Dhanbad district
District of Jharkhand in India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the district. For its eponymous headquarters, see Dhanbad.
Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after Ranchi. It also has the lowest sex ratio in Jharkhand, at 908.[1]
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Dhanbad district | |
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Country | India |
State | Jharkhand |
Division | North Chotanagpur |
Headquarters | Dhanbad |
Government | |
• Lok Sabha constituencies | Dhanbad |
• MP | Pashupatinath Singh (BJP) |
Area | |
• Total | 2,040 km2 (790 sq mi) |
Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,684,487 |
• Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) |
• Urban | 1,162,472 |
Demographics | |
• Literacy | 74.52 per cent |
• Sex ratio | 908 |
Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
Website | dhanbad |
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Dhanbad is also known as the coal capital of India, due to extensive coal mining industry that dominates the district.[citation needed]