Latest who's who
- Governor --. Draupadi Murmu
- Chief Minister. --. Raghuvar Das
- Chief Justice ( Jharkhand High court ) -- Pradeep Kumar Mohanty (Acting )
- Speaker of Legislative Assembly. -- Dinesh Oraon
- Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly -- Hemant Soren
- Chief Secretary. --. Raj Bala Verma
- Principal Secretary to Governor -- S.k.Satpathy
- Principal Secretary to Chief Minister. --. Sanjay Kumar
- Director General of Police (DGP). --. D.K.Pandey
- Chief Information Commissioner --. Aditya Swarup
- Chief Election Commissioner. --. L.Khyangtey
- Attorney General. --. Vinod Poddar
- Chairman, Jharkhand State Human Right Commission -- Justice Narayan Rai
- Chairperson, Jharkhand State Women Commission --. Mahua Manjhi
- Chairman, Jharkhand Academic Council. --. Arvind Prasad Singh
- Chairman, Jharkhand Public Service Commission. --. D.K.Srivastava
- Chairman, Jharkhand Staff Selection Commission. --. Chitranjan Sahay
- Chairman, Jharkhand Minorities Commission. --. Dr. Shahid Akhtar
- Chairman, Jharkhand Education Tribunal. -- L.P.N.Shahdev
- Chairman, Damodar Valley Corp( DVC ). --.Andrew W. Langeste
- Chairman, Jharkhand State Cricket Association.(JSCA)-- Amitabh Choudhary
- Anglo-Indian member of the state, nominated by Governor -- Glan Joseph Golstone
- Chairman, Jharkhand Pollution Control Board --. D.D.Sharma
- Managing director of Jharcraft. --. A.T.Mishra
Council of Ministers
- Raghuvar Das. --. Chief Minister, Personnel, Home, Finance and also incharge of the Ministries/Dept. not specifically allocated to any Ministers.
- Chandrashekar Prasad Singh --. Urban Development, Housing and Registration
- Nilkanth Singh Munda. --. Rural Development, Village Affairs
- Chandra Prakash Choudhary.--. Drinking Water and Sanitation, Disaster Management and Water Resources
- Ramchandra Chandravanshi -- Health
- Louis Marandi. -- Welfare ( Minorities and Social Welfare)
- Saryu Rai. --. Parliamentary Affairs, Food Supply and Consumer Affairs
- Nira Yadav. --. Human Resources and Sports
- Amar Kumar Bauri. -- Land Reforms, Revenue and Information Technology
- Randhir Kumar Singh. --. Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries
- Raj Paliwar. --. Labour Planning and Training
Governors of Jharkhand
- Prabhat Kumar. --. 15 Nov, 2000 to 3 Feb, 2002
- Vinod Chandra Pandey(Acting) -- 4 Feb, 2002 to 14 July, 2002
- M.Rama Jois. . --. 15 July, 2002 to 11 June, 2003
- Ved Prakash Marwah. --. 12 June, 2003 to 9 Dec,2004
- Sd. Sibte Razi. --. 10 Dec, 2004 to 23 July , 2009
- K.Shankar Narayan. --. 24 July, 2009 to 21 Jan, 2010
- M.O.H.Farookh. --. 22 Jan, 2010 to 3 Sept. 2011
- Dr.Sd.Ahmed. --. 4 Sept, 2011 to 15 May , 2015
- Draupadi Murmu. --. 18 May, 2015 till date
Chief Minister of Jharkhand
- Babu Lal Marandi. -- 15 November, 2000 to 17 March,2003
- Arjun Munda --. 18 March, 2003 to 2 March, 2005
- Shibu Soren. --. 2 March, 2005 to 12 March, 2005
- Arjun Munda. -- 12 March,2005 to 18 September, 2006
- Madhu Koda -- 18 September,2006 to 27 August, 2008
- Shibu Soren. --. 27 August, 2008 to 18 January,2009 (President Rule -- 19 January, 2009 to 27 December, 2009)
- Shibu Soren. --. 30 December, 2009 to 30 May, 2010. (President Rule. --. 1 June, 2010 to 10 September,2010)
- Arjun Munda. --. 11 September, 2010 to 8 January,2013. (President Rule. --. 18 January,2013 to 12 July,2013)
- Hemant Soren. -- 13 July, 2013 to 23 December, 2014
- Raghuvar Das. --. 28 December, 2014 Till date
Speakers of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
- Inder Singh Namdhari. -- 22 November, 2000 to 29 March, 2004
- Bagun Sumbrai. --. 29 March, 2004 to 29 May, 2004
- Inder Singh Namdhari. --. 4 June, 2004 to 11 August, 2004
- Mrigendra Pratap Singh. --. 18 August, 2004 to 11 January, 2005
- Saba Ahmed. --. 12 January, 2005 to 1 March, 2005
- Inder Singh Namdhari. --.15 March, 2005 to 4 September,2006
- Alamgir Alam. --.20 October, 2006 to 26 December, 2009
- C.P.Singh. -- 6 January, 2010 to 19 July,2013
