Top cities to visit in Jharkhand India

Jharkhand:

The pride of India lies in every tourist spot. Few words about the beauty of the state before illustrating it "Blessed with natural beauty, It has an abundance of beautiful lakes, waterfalls, and hills with great scenic views". You will feel amazed after visiting it once.

Moving on,

Welcome to Jharkhand "The Land of Forests". In regional language "Jhar" means Gold and "khand" means Piece, so the state is also known as "Piece of Gold". The capital of Jharkhand is Ranchi. It is bordered by Bihar in the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chattisgarh in the west, Orissa in the south, and West Bengal in the east. The primary official language of Jharkhand is Hindi. Other secondary languages spoken here are Oriya, Urdu, Nagpuri, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Khortha, Sadri, and Angika.

It has plenty of tourist locations. Each location speaks in volume almost its uniqueness. 

In Jharkhand over 79,714 sq.km filled in with everlasting green forest which provides a great outlook on nature’s beauty and wildlife sanctuaries, lakes, and waterfalls. This state is encamped with a lot of hill stations around starting from Chota Nagpur Plateau you have Bamiyaburu, Canary hills, Dharni Pahar, Dhwajadhari hills, Dimna Mountain, Gonda hills, Gotashila mountain, Gulgul hills, Hathi Pahar, Hulk hills, Kanhaiswar mountain, Koleshwari mountain, and etc. Apart from this, it is also famous for its vast forest resources and variety of minerals like iron ore, coal, copper ore, mica, bauxite, graphite, limestone, and uranium.

Some of the important festivals of Jharkhand are Holi, Diwali, Dussehra, and Ramnavami. Other festivals like, Basant Panchami, Chauth, Jityya Bhaiya Duj, Id-Ul-Fitr, Baqrid, Muharram, Shabe-Barat. Specific festivals of the tribes are Karma, Manda, Sarhul, Jani shikar, etc. 

The folk dance at Jharkhand is the Kunjbans performed by tribes, they are the main performers of folk dances all across the state. Most of the folk dance around Jharkhand is accompanied by traditional music played by the musicians using some traditional musical equipment. Some of the very famous Jharkhand dances are as follows: 

  • Bheja Dance
  • Damkach Dance
  • Janani Jhumar Dance
  • Mardana Jhumar Dance
  • Tagua Dance 
  • Sarhul Dance 

Food:

Dhaka, daal-bhat, and tarkari are an integral part of a regular Jharkhand meal. Other than this mouth-watering non-vegetarian food preparations like spicy chicken are also popular with a considerable section of Jharkhand. The cuisine mainly associated with this state also bears a faint touch of the robust Mughals which is vividly visible in the food.

List of popular cities and their district in Jharkhand

  1. Jamshedpur, East Singhbhum                   
  2. Dhanbad, Dhanbad                                   
  3. Ranchi, Ranchi                                           
  4. Bokaro Steel City, Bokaro                         
  5. Deogarh, Deoghar                                      
  6. Chakradharpur, West Singhbhum              
  7. Phusro, Bokaro                                          
  8. Hazaribagh, Hazaribagh                            
  9. Giridih, Giridih
  10. Ramgarh, Ramgarh
  11. Medininagar, Palamu
  12. Chirkunda, Dhanbad
  13. Palamu, Palamu
  14. Pakur, Pakur
  15. Gumla, Gumla
  16. Khunti, Khunti 
  17. Sahebganj, Sahebganj
  18. Latehar, Latehar
  19. Koderma, Koderma


How to reach Jharkhand?

Airways: There are four airports in Jharkhand namely Birsa Munda Airport, Chakulia Airport, Nawadih Airfield, and Sonari Airport. Among them, Birsa Munda Airport located in Ranchi and Sonari Airport in Jamshedpur are the domestic airports that serve people. The Deccan Aviation, North East Shuttles, Air India, GoAir, and Jet Airways operate flights from here.

Railways: Hatia Station, Ranchi Junction, Muri Junction, Madhupur Junction, and Jasidih Junction are some of the prominent railway stations in Jharkhand. They come under the South Eastern Railway Zone. 

Roadways: The national highways NH 100, NH 2, NH 23, NH 31, NH 32, NH 33, NH 78, NH 80, NH 75, NH 6, NH 98, and NH 99 pass through Jharkhand. Hence the state is well connected with other parts of India through its road network.

The State welcomes you to visit it once, I am sure it is worth visiting. 

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