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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Population</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Population-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Languages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Languages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Languages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Languages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Religion" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Religion"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Religion</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Religion-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Economy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Economy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Economy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Economy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Members_of_Parliament_for_Dhanbad" 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href="#Rail"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>Rail</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rail-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Roads" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roads"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Roads</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roads-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Air" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Air"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Air</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Air-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notable people</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notable_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="دانباد – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="دانباد" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="دانباد – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دانباد" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6" title="ধানবাদ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ধানবাদ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad_(si%C3%A2%E2%81%BF)" title="Dhanbad (siâⁿ) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Dhanbad (siâⁿ)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4" title="Дханбад – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дханбад" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="धनबाद – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="धनबाद" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanb%C4%81d" title="Dhanbād – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Dhanbād" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanb%C3%A1d" title="Dhanbád – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dhanbád" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="دانباد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دانباد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%A7%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%AC%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A6" title="ધનબાદ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ધનબાદ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%A8%EB%B0%94%EB%93%9C" title="단바드 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="단바드" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%A4" title="Դհանբադ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դհանբադ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="धनबाद – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="धनबाद" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6" title="ধানাবাদ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="ধানাবাদ" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4" title="Дханбад – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Дханбад" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="დჰანბადი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დჰანბადი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbadas" title="Dhanbadas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Dhanbadas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="धनबाद – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="धनबाद" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D" title="ധൻബാദ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ധൻബാദ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6" title="धनबाद – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="धनबाद" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%B0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="დჰანბადი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="დჰანბადი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad_(stad)" title="Dhanbad (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dhanbad (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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hreflang="pnb" data-title="دھنباد" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF" title="دان اباد – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="دان اباد" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Dhanbad" 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title="ᱫᱷᱟᱱᱵᱟᱫᱽ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱫᱷᱟᱱᱵᱟᱫᱽ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Dhanbad" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B4" title="Данбад – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Данбад" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanbad" title="Dhanbad – Finnish" lang="fi" 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Dhanbad</a>, Prabhatam Mall, <a href="/wiki/Central_Institute_of_Mining_and_Fuel_Research" title="Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research">Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research</a> ,Skyline of Dhanbad</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname(s): <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">'Coal Capital of India', 'Koylanchal'</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Motto: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">City For All</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Dhanbad</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Dhanbad in Jharkhand</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Dhanbad&params=23.7998_N_86.4305_E_type:city(1162472)_region:IN-JH"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">23°47′59″N</span> <span class="longitude">86°25′50″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">23.7998°N 86.4305°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">23.7998; 86.4305</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts of India">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhanbad District">Dhanbad</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_governance_in_India" title="Municipal governance in India">Municipal governance in India</a> (<a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">Municipal corporation</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Municipal_Corporation" title="Dhanbad Municipal Corporation">Dhanbad Municipal Corporation</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Chandrashekhar Agarwal (<a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Dhanbad_City_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dhanbad_City-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">275 km<sup>2</sup> (106 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">577 km<sup>2</sup> (223 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">222 m (728 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Dhanbad_City_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dhanbad_City-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DHCITY_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DHCITY-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolis" title="Metropolis">Metropolis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,162,472</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_most_populous_cities_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of most populous cities in India">33rd</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">4,200/km<sup>2</sup> (11,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_area" title="Metropolitan area">Metro</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-Dhanbad_City_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dhanbad_City-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,333,719</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Metro rank<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_million-plus_urban_agglomerations_in_India" title="List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India">39th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khortha_language" title="Khortha language">Khortha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">826001</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone Code</th><td class="infobox-data">0326</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">JH-10</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Gross_metropolitan_product" title="Gross metropolitan product">Metro GDP</a> (<a href="/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity" title="Purchasing power parity">PPP</a>)</th><td class="infobox-data">$95 million to $110 million<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dhanbad.nic.in">www<wbr />.dhanbad<wbr />.nic<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dhanbad</b> is the second-most populated city in the Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> after <a href="/wiki/Jamshedpur" title="Jamshedpur">Jamshedpur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ranks as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_million-plus_urban_agglomerations_in_India" title="List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India">42nd</a> largest city in India and is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population" title="List of cities in India by population">33rd</a> largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. Dhanbad shares its land borders with <a href="/wiki/Paschim_Bardhaman_district" title="Paschim Bardhaman district">Paschim Bardhaman district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Purulia_district" title="Purulia district">Purulia district</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bokaro_district" title="Bokaro district">Bokaro</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Giridih" title="Giridih">Giridih</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jamtara" title="Jamtara">Jamtara</a> districts of <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>. The city is called the 'Coal Capital of India' for housing one of the largest coal mines in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prestigious institute, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_(ISM),_Dhanbad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad">Indian School of Mines</a> (now <a href="/wiki/IIT_Dhanbad" class="mw-redirect" title="IIT Dhanbad">IIT Dhanbad</a>) is situated in Dhanbad.