- Sashank Shekhar Bhokta. -- 25 July, 2013 to 23 December, 2014
- Dinesh Oraon -- 07 January, 2015 till date
Chief Justice of Jharkhand High court
- Vinod Kumar Gupta. -- 15 November, 2000 to 4 March, 2003
- P.K.I.Balasubramanyam. --. 10 March, 2003 to 26 August, 2004
- Altams Kabir. --. 1 March, 2005 to 8 September, 2005
- Nilavauy Dinakar. --. 4 December, 2005 to 9 June, 2006
- Muthusamee Kaparg Vinayagam --. 17 September, 2006 to 15 May, 2008
- Gyan Sudha Mishra. --. 13 July, 2008 to 28 April, 2010
- Bhagwati Prasad. --. 22 August, 2010 to 10 September, 2011
- Prakash Tatia. -- 11 September, 2011 to 4 August, 2013
- R.Bhanumathi. --. 12 November, 2013 to August 2014
- Virender Singh. --. 1 November, 2014 to 6 October, 2016
- Pradeep Kumar Mohanty (Acting) -- 7 October, 2016 till date
Members of Rajya Sabha ( Upper House )
- Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu.( Congress ) -- 2012 - 2018
- Parimal Nathwani ( Independent ). --. 2014 - 2020
- Mahesh Poddar ( BJP) --. 2016 - 2022
- Premchand Gupta ( RJD ). --. 2014 - 2020
- Sanjeev Kumar ( JMM ). --. 2012 - 2018
- M.A.Naqvi ( BJP ). --. 2016 - 2022
Members of 16th Lok Sabha (Lower House )
- Vijay Hansda ( JMM ). --. Raj Mahal
- Shibu Soren ( JMM ). -- Dumka
- Nishikant Dubey ( BJP ). --. Godda
- Sunil Singh ( BJP ). -- Chatra
- Ravindra Rai ( BJP ). -- Koderma
- Ravindra Pandey.( BJP ). --. Giridih
- P.N.Singh ( BJP ). --. Dhanbad
- Ram Tahal Choudhary ( BJP ). --. Ranchi
- Vidhut Varan Mahto ( BJP ). --. Jamshedpur
- Laxman Giluva ( BJP ). --. Singhbhum
- Kariya Munda ( BJP ). --. Khunti
- Jayant Sinha ( BJP ). --. Hazaribagh
- Sudarshan Bhagat ( BJP ). --. Lohardaga
- V.D.Ram ( BJP ). --. Palamau
Jharkhand : At a glance
Introduction
- Administrative Name : -. Jharkhand
- Formed on . : -. 15 November, 2000
- Foundation day. : -. 15 November
- Capital. : -. Ranchi
- Second capital. : -. Dumka
- High court. : -. Ranchi
- Official language. : -. Hindi
- 2nd official language: -. Urdu
- Other languages : -. Santhali , Bangla , Mundari , Ho , kudukh , khortha , Panchpargania , Nagpuria
state Emblem
- State Animal. : -. Elephant
- state Bird. : - Koel ( cuckoo)
- State Tree. : -. Sal
- State Flower. : -. Palash
- State Logo. : -. Ashok chakra between four "J " letters of English Alphabet
Geographical Introduction
Jharkhand
- Literal Meaning of Jharkhand -. Area of forest ( van Pradesh )
- Latitudinal Extent. -. 21° 58' 10" to 25° 18' Northern Latitude
- Longitudinal Extent -. 83° 19' 50" to 87° 57' Eastern Longitude
- Shape. -. Quadrilateral
- Area -. 79,714 square km
- Rural Area. -. 77,922 square km
- Urban Area. -. 1,792 square km
- Areawise Position in India - 15th
- Total area of Jharkhand (in%)-. 2.42%
- Areawise Position in India. -. 16th (After formation of Telangana)
- Areawise the Biggest District.- west Singhbhum
- Areawise the smallest District- Ramgarh
- Main crop. - Paddy
- Length ( North to south ). -. 380
- Width. ( Easy to West. ). - 463
- Boundaries. -. Bihar in North, Odisha in South, west Bengal in East , Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh in West
- Climate. - Monsoon
- Average Rainfall. - 110-140 cm
- Maximum Temperature. -. 44°C
- Minimum Temperature. - 10°C
- Total Forest Area. -. 23,47,300 Ha. (29.45%)
- Total area worth Irrigation. - 38 Lac Ha
- Net cultivated Land - 18.07 Lac Ha
- Total Irrigated Land. - 1.95 Lac Ha
- Total Length of National Highways. - 3,184 km
- Total Length of State Highways. - 6,880 km
- National park in Jharkhand. - 1 ( Betla National Park )
- Important Bird Park. - Udhwa Jheel Bird Park
Administrative Introduction
- Number of commissioners/ subdivision - 5 ( North Chhotanagpur,South Chhotanagpur , Santhalpargana , Palamau , Kolhan)
- Number of districts. - 24 ( Ranchi , Dhanbad , Giridih , East Singhbhum , Bokaro , Palamau , Hazaribagh , West Singhbhum , Deoghar , Garwah , Dumka , Godda, Sahebganj , Saraikela - kharsawan , Chatra , Gumla , Ramgarh , Pakur , Jamtara , Latehar , Koderma , Simdega , khunti , Lohardaga )
