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Jharkhand

Administration

Full name	Jharkhand
Country	India
Established	15 November 2000
Government
Capital	Ranchi
Governor	Syed Ahmed
Chief Minister	Arjun Munda (BJP)
Legislature	Unicameral (81 seats)
Parliamentary constituency	14
Speaker	C.P.Singh
High Court	Jharkhand High Court
Geography
Total Area	30769.6 sq mi (79714 km2)
Area rank	15th
Demography
Total Population	32966238 (13th) (2011)
Density (pop.)	auto/km² (0/sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-JH
HDI	(+) 0.513 (medium)
HDI rank	24th (2005)
Literacy	67.63% (27th)
Official languages	Hindi

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Jharkhand ( , pronounced -hnsˈdʒʱaːrkʰəɳɖJharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east. It has an area of .

The industrial city of Ranchi is its capital and Dumka is sub capital while Jamshedpur is the largest city of the state. Some of the other major cities and industrial centres are Dhanbad, Bokaro and Hazaribagh.

The name "Jharkhand" means "The Land of Forests".

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