Giridih district

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Giridih district is an administrative district in the Indian state of Jharkhand, known for its rich mineral resources, especially mica and coal, and its hilly, forested terrain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeCentre Giridih NERFINISHED
borderedBy Bokaro district NERFINISHED
Deoghar district NERFINISHED
Dhanbad district NERFINISHED
Hazaribagh district NERFINISHED
Jamui district NERFINISHED
Koderma district NERFINISHED
Nawada district NERFINISHED
climate tropical wet and dry
containsCity Giridih NERFINISHED
containsHill Parasnath Hill NERFINISHED
containsPeak Shikharji NERFINISHED
containsTown Bagodar NERFINISHED
Bengabad NERFINISHED
Isri NERFINISHED
Jamua NERFINISHED
containsVillage Madhuban NERFINISHED
country India
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
mining
hasForestCover yes
hasHeadquarters Giridih NERFINISHED
hasMajorLanguage Bengali
Khortha NERFINISHED
Santali NERFINISHED
hasMajorReligion Hinduism NERFINISHED
Islam
Jainism NERFINISHED
hasMineral bauxite
coal
mica
hasOfficialLanguage Hindi
Urdu NERFINISHED
hasReligiousSite Shikharji Jain pilgrimage site NERFINISHED
knownFor coal deposits
mica deposits
mineral resources
locatedIn Chota Nagpur Plateau NERFINISHED
Jharkhand NERFINISHED
locatedInFormerState Bihar NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion eastern India
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
partOf North Chotanagpur division NERFINISHED
state Jharkhand NERFINISHED
terrain forested
hilly
timeZoneOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode JH-11
wasTransferredToState Jharkhand NERFINISHED

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Giridih district Giridih district
Giridih locatedIn Giridih district