Administrative divisions of Jharkhand

Jharkhand is divided into five Administrative divisions namely South Chotanagpur, North Chotanagpur, Kolhan, Palamu and Santhal Pargana.

Background Jharkhand state was created as 28th state of India by the Bihar Re-organization Act on 15 November 2000. State was created due to its underdevelopment and social justice. Jharkhand has 5 neighborhood states e.g. Bihar on the North, Orissa on the South, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh on the west West Bengal on the East.

Administration Jharkhand state is subdivided into divisions, which have official administrative governmental status, and each division is headed by Divisional commissioner who is a senior IAS officer.

List of divisions

DivisionHeadquartersDistrictsArea (km²)Population (2011)Map Palamu Medininagar Garhwa Latehar Palamu 12,777 3,989,631 North Chotanagpur Hazaribagh Bokaro Chatra Dhanbad Giridih Hazaribagh Koderma Ramgarh21,03911,635,374 Santhal Pargana Dumka Godda Deoghar Dumka Jamtara Sahibganj Pakur12,6016,969,097 South Chotanagpur Ranchi Gumla Khunti Lohardaga Ranchi Simdega18,2355,532,719 Kolhan Chaibasa East Singhbhum Seraikela Kharsawan West Singhbhum13,4434,861,313

See also Districts of Jharkhand Subdivisions of Jharkhand

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