<sup id="cite_ref-ISMIIT_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISMIIT-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Apart from coal, it has also grown in information technology.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_of_India_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times_of_India-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dhanbad is the 96th fastest growing city in the world, according to the <a href="/wiki/City_Mayors_Foundation" title="City Mayors Foundation">City Mayors Foundation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the 56th cleanest city of India, according to the 2019 <a href="/wiki/Swachh_Survekshan" title="Swachh Survekshan">Swachh Survekshan</a> cleanliness survey.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It showed a great change in the city which was considered the dirtiest city in the 2018 Swachh Survekshan.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Municipal_Corporation" title="Dhanbad Municipal Corporation">Dhanbad Municipal Corporation</a> works for increasing green cover in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dhanbad is suffering from underground <a href="/wiki/Coal_seam_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal seam fire">coal seam fire</a> and harmful fumes coming out from the ground. Since colonial rule till date it can't be doused. Significant areas of Jharia coal belt area is fire affected. People residing there feared that very soon in future there will be land subsidence here. Among the rail divisions of Indian Railway, Dhanbad Rail Division is the largest revenue generator.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_of_India_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times_of_India-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dhanbad is ranked as the top city in India with the highest <a href="/wiki/4G" title="4G">4G</a> mobile phone network availability in India by a survey of <a href="/wiki/Opensignal" title="Opensignal">Opensignal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_district" title="Dhanbad district">Dhanbad</a>'s economy revolves primarily around <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> <a href="/wiki/Mining" title="Mining">mining</a> and related industries. It is home to several <a href="/wiki/Coal_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal mines">coal mines</a>, including some of the largest in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. This extensive <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> reserve has led to the establishment of various industries such as steel plants, power plants, and coal washeries, contributing significantly to the region's economic prosperity. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Dhanbad" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Dhanbad">History of Dhanbad</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Ambedkar_talking_to_people_as_the_Labour_Minister_in_the_Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council_at_coal_mines,_Dhanbad_(Jharkhand).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Dr._Ambedkar_talking_to_people_as_the_Labour_Minister_in_the_Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council_at_coal_mines%2C_Dhanbad_%28Jharkhand%29.jpg/220px-Dr._Ambedkar_talking_to_people_as_the_Labour_Minister_in_the_Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council_at_coal_mines%2C_Dhanbad_%28Jharkhand%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Dr._Ambedkar_talking_to_people_as_the_Labour_Minister_in_the_Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council_at_coal_mines%2C_Dhanbad_%28Jharkhand%29.jpg/330px-Dr._Ambedkar_talking_to_people_as_the_Labour_Minister_in_the_Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council_at_coal_mines%2C_Dhanbad_%28Jharkhand%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Dr._Ambedkar_talking_to_people_as_the_Labour_Minister_in_the_Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council_at_coal_mines%2C_Dhanbad_%28Jharkhand%29.jpg/440px-Dr._Ambedkar_talking_to_people_as_the_Labour_Minister_in_the_Viceroy%27s_Executive_Council_at_coal_mines%2C_Dhanbad_%28Jharkhand%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="460" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>Dr. Ambedkar talking to people as the Labour Minister in the Viceroy's Executive Council at coal mines, Dhanbad</figcaption></figure> <p>The present district used to be a part of <a href="/wiki/Manbhum" title="Manbhum">Manbhum</a> region and was occupied by Mundari tribals in the wilderness of South undivided <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>. In the seventh century A.D. some information is available from the account of the travels of <a href="/wiki/Hieun_Tsang" class="mw-redirect" title="Hieun Tsang">Hieun Tsang</a>. These accounts narrate the existence of a powerful kingdom which comprised the district and adjoining areas, ruled by <a href="/wiki/Sasanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Sasanka">Sasanka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manbhum was one of the districts of the <a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">East India</a> during the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>. </p><p>The region has thick forests, with rich mineral resources, and had a mixed demographic profile with people from different religious and <a href="/wiki/Social_group" title="Social group">social groups</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Adivasi" title="Adivasi">adivasis</a>, particularly the <a href="/wiki/Santal" class="mw-redirect" title="Santal">Santals</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Munda_people" title="Munda people">Mundas</a> before the city was established.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a>, the district became a part of <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a> state, and upon re-organization of the Indian states in the mid-1950s, the district became a part of the <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. <a href="/wiki/Purulia_district" title="Purulia district">Purulia district</a> was carved out of the district of Manbhum.<sup id="cite_ref-brit_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brit-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the Settlement Report for Manbhum (1928) it was stated that no rock inscriptions, copper plates or old coins were discovered and not a single document of copper plate or palm leaf was found, during the Survey and Settlement operations. The oldest authentic documents produced were all on paper and barely even a hundred years old.<sup id="cite_ref-indiatravelite1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatravelite1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dhanbad city was in Manbhum district from 1928 up to 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-indiatravelite1_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indiatravelite1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 24 October 1956, Dhanbad district was carved out of Manbhum district with Dhanbad as District headquarter<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganization_Commission" class="mw-redirect" title="States Reorganization Commission">States Reorganization Commission</a> vide notification 1911. </p><p>This was done under the commitment and leadership of journalist, Satish Chandra. In the year 2006, Dhanbad celebrated 50 years of being an independent district and city. From 1956 to 14 November 2000, it was under Bihar. At present, it is in <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, after the creation of the state on 15 November 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The discovery of rich deposits of coal in the region caused the city to flourish financially, but also bought notorious coal-mafia and gang wars<sup id="cite_ref-coalm_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalm-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which continues to this day with areas of city like <a href="/wiki/Wasseypur" title="Wasseypur">Wasseypur</a> being most affected by the conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-coalm_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coalm-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="infobox" style="width: 19.5em; float: left; clear: