Jharkhand Civil Services
Prelims Exam 2013
Study Materials
Jharkhand
General Knowledge
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Content n Jharkhand : History n Jharkhand : Agriculturen Jharkhand : Wild - life Sanctuary n Jharkhand : Geography n Jharkhand : Economy n Jharkhand : Minerals n Jharkhand : Industries n Jharkhand : Population n Jharkhand : Tribes n Jharkhand : Transport
n Jharkhand : Art, Culture, Fair and Festivals n Jharkhand : Places of Tourism
n Jharkhand : Important Personalities
n Jharkhand : Struggle for Freedom Tribal Movement, Revolution n Jharkhand : Budget
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Jharkhand General Knowledge
Jharkhand : At a Glance
Jharkhand is the 28th state of the India. It was brought into existence by the Bihar reorga-nization Act on November 15, 2000; the birth anniversary of the legendary Bhagwan Birsa Munda. Jharkhand is famous for its rich mineral resources like Uranium, Mica, Baux-ite, GranBaux-ite, Gold, Silver, GraphBaux-ite, MagnetBaux-ite, DolomBaux-ite, Fireclay, Quartz, Fieldspar, Coal (32% of India), Iron, Copper (25%of India) etc. Forests and woodlands occupy more than 29% of the state which is amongst the highest in India.
FACT SHEET
n Capital - Ranchi
n Sub - Capital - Dumka (Proposed) n No. of Districts - 24
n No. of Sub divisions - 38 n No. of Blocks - 260 n No. of Villages - 32620 n National Highways - 1844 KMs n State Highways - 6880 KMs n Total Geographical Area - 79.70 Lakh Hect. n Date of formation as 28th state - 15th November, 2000. n Commissionaries - 05 n Districts - 24 n Cities - 152 n Blocks - 212 n Villages - 32,620 n Area - 79,714 km2
n Population (Census 2011) - 3,29,66,238 persons
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Female - 1,22,61,478 n Urban population - 79,29,292 (24.05%) n Sex Ratio (0 - 6) - 943 n Decadel Growth (2001 - 11) - 22.34% n Literacy - 67.63% Male - 78.45% Female - 56.21 %n Sex ratio - 947 female per 1000 male n Density of population - 414 persons km2
-n Means of transportation - Rail, Road, Aero- plane, Waterways. n Source of Revenue - Mining, Iron and Steel industry.
n State Language - Hindi - Other Languages - Santhali, Bangia,
Mundari, Ho, Oriya.
n High Court - Ranchi (21st in the nation) n State Legislature - Unicameral
n No. of M.L.As. - 81 + 1 (nominated from Anglo American
Community)
n M.Ps. - 14 n Members of upper house - 06 n State animal - Elephant n State bird - Cuckoo n State tree - Sal n State flower - Burea n Present Govemor - Syed Ahmed
n Present Chief Minister - Hemant Soren (JMM)
n Importance - Majority of tribal people, store house of min
eral resources, monopoly in many minerals, a state of series of industries.
n Nomenclature - Tribal civilization, plateau region, plenty of
Jhars, known as Jharkhand.
n Geographical location - From 21° 58' 10" N to 25°18' N. Latitude and
83° 22' E to 87° 57" E. Longitude.
n Boundaries - Bihar in the North, Odisha in the South, West
Bengal in the East, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh in the West.
n Extent of the state - Length from East to West 463 km. Breadth from
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First Person in Jharkhand
n Highest Waterfall - Hudru (74 m at Swarn Rekha River in Ranchi) n Highest Peak - Paras Nath (1365 m) situated at Giridh Plateau n Most dense vegetation district of the state - Chatra (52.9%) n First copper plant - GhatShila
n Most natural vegetation district - HazariBagh
n Division with maximum tribal population - Santhal Pargana n Establishment of Tata Iron and Steel CompanY - 1907 n District with largest number of waterfalls - Ranchi n Coldest place (Lowest temperature) - Neterhat n Source of hottest water - Suraj Kund (Hazaribagh) n Maximum Rainfall - Neterhat (1800 mm)
n First railway route constructed after dig.ging in plateau region - Jamshedpur to Howrah n Shimla of the state - Ranchi city
n Industrial capital of the state - Jamshedpur n Famous as a queen of hilJs - Neterhat n Steel citY - Tata Nagar
n First cement factory established - Japla
n School situated at highest point - Neterhat School
n Minning higher education of centre - Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad n First University - Ranchi University, Ranchi
n First Agriculture UniversitY - Birsa Agriculture University, Ranchi n First Medical CoIJege - Rajendra Medical College, Ranchi n First College - sr. Columba College, Hazaribagh
n First Ayurvedic College - Gave Ayurvedic College, Lohardagga n First Daily Hindi Newspaper - Rashtriya Bhasha
n First Hindi WeeklY - Aryabratt
n First Daily English Newspaper - Daily Press n First Film - Akranta
n First Santhali Film - Mukhya Braha
