Jharkhand Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
state in eastern India
About Jharkhand
Most of Jharkhand is spread out on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The nameNagpuris probably taken from theNagbanshiswho ruled in the area.Chotais a corruption ofChutia,a small village near Ranchi where the Nagbanshis had a fort. The plateau consists of three steps. The highest is in the west of the province rising to around 3,000-3,500 feet above sea level. The next level spread around Ranchi and Hazaribagh in the central sector is around 2,000 feet. The eastern part is the lowest at around 1,000 feet. A part of the plateau slopes into neighbouring West Bengal. The indigenous people are Sadan (a local Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group) and Adivasis (tribals). The Sadan speak three local languages, Khortha in the North Chotanagpur subdivision, Sadri (Nagpuri) in the south Chotanagpur subdivision
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