none; margin-left:0em;margin-right:1em; text-align: center; border: solid 1px silver" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th>Dhanbad </th></tr> <tr><th style="font-size: 90%">Climate chart (<a href="/wiki/Template:Climate_chart/How_to_read_a_climate_chart" title="Template:Climate chart/How to read a climate chart">explanation</a>)</th></tr> <tr><td><table class="infobox" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: left; clear: none; margin-left:0em;margin-right:1em; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">F</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">M</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">J</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">A</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">S</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">O</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">N</div></td> <td><div style="width:1.5em;text-align:center;">D</div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.34em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">17</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.2em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.7em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">11</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.36em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">18</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.8em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">28</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">14</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.36em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">18</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.6em;height:3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">33</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">18</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.44em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">22</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">38</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.98em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">49</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.8em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">39</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:3.84em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">192</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">35</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:6.84em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">342</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:6.22em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">311</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">24</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:5.64em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">282</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">23</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">105</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">31</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.5em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">20</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.14em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.2em;height:2.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.6em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">28</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.7em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">16</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">5</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact;color-adjust: exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.2em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">25</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.7em; left:-.4em;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:right"><span style="font-size:80%">11</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °C</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in mm</td></tr><tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mausam.gov.in/WEBIMD/ClimatologicalAction.do?function=getStationDetails&actionParam=1&param=2&station=Dhanbad">IMD</a></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr> <tr><td> <table class="infobox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width: 100%; margin: 0; float: left; clear: none; margin-left:0em;margin-right:1em; text-align: center; border: none; font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr><th colspan="12">Imperial conversion</th></tr> <tr><td>J</td><td>F</td><td>M</td><td>A</td><td>M</td><td>J</td><td>J</td><td>A</td><td>S</td><td>O</td><td>N</td><td>D</td></tr> <tr> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.34em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.2em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">77</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.7em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">52</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.36em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.8em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">82</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">57</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.36em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.7</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.6em;height:3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">91</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">64</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.44em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.9</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:3em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">100</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">73</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.98em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">1.9</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15.8em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">102</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">77</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:3.84em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">7.6</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:13em;height:2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:15em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">95</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">77</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:6.84em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">13</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">88</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">75</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:6.22em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">12</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.8em;height:1.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">88</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.3em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">75</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:5.64em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">11</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12.6em;height:1.6em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">88</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:11.1em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">73</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:2.1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">4.1</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:12em;height:2.2em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:14.2em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">88</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:10.5em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">68</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.14em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.3</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:11.2em;height:2.4em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13.6em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">82</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:9.7em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">61</span></div> </div></td> <td><div style="width:1.6em;height:17em;position:relative;padding:0;margin:0"> <div style="height:0em;bottom:2em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #abc;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="background:#ace;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;bottom:2em;left:.2em;width:1.2em;height:0.1em;overflow:hidden"> </div> <div style="color:blue;position:absolute;bottom:.5em;left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:70%">0.2</span></div> <div style="height:0em;bottom:8em;width:1.6em;position:absolute;left:0;border-bottom:dotted 1px #cba;padding:0;margin:0"> </div> <div style="overflow:hidden;background:#e44;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;color-adjust:exact;position:absolute;left:.4em;width:0.8em;bottom:10.2em;height:2.8em;"> </div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:13em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">77</span></div> <div style="color:red;position:absolute;bottom:8.7em; left:0;width:1.6em;height:1.5em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:80%">52</span></div> </div></td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: red; background-color: red">█</span> Average max. and min. temperatures in °F</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="12" style="padding: 2px; text-align: left; line-height: 1.5em"><span style="color: #aaccee; background-color: #aaccee">█</span> Precipitation totals in inches</td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Dhanbad has an average elevation of 227 