Jharkhand

Jharkhand झारखण्ड ঝাড়খণ্ড (Bengali) ଝାରଖଣ୍ଡ (Oriya) جھاڑکھنڈ (Urdu)
State
Seal o Bihar & Jharkhand Seal
Location o Jharkhand in Indie
Cairt o Jharkhand
Coordinates (Ranchi Patna): 23°21′N 85°20′E / 23.35°N 85.33°E / 23.35; 85.33
Kintra	Indie
Established	15 November 2000
Caipital	Ranchi
Lairgest ceety	Jamshedpur
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Syed Ahmed
• Chief Meenister	Hemant Soren (JMM)
• Legislature	Unicameral (82 seats)
• 14t Lok Sabha+ Rajya Sabha	14+6
Area
• Total	79,714 km2 (30,778 sq mi)
Area rank	15t
Population  (2011)
• Total	32,966,238
• Rank	13t
• Density	414/km2 (1,070/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-JH
HDI	0.513 (medium)
HDI rank	24t (2005)
Literacy	67.6% (25t)
Offeecial leids	Hindi, Santhali, Mundari, Bengali, HO, Kurukh,[1]
Website	http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/

Jharkhand (Jhārkhaṇḍ, pronoonced [ˈdʒʱaːrkʰəɳɖ] ( listen);Hindi: झारखंड) is a state in eastren Indie. It wis carved oot o the soothren pairt o Bihar on 15 November 2000.^[2] Jharkhand shares its border wi the states o Bihar tae the north, Uttar Pradesh an Chhattisgarh tae the wast, Odisha tae the sooth, an Wast Bengal tae the east. It haes an aurie o 30,778 sq mi (79,710 km²). The industrial ceety o Ranchi is its caipital an Dumka is sub caipital while Jamshedpur is the lairgest an the biggest industrial ceety o the state. Some o the ither major ceeties an industrial centres are Dhanbad, Bokaro an Hazaribagh.

The name "Jharkhand" means "The Land o Forests".^[3]

Jharkhand accoonts for 40% o the mineral resoorces o Indie. Ranchi accoonts for 50% mineral production o the state, nearin aboot 18% o naition's mineral production.