- Number of districts at the time of State formation. - 14
- Newly formed districts. - Latehar (4 April ,2001), Jamtara (26 April,2001), Simdega (30 April,2001), Saraikela- kharsawan, khunti and Ramgarh (12 September,2007)
- Newly formed 5th commissionaries/ division. - Kolhan( chaibasa)
- Number of Sub-division. - 43
- Number of blocks. - 260
- Number of villages. -. 32,615
- Police stations. - 427
- Number of Scheduled Districts. -. 13
- Number of Scheduled Blocks. -. 132
- Number of Scheduled Panchayats. -. 2,071
- Number of health centres. -. 586
- Numbers of Panchayats. -. 4,423
- Number of Jila Parishad. -. 24
- Number of municipal corporation. -. 05 (Ranchi , Dhanbad , Deoghar , Chas , and Adityapur)
Political Introduction
- Number of Lok Sabha Members. - 14
- Reserved Seat in the Lok Sabha for Scheduled castes. -. 01(Palamau)
- Reserved Seat in the Lok Sabha for Scheduled tribes -. 05( Palamau)
- Number of Rajya sabha members. -. 06
- Biggest Parliamentary Constituency.-. West Singhbhum
- Smallest Parliamentary Constituency -. Chatra
- Number of members of the Legislative Assembly - 82
- Reserved Seats in the Legislative Assembly for Scheduled castes - 09
- Reserved Seats in the Legislative Assembly for Scheduled tribes -.28
Education
- Number of Central Universities. -. 01( central University-Ranchi )
- Number of Universities in Jharkhand - 09
- Number of Colleges in Jharkhand. -. 123
- Number of High schools. -. 2425
- Number of Middle schools. -. 13,418
- Number of Primary schools. -. 25,389
- Number of Engineering Colleges. -. 04
- Number of Medical colleges in Jharkhand - 06
Economic Introduction
- State GDP ( 2013-14) on Current Price. - ₹ 1,88,225 crore
- State GDP Growth Rate (2013-14). -. 14.55%
- Per Capita Income (2013-14 on Current Price) - ₹ 57,144
- Number of Heavy Industries ( 2014-15)- 32
- Number of Big and Medium sized Industries - 399
- Instituted Energy Capacity. - 2152.57 mega watt
- Net Energy Production. -. 740 mega watt
- Number of Electrified villages. -. 16,997
Census. - 2011 ( final Data )
- Total Population. - 3,29,88,134
- Male Population. -. 1,69,30,315
- Female Population. -. 1,60,57,819
- Position of Jharkhand in the Country ( Population wise ) - 14 the ( after the formation of Telangana)
- Infants Population (0-6 age group) -. 53,89,495
- Infants Population (0-6 age group)% - 16.33%
- Infant Boys Population (0-6 age group) -. 27,67,147
- Infant Girls Population (0-6 age group) -. 26,22,348
- Infant Sex Ratio (0-6 age group). -. 948 Girls per 1000 Boys
- Decadal Population Growth (2001-2011) - 60,42,305
- Decadal Population Growth Rate (2001-2011) -- 22.42%
- Largest District of Jharkhand ( Population wise) -- Ranchi ( 29,14,253 )
- Smallest District of Jharkhand ( Population wise ) - Lohardaga (4,61,790 )
- Population Density. -- 414 person / sq.km
- Position of Jharkhand in the Country Population ( Density wise ) -- 14th
- District having highest density. --. Dhanbad (1,316 person / sq.km)
- District having lowest density. --. Simdega. ( 129 person / sq .km )
- Total Literacy Rate. --. 66.41%
- Male Literacy Rate. --. 76.84%
- Female Literacy Rate. --. 55.4 %
- District having highest Literacy Rate -- Ranchi ( 76.06 )
- District having lowest Literacy Rate. -- Pakur (48.82%)
- District having highest female Literacy Rate -- Ranchi (67.44%)
- District having lowest female Literacy Rate --. Pakur (40.52% )
- District having highest male Literacy Rate -- Ranchi ( 84.26%)
- District having lowest male Literacy Rate --. Pakur. (57.06%)
- Sex Ratio. --. 949 female per 1000 male
- District of highest Sex Ratio. -- West Singhbhum ( 1005 female per 1000 male)
- District of Lowest Sex Ratio. --. Dhanbad (909 Female per 1000 Male)
- Rural Population. --. 2,50,55,073
- Urban Population. --. 79,33,061
- Percentage of Urban Population. --. 24%
- Percentage of Rural Population. --. 76%
- District having maximum Urban Population -- Dhanbad ( 58.13%)
- District having minimum Urban Population -- Godda (4.9 %)