m (745 ft). Its geographical length (extending from north to south) is 15 miles (24 km) and the breadth (stretching across east to West) is 10 miles (16 km). It shares its boundaries with <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a> in the eastern and southern part, <a href="/wiki/Giridih" title="Giridih">Giridih</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dumka" title="Dumka">Dumka</a> in the North and <a href="/wiki/Bokaro_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Bokaro District">Bokaro District</a> in the west. Dhanbad comes under the <a href="/wiki/Chota_Nagpur_Plateau" title="Chota Nagpur Plateau">Chota Nagpur Plateau</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rivers_and_Lakes">Rivers and Lakes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rivers and Lakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a> is a major river of the <a href="/wiki/Chota_Nagpur_Plateau" title="Chota Nagpur Plateau">Chota Nagpur Plateau</a>. It rises in <a href="/wiki/Palamu_district" title="Palamu district">Palamu</a> and flows eastward between the plateaus of <a href="/wiki/Ranchi" title="Ranchi">Ranchi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hazaribag" class="mw-redirect" title="Hazaribag">Hazaribag</a>. It is joined by the Bokaro, the Konar and the <a href="/wiki/Barakar_River" title="Barakar River">Barakar rivers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar</a> enters Dhanbad district at its confluence with the <a href="/wiki/Jamuria" title="Jamuria">Jamuria</a>, a stream which marks the western boundary of Dhanbad with <a href="/wiki/Hazaribagh_district" title="Hazaribagh district">Hazaribagh District</a>. Further east, the Damodar is joined by the Katri River which rises in the foothills below Parasnath and traverses through the coal-field area.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Barakar" title="Barakar">Barakar</a>, which forms the northern boundary of the district, traverses about 77 km. It flows in south westerly direction up to <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a> and then south till it joins the Damodar near <a href="/wiki/Chirkunda" title="Chirkunda">Chirkunda</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:River_Damodar_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/River_Damodar_1.jpg/220px-River_Damodar_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/River_Damodar_1.jpg/330px-River_Damodar_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/River_Damodar_1.jpg/440px-River_Damodar_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Damodar_River" title="Damodar River">Damodar River</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Laketopchachi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Laketopchachi.jpg/220px-Laketopchachi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Laketopchachi.jpg/330px-Laketopchachi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Laketopchachi.jpg/440px-Laketopchachi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Topchanchi" title="Topchanchi">Topchanchi</a> Lake</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dhanbad features a climate that is transitional between a <a href="/wiki/Humid_subtropical_climate" title="Humid subtropical climate">humid subtropical climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>Cwa</i>) and a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_wet_and_dry_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Tropical wet and dry climate">tropical wet and dry climate</a> (<i>Aw</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Summer starts from the first week of March and ends in mid-July. The peak temperature in summer can reach 48 °C. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall. In winter, the minimum temperature remains around 8 °C with a maximum of 25 °C. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Dhanbad </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33<br />(91) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38<br />(100) </td> <td style="background: #FF1100; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39<br />(102) </td> <td style="background: #FF2C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(95) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28<br />(82) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF4800; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">31<br />(88) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8<br />(46) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(64) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25<br />(77) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24<br />(75) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23<br />(73) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20<br />(68) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14<br />(57) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFC0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">19<br />(66) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #E1FFE1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #E4FFE4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">49<br />(1.9) </td> <td style="background: #00D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">192<br />(7.6) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">342<br />(13.5) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">311<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #004B00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">282<br />(11.1) </td> <td style="background: #62FF62; color:#000000;" class="notheme">105<br />(4.1) </td> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(0.3) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #51FF51; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,368<br />(53.9) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mausam.gov.in/WEBIMD/ClimatologicalAction.do?function=getStationDetails&actionParam=1&param=2&station=Dhanbad">IMD</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><p>Dhanbad has been ranked 34th best “National Clean Air City” (under Category 1 >10L Population cities) in India.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cityscape">Cityscape</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Cityscape"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:458px;max-width:458px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:227px;max-width:227px"><div class="thumbimage" style=""><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dhanbad_station_night_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Dhanbad_station_night_view.jpg/225px-Dhanbad_station_night_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Dhanbad_station_night_view.jpg/338px-Dhanbad_station_night_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Dhanbad_station_night_view.jpg/450px-Dhanbad_station_night_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1944" data-file-height="1040" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:227px;max-width:227px"><div class="thumbimage" style=""><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dhanbad_station_night_drone.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dhanbad_station_night_drone.jpg/225px-Dhanbad_station_night_drone.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dhanbad_station_night_drone.jpg/338px-Dhanbad_station_night_drone.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Dhanbad_station_night_drone.jpg/450px-Dhanbad_station_night_drone.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1988" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">City view at night near <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhanbad Junction">Dhanbad Junction</a></div></div></div></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:328px;max-width:328px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:182px;max-width:182px"><div class="thumbimage" style=""><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bekarbandhpark1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Bekarbandhpark1.jpg/180px-Bekarbandhpark1.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Bekarbandhpark1.jpg/270px-Bekarbandhpark1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Bekarbandhpark1.jpg/360px-Bekarbandhpark1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="808" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Rajendra Sarovar Park</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:142px;max-width:142px"><div class="thumbimage" style=""><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Golf_ground_park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Golf_ground_park.jpg/140px-Golf_ground_park.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Golf_ground_park.jpg/210px-Golf_ground_park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Golf_ground_park.jpg/280px-Golf_ground_park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1076" data-file-height="1168" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption text-align-center">Golf Ground Park</div></div></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Population"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Jharkhand" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Jharkhand">List of cities in Jharkhand</a></div> <p>As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a>, Dhanbad City had a population of 1,162,472.<sup id="cite_ref-DHCITY_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DHCITY-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Males (614,722) constitute 53% of the population and females (547,750) 47%. It has a <a href="/wiki/Human_sex_ratio" title="Human sex ratio">sex ratio</a> of 891. Dhanbad has an average literacy rate of 79.47%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 86.14% and female literacy is 71.96%.