhra Pradesh and on the west by Chhattisgarh. The Eastern Ghats range and to the south, and West BengalCapital Kolkata Governor Viren J. Shah Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya Area 88,752 kmē Population Total Density Ranked 4th in India 80,221,171 ( 2001) 904/kmē Literacy rate: Total Male Female 69. 22% Urbanization: 28. 03% West Bengal is a state in t to the east. It has twenty two districts: Ranchi, Lohardagga , Gumla , Simdega , Palamu , Latehar , Garhwa , West Singhbhum , Saraikela Kharsawan , East Singhbhum , Dumka , Jamtara , Sahebganj , Pakur , Godda, Hazaribagh , Chatra , Koderma , Giridih , Dhanbad, Bokaro and Deoghar .
Most of the state lies on the Chota Nagpur Plateau, which is the source of the Koel , Damodar , Brahmani , Kharkai , and Subarnarekha rivers, whose upper watersheds lie within Jharkhand. Much of the state is still covered by forest. Forest preserves support populations of tigers and Indian elephants.
Jharkhand is home to a number of languages belonging to three major language families. Indo-Aryan languages include Sadri , Hindi, Urdu, Bengali. Jharkand is also home to the Munda languages Korku, Santhali, Mundari, Bhumij, Paharia and Ho, and the Dravidian languages Korwa, Oraon, and Sauria Paharia.
Deposits of coal and iron ore support concentrations of industry, in centers like Jamshedpur and Ranchi.
List of political parties in the state