Jharkhand

[jahr-kuhnd]

noun

1. a state in NE India, created in 2000 from S Bihar. 28,833 sq. mi. (74,677 sq. km). Ranchi.

Jharkhand

/ ˈdʒɑːkʌnd /

noun

1. a state of NE India, created in 2000 from the S part of Bihar: consists of part of the Chota Nagpur plateau; mineral extraction, including coal and mica. Capital: Ranchi. Pop: 26 909 428 (2001). Area: 74 677 sq km (28 833 sq miles)

Example Sentences

The landlocked state borders Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and West Bengal - all of which allow alcohol and serve as major sources of smuggled liquor.

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Cases have also been reported from the states of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, as well as capital Delhi.

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Maoists, also known as "Naxalites" after the 1967 uprising in Naxalbari village in West Bengal, have regrouped over the decades to carve out a "red corridor" across central and eastern India - stretching from Jharkhand in the east to Maharashtra in the west and spanning more than a third of the country's districts.

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Jharkhand followed, with 27% of the violence and 23% of the deaths.

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The party still retains some popular support in a few isolated pockets, primarily in the tribal regions of eastern Maharashtra, southern Chhattisgarh and parts of Odisha and Jharkhand - but without a strong military base.

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