<sup id="cite_ref-DHCITY_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DHCITY-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 10.57% of the population is under 5 years of age. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Languages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="PieChartTemplate thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px"> <div class="mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white;margin:auto;position:relative;width:200px;height:200px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:100px;border:1px solid black;transform:scaleX(-1)rotate(-90deg)"> <div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 7957.3282711643px; border-left-color:#A6CEE3"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#A6CEE3"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#A6CEE3"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 235.12870827578px; border-left-color:white"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:white"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:white"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 87.051316381041px; border-left-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:Orange"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:Orange"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 21.036851205653px; border-left-color:pink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:pink"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:pink"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:92.023184736587px 39.13736668372px 0 0; border-top-color:brown"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:brown"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:48.725012572533px 87.326245480992px 0 0; border-top-color:green"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:green"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:0; border-width:0 422.37116738353px 100px 0; border-right-color:red"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;right:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 100px 0;border-color:red"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Languages spoken in Dhanbad city (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> (46.3%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a> (11.8%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:brown; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Khortha_language" title="Khortha language">Khortha</a> (10.5%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:pink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language"> Bengali</a> (9.7%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Magahi_language" title="Magahi language"> Magahi </a> (8.1%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language"> Bhojpuri</a> (7.2%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#A6CEE3; color:;"> </span> Others (6.2%)</div> </div> </div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#Fcd116"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Religions Dhanbad City (2011)<sup id="cite_ref-DHCITY_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DHCITY-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:orange; width:81.22%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">81.22%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:17.10%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">17.10%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:blue; width:1.43%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">1.43%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:darkkhaki; width:0.65%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.65%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:pink; width:0.09%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.09%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:yellow; width:0.02%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.02%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Others</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:black; width:0.45%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">0.45%</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="5" style="padding:5px; text-align:left;">Distribution of religions</td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> is the dominant religion with over 81% adherents. The minority religions are <a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DHCITY_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DHCITY-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Dhanbad" title="Economy of Dhanbad">Economy of Dhanbad</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Jharkhand_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Economy of Jharkhand State">Economy of Jharkhand State</a></div> <p>Dhanbad has one of the oldest and largest markets in the region and is also a centre of large scale industries. It is known for its <a href="/wiki/Coal_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Coal mines">coal mines</a> and industrial establishments; the city is surrounded by about 112 coal mines<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a total production of 27.5 million tonnes and an annual income of 700 crore rupees through coal business. There are a number of coal washeries there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heritage_Building_at_IIT_Dhanbad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heritage_Building_at_IIT_Dhanbad.jpg/220px-Heritage_Building_at_IIT_Dhanbad.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heritage_Building_at_IIT_Dhanbad.jpg/330px-Heritage_Building_at_IIT_Dhanbad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Heritage_Building_at_IIT_Dhanbad.jpg/440px-Heritage_Building_at_IIT_Dhanbad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Heritage Building at <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_(Indian_School_of_Mines),_Dhanbad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad">Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad</a></figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bbmku.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bbmku.jpg/220px-Bbmku.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bbmku.jpg/330px-Bbmku.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bbmku.jpg/440px-Bbmku.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="608" /></a><figcaption>(<a href="/wiki/Binod_Bihari_Mahto_Koyalanchal_University" title="Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University">Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University</a>)Main Building</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BITsindri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/BITsindri.jpg/220px-BITsindri.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/BITsindri.jpg/330px-BITsindri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/BITsindri.jpg/440px-BITsindri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Birsa_Institute_of_Technology_Sindri" title="Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri">Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Dhanbad is a leading center of education in eastern India.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city's education system is followed as of the <a href="/wiki/Education_in_India" title="Education in India">Indian Education System</a>. Schooling is followed by <a href="/wiki/10%2B2%2B3_plan" class="mw-redirect" title="10+2+3 plan">10+2+3 plan</a>. Most of the schools in Dhanbad are of <a href="/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Central Board of Secondary Education">CBSE</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" title="Indian Certificate of Secondary Education">ICSE</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Academic_Council" title="Jharkhand Academic Council">state board</a>. The medium of instruction in schools are <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Santali_language" title="Santali language">Santali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> and as well as <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurmali_language" title="Kurmali language">Kurmali</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Notable schools in Dhanbad include: Dhanbad Public School (KG Ashram), <a href="/wiki/Carmel_School_Digwadih" title="Carmel School Digwadih">Carmel School Digwadih</a>, DAV Public School, <a href="/wiki/Delhi_Public_School,_Dhanbad" title="Delhi Public School, Dhanbad">Delhi Public School</a>, <a href="/wiki/De_Nobili_School,_Bhuli" title="De Nobili School, Bhuli">De Nobili School Bhuli</a>, <a href="/wiki/De_Nobili_School,_CMRI" title="De Nobili School, CMRI">De Nobili School CMRI</a>, <a href="/wiki/De_Nobili_School,_FRI" title="De Nobili School, FRI">De Nobili School FRI</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Navodaya_Vidyalaya" title="Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya">Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kendriya_Vidyalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kendriya Vidyalaya">Kendriya Vidyalaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tata_D.A.V_School,_Jamadoba" title="Tata D.A.V School, Jamadoba">Tata D.A.V School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Binod_Bihari_Mahto_Koyalanchal_University" title="Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University">Binod Bihari Mahto Koyalanchal University</a> is the public university of Dhanbad to which many colleges of the region are affiliated.