Jharkhand झारखण्ड جھارکھنڈ
State of India
Seal
Location of Jharkhand (marked in red) in India
Map of Jharkhand
Coordinates (Ranchi): 23°21′N 85°20′E / 23.35°N 85.33°E / 23.35; 85.33Coordinates: 23°21′N 85°20′E / 23.35°N 85.33°E / 23.35; 85.33
Country	India
Region	East India
Established	15 November 2000
Capital	Ranchi
Largest city	Jamshedpur
Government
• Governor	Syed Ahmed
• Chief Minister	Hemant Soren (JMM)
• Legislature	Unicameral (81 seats)
• Parliamentary constituency	14
• High Court	Jharkhand High Court
Area
• Total	79,714 km2 (30,778 sq mi)
Area rank	15th
Population (2011)
• Total	32,988,134
• Rank	13th
• Density	414/km2 (1,070/sq mi)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-JH
HDI	0.513 (medium)
HDI rank	24th (2005)
Literacy	67.6% (25th)
Official Language[1]	Hindi
Website	http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/

Jharkhand (Jhārkhaṇḍ, pronounced [ˈdʒʱaːrkʰəɳɖ] ( listen); Hindi: झारखंड) is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000.^[2] Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south, and West Bengal to the east. It has an area of 79,710 km² (30,778 sq mi).

The industrial city, Ranchi, is its capital and Dumka is sub capital, Jamshedpur is the largest and the biggest industrial city of the state, while Dhanbad and Bokaro Steel City is the second & fourth most populous city.

The name "Jharkhand" means "The Land of Forests".^[3] Jharkhand accounts for 40% of the mineral resources of India.