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are various engineering, medical and arts colleges in Dhanbad. Dhanbad is home to some of the leading engineering colleges of India —the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_(Indian_School_of_Mines),_Dhanbad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad">Indian Institute of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birsa_Institute_of_Technology_Sindri" title="Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri">Birsa Institute of Technology</a> and <a href="/wiki/K._K._College_of_Engineering_and_Management" title="K. K. College of Engineering and Management">K. K. College of Engineering and Management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ISM_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISM-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_(Indian_School_of_Mines),_Dhanbad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad">Indian Institute of Technology</a> (formerly Indian School of Mines), was established by the British in 1926.<sup id="cite_ref-ISMIIT_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISMIIT-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is a premier engineering college of India. <a href="/wiki/Birsa_Institute_of_Technology_Sindri" title="Birsa Institute of Technology Sindri">Birsa Institute of Technology</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sindri_(Dhanbad)" title="Sindri (Dhanbad)">Sindri</a> is one of the oldest government engineering college in India.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/SSLNT_Women%27s_College" title="SSLNT Women's College">SSLNT Women's College</a> is one of the oldest women's science and art college in east India established in 1956.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Raja_Shiva_Prasad_College" title="Raja Shiva Prasad College">Raja Shiva Prasad College</a> was established in 1949 by <a href="/wiki/Jharia_Raj" title="Jharia Raj">Raja of Jharia</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Patliputra_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Patliputra Medical College">Patliputra Medical College and Hospital</a>, established in 1971 is a premier medical college where applicants write the <a href="/wiki/National_Eligibility_Entrance_Test" class="mw-redirect" title="National Eligibility Entrance Test">NEET</a> exam to get enrolled. Other major institutions includes <a href="/wiki/Law_College_Dhanbad" title="Law College Dhanbad">Law College</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Guru_Nanak_College,_Dhanbad" title="Guru Nanak College, Dhanbad">Guru Nanak College</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-dhanbad.nic.in_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dhanbad.nic.in-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/P._K._Roy_Memorial_College" title="P. K. Roy Memorial College">P.K. Roy Memorial College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bholaram_Shibal_Kharkia_College,_Maithon" title="Bholaram Shibal Kharkia College, Maithon">Bholaram Shibal Kharkia College</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=B.S.S_Mahila_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="B.S.S Mahila College (page does not exist)">B.S.S Mahila College</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Al_Iqra_Teacher%27s_Training_College,_Gobindpur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Al Iqra Teacher's Training College, Gobindpur (page does not exist)">Al Iqra Teacher's Training College</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dhanbad city and district is considered a <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> stronghold with majority of its MPs MLA's being of the party since the 1990s. Chandra Shekhar Agrawal of BJP is the mayor; otherwise known as the first citizen, of <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Municipal_Corporation" title="Dhanbad Municipal Corporation">Dhanbad Municipal Corporation</a>. He won by the margin of 42,525 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Raj Sinha of <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) won in the <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhanbad (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">40-Dhanbad assembly constituency</a> defeating Mannan Malick of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Nath_Singh" title="Pashupati Nath Singh">Pashupati Nath Singh</a> of BJP defeated Mannan Mallik of Congress in 2005, Prasadi Sao of <a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">RJD</a> in 2000, and Ramadhar Yadav of <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a> in 1995. Surendra Prasad Roy of Congress defeated S.K. Shriva of JD in 1990 and Ram Chander Singh of <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> in 1985. <a href="/wiki/Yogeshwar_Prasad_Yogesh" title="Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh">Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh</a> of Congress defeated Gopi Kant Bakshi of <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> in 1980 and Kalawati Devi of <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dhanbad assembly constituency is part of <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhanbad (Lok Sabha constituency)">Dhanbad (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_of_Parliament_for_Dhanbad">Members of Parliament for Dhanbad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Members of Parliament for Dhanbad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Election</th> <th>Member</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rita_Verma" title="Rita Verma">Rita Verma</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a> </td> <td>Rita Verma </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998</a> </td> <td>Rita Verma </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a> </td> <td>Rita Verma </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #19AAED"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_Dubey" title="Chandra Shekhar Dubey">Chandra Shekhar Dubey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pashupati_Nath_Singh" title="Pashupati Nath Singh">Pashupati Nath Singh</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td>Pashupati Nath Singh </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td>Pashupati Nath Singh </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color: #FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> </td> <td>Dhullu Mahto </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rail">Rail</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Rail"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Junction" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhanbad Junction">Dhanbad Junction</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Dhanbad has a very good rail connectivity with the other major parts of the country such as <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur" title="Bhagalpur">Bhagalpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Munger" title="Munger">Munger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaya_(India)" title="Gaya (India)">Gaya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad,_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh">Hyderabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Kochi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indore" title="Indore">Indore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhopal" title="Bhopal">Bhopal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gwalior" title="Gwalior">Gwalior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jabalpur" title="Jabalpur">Jabalpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jaipur" title="Jaipur">Jaipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a> <a href="/wiki/Jodhpur" title="Jodhpur">Jodhpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagpur" title="Nagpur">Nagpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guwahati" title="Guwahati">Guwahati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> etc. <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_railway_division" title="Dhanbad railway division">Dhanbad railway division</a> is the largest revenue generator in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dhanbad_howrah_double_decker_train.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Dhanbad_howrah_double_decker_train.jpg/220px-Dhanbad_howrah_double_decker_train.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Dhanbad_howrah_double_decker_train.jpg/330px-Dhanbad_howrah_double_decker_train.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Dhanbad_howrah_double_decker_train.jpg/440px-Dhanbad_howrah_double_decker_train.jpg 2x" data-file-width="513" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption>Double-decker train standing on the platform of Dhanbad railway station</figcaption></figure><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coal_train_in_Dhanbad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coal_train_in_Dhanbad.jpg/220px-Coal_train_in_Dhanbad.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coal_train_in_Dhanbad.jpg/330px-Coal_train_in_Dhanbad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Coal_train_in_Dhanbad.jpg/440px-Coal_train_in_Dhanbad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3500" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rail_freight_transport" title="Rail freight transport">Coal Train</a> in Dhanbad yard</figcaption></figure><p> Dhanbad Rail Division comes under <a href="/wiki/East_Central_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="East Central Railway">East Central Railway</a> zone. <a href="/wiki/Grand_Chord" title="Grand Chord">Grand Chord</a> rail-line passes through Dhanbad junction, it connects <a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a> and <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>. CIC rail line starts from Dhanbad and ends at <a href="/wiki/Singrauli" title="Singrauli">Singrauli</a> in <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>. There is one more rail line passing through the district, it starts at <a href="/wiki/Kharagpur" title="Kharagpur">Kharagpur</a> and ends at <a href="/wiki/Gomoh" title="Gomoh">Gomoh</a>, this rail line comes under <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Railway (India)">South Eastern Railway</a>. Dhanbad is connected with almost all states through rail network. Each and every train through this has a stop at Dhanbad. Even Sealdah Duronto has a stoppage at <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Junction_railway_station" title="Dhanbad Junction railway station">Dhanbad</a>. </p><p>On 1 October 2011, India's first <a href="/wiki/Air_conditioner" class="mw-redirect" title="Air conditioner">AC</a> <a href="/wiki/Double-decker_train" class="mw-redirect" title="Double-decker train">double-decker train</a> was flagged off to connect <a href="/wiki/Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a> and Dhanbad. With this India joins the league of Europe and North America that run multi-deck trains. As of October 2011, the train runs daily except Sunday, departing from Howrah at 8:30 am to arrive at Dhanbad at 12:45 pm, and on return trip it departs Dhanbad at 6:30 pm to arrive at Howrah at 10:40 pm. It has a maximum permissible speed of 110 kilometres (68 mi)/hr with stops at <a href="/wiki/Bardhaman" title="Bardhaman">Bardhaman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barakar" title="Barakar">Barakar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kumardubi" title="Kumardubi">Kumardhubi</a> on both legs of the route. This new AC design has several features namely <a href="/wiki/Stainless_steel" title="Stainless steel">stainless steel</a> body, high-speed <a href="/wiki/Eurofima_coach" title="Eurofima coach">Eurofima</a> design bogies with air springs and other safety-features.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_19_(India)" title="National Highway 19 (India)">National Highway 19</a> and <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_18_(India)" title="National Highway 18 (India)">National Highway 18</a> are the major highways passing through Dhanbad.<sup id="cite_ref-nhai.org_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nhai.org-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NH 19 is part of <a href="/wiki/Golden_Quadrilateral" title="Golden Quadrilateral"> Golden Quadrilateral (GQ)</a> highway network; Dhanbad lies in <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>-<a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> link of the Golden Quadrilateral network.<sup id="cite_ref-blackdiamond1_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackdiamond1-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> NH19 is being converted into six lane expressway; NH 18 connects Dhanbad to <a href="/wiki/Bokaro_district" title="Bokaro district">Bokaro</a>-<a href="/wiki/Jamshedpur" title="Jamshedpur">Jamshedpur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-blackdiamond1_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackdiamond1-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/National_Highway_19" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway 19">National Highway 19</a> also emerges as a connector and transport system for various purpose connecting Delhi with Kolkata.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Private and State buses are available for inter-city traveling.<sup id="cite_ref-blackdiamond1_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blackdiamond1-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air">Air</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Air"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Dhanbad" title="Special:EditPage/Dhanbad">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Airport" title="Dhanbad Airport">Dhanbad Airport</a> is used for private small aircraft and helicopters, currently there is no public air-link at the airport. The nearest public airports to Dhanbad are: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kazi_Nazrul_Islam_Airport" title="Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport">Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asansol" title="Asansol">Asansol</a>-<a href="/wiki/Durgapur" title="Durgapur">Durgapur</a> 78 kilometres (48 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deoghar_Airport" title="Deoghar Airport">Deoghar Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a> 121 kilometres (75.18 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birsa_Munda_Airport" title="Birsa Munda Airport">Birsa Munda Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ranchi" title="Ranchi">Ranchi</a> 153 kilometres (95 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaya_Airport" title="Gaya Airport">Gaya Airport</a> 213 kilometres (132 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netaji_Subhas_Chandra_Bose_International_Airport" title="Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport">Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> 272 kilometres (169 mi)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lok_Nayak_Jayaprakash_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport">Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Patna" title="Patna">Patna</a> 326 kilometres (203 mi)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports">Sports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Dhanbad" title="Special:EditPage/Dhanbad">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> is the most popular sport in Dhanbad, followed by <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a>. Dhanbad is one of the centres where <a href="/wiki/2011_National_Games_of_India" title="2011 National Games of India">34th National Games</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was organised. Cricket Stadiums at present are at <a href="/wiki/Tata_Steel" title="Tata Steel">Tata Steel</a> Stadium Digwadih, Nehru Stadium Jealgora and Railway Stadium where <a href="/wiki/Ranji_Trophy" title="Ranji Trophy">Ranji Trophy</a> matches are organised.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Women's International Cricket were also played at <a href="/wiki/Railway_Stadium,_Dhanbad" title="Railway Stadium, Dhanbad">Railway Stadium</a>. <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">Football</a> matches of national level were played at <a href="/wiki/Railway_Stadium,_Dhanbad" title="Railway Stadium, Dhanbad">Railway Stadium</a> but now it is converted into Cricket Stadium by the Railway management.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dhanbad officially became the second town in the state to boast a cricket stadium with floodlights, with the inauguration of floodlights at Tata Digwadih Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Dhanbad" title="Special:EditPage/Dhanbad">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2020</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> newspapers are mainly published from the city, among them <i><a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Dainik" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindustan Dainik">Hindustan Dainik</a></i> is the most popular, followed by <i><a href="/wiki/Prabhat_Khabar" title="Prabhat Khabar">Prabhat Khabar</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dainik_Jagran" title="Dainik Jagran">Dainik Jagran</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dainik_Bhaskar" title="Dainik Bhaskar">Dainik Bhaskar</a></i>. "Dhanbad Bokaro Live" is published from Dhanbad. </p><p>Doordarshan relay station is present in Dhanbad near Koyla Nagar. There are some local news channels in the city such as, <i>Antarkatha</i> which are creative media houses which broadcast on local cable on Dhanbad, <a href="/wiki/Jharia" title="Jharia">Jharia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bokaro_Steel_City" title="Bokaro Steel City">Bokaro</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chatra,_Jharkhand" title="Chatra, Jharkhand">Chatra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hazaribagh" title="Hazaribagh">Hazaribag</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kodarma" title="Kodarma">Koderma</a>, Ramgarh etc.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>FM radio is available as <a href="/wiki/Vividh_Bharti" class="mw-redirect" title="Vividh Bharti">Vividh Bharti</a> Service of All India Radio at 101.8 MHz.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bibhu_Bhattacharya" title="Bibhu Bhattacharya">Bibhu Bhattacharya</a>, Bengali film & TV actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._C._Bose" title="P. C. Bose">P. C. Bose</a>, freedom fighter, labour activist & politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiyang_Chang" title="Meiyang Chang">Meiyang Chang</a>, Bollywood film & TV actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purushottam_K._Chauhan" title="Purushottam K. Chauhan">Purushottam K. Chauhan</a> - freedom fighter, labour activist & politician, coal miner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khora_Ramji_Chawda" title="Khora Ramji Chawda">Seth Khora Ramji Chawda</a>, railway contractor, coal mines pioneer, banker and philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anurag_Dikshit" title="Anurag Dikshit">Anurag Dikshit</a> – businessman (ranked 207th-richest person in the world by <i><a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> in 2006)<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Narayan_Gourisaria" title="Satya Narayan Gourisaria">Satya Narayan Gourisaria</a>, British company secretary, Gandhian and a former secretary of the <a href="/wiki/V._K._Krishna_Menon" title="V. K. Krishna Menon">India League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subodh_Kumar_Jaiswal" title="Subodh Kumar Jaiswal">Subodh Kumar Jaiswal</a>, IPS officer, current CBI director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chetan_Joshi" title="Chetan Joshi">Chetan Joshi</a>, classical Indian flautist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rishabh_Kashyap" title="Rishabh Kashyap">Rishabh Kashyap</a>, Bhojpuri Actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shiv_Khera" title="Shiv Khera">Shiv Khera</a>, author and professional speaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Binod_Bihari_Mahato" title="Binod Bihari Mahato">Binod Bihari Mahato</a>, politician, advocate, activist, founder of Shivaji Samaj and <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand_Mukti_Morcha" title="Jharkhand Mukti Morcha">Jharkhand Mukti Morch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aseem_Mishra" title="Aseem Mishra">Aseem Mishra</a>, Indian cinematographer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeishan_Quadri" title="Zeishan Quadri">Zeishan Quadri</a>, Bollywood actor, film maker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._K._Roy" title="A. K. Roy">A. K. Roy</a>, founder of Marxist Coordination Committee</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenakshi_Seshadri" title="Meenakshi Seshadri">Meenakshi Seshadri</a>, former Bollywood actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deven_Sharma" title="Deven Sharma">Deven Sharma</a>, former global president of <a href="/wiki/Standard_%26_Poor%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard & Poor's">Standard & Poor's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Krishna_Singh" title="Ram Krishna Singh">Ram Krishna Singh</a>, reviewer, critic, contemporary poet and retired professor of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_(Indian_School_of_Mines),_Dhanbad" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad">IIT-D</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._D._Thacker" title="D. D. Thacker">Diwan Bahadur D.D. Thacker</a>, noted coal miner and philanthropist.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randhir_Prasad_Verma" title="Randhir Prasad Verma">Randhir Prasad Verma</a>, IPS officer and recipient of <a href="/wiki/Ashoka_Chakra" title="Ashoka Chakra">Ashoka Chakra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shahbaz_Nadeem" title="Shahbaz Nadeem">Shahbaz Nadeem</a>, emerging indian cricketer</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dhanbad&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/ranchi/chandrashekhar-is-dhanbad-mayor.html">"Chandrashekhar is Dhanbad Mayor"</a>. 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alagdiha" title="Alagdiha">Alagdiha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aralgoria" title="Aralgoria">Aralgoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Babua_Kalan" title="Babua Kalan">Babua Kalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baliapur" title="Baliapur">Baliapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bardubhi" title="Bardubhi">Bardubhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barora" title="Barora">Barora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhamal" title="Bhamal">Bhamal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimkanari" title="Bhimkanari">Bhimkanari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chirkunda" title="Chirkunda">Chirkunda</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dhanbad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumarkunda" title="Dumarkunda">Dumarkunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumra,_Dhanbad" title="Dumra, Dhanbad">Dumra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Egarkunr" title="Egarkunr">Egarkunr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gobindpur,_Jharkhand" title="Gobindpur, Jharkhand">Gobindpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gomoh" title="Gomoh">Gomoh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunghasa" title="Gunghasa">Gunghasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariharpur,_Dhanbad" title="Hariharpur, Dhanbad">Hariharpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harina,_Dhanbad" title="Harina, Dhanbad">Harina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jangalpur" title="Jangalpur">Jangalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jhinghipahari" title="Jhinghipahari">Jhinghipahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karmatanr,_Dhanbad" title="Karmatanr, Dhanbad">Karmatanr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharkhari,_Dhanbad" title="Kharkhari, Dhanbad">Kharkhari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madhuban,_Dhanbad" title="Madhuban, Dhanbad">Madhuban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahuda" title="Mahuda">Mahuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahlidih" title="Mahlidih">Mahlidih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maithon" title="Maithon">Maithon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malkera" title="Malkera">Malkera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marma,_Dhanbad" title="Marma, Dhanbad">Marma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matigara,_Dhanbad" title="Matigara, Dhanbad">Matigara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mera,_Dhanbad" title="Mera, Dhanbad">Mera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muraidih" title="Muraidih">Muraidih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nadkharki" title="Nadkharki">Nadkharki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagri_Kalan" title="Nagri Kalan">Nagri Kalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirsa" title="Nirsa">Nirsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchet" title="Panchet">Panchet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchmahali" title="Panchmahali">Panchmahali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panrra" title="Panrra">Panrra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phulwartanr" title="Phulwartanr">Phulwartanr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pondar_Kanali" title="Pondar Kanali">Pondar Kanali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajganj,_Dhanbad" title="Rajganj, Dhanbad">Rajganj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahnidih" title="Sahnidih">Sahnidih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sansikhara" title="Sansikhara">Sansikhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sialgudri" title="Sialgudri">Sialgudri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siuliban" title="Siuliban">Siuliban</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suranga,_Dhanbad" title="Suranga, Dhanbad">Suranga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topchanchi" title="Topchanchi">Topchanchi</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jharkhand_divisions_map.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Jharkhand_divisions_map.png/282px-Jharkhand_divisions_map.png" decoding="async" width="282" height="235" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Jharkhand_divisions_map.png/423px-Jharkhand_divisions_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Jharkhand_divisions_map.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption>Divisions 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href="/wiki/Moonidih" title="Moonidih">Moonidih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mugma" title="Mugma">Mugma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pradhan_Khunta" title="Pradhan Khunta">Pradhan Khunta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tundi" title="Tundi">Tundi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Neighbourhood" title="Neighbourhood">Neighbourhoods</a> in <br /><a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Municipal_Corporation" title="Dhanbad Municipal Corporation">Dhanbad Municipal Corporation</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angarpathar" title="Angarpathar">Angarpathar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baliari" title="Baliari">Baliari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basaria" title="Basaria">Basaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bastacola" title="Bastacola">Bastacola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhagatdih" title="Bhagatdih">Bhagatdih</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhowrah" title="Bhowrah">Bhowrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhuli,_India" title="Bhuli, India">Bhuli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bokapahari" title="Bokapahari">Bokapahari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandaur" title="Chandaur">Chandaur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chasnala" title="Chasnala">Chasnala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhatatanr" title="Chhatatanr">Chhatatanr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhotaputki" title="Chhotaputki">Chhotaputki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhaunsar" title="Dhaunsar">Dhaunsar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Godhar" title="Godhar">Godhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamadoba" title="Jamadoba">Jamadoba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jealgora" title="Jealgora">Jealgora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeenagora" title="Jeenagora">Jeenagora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharia" title="Jharia">Jharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharia_Khas" title="Jharia Khas">Jharia Khas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jogta" title="Jogta">Jogta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorapokhar" 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