Location of Jamshedpur (जमशेदपुर)
in JharkhandJharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
and IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
|-
|
CoordinatesA geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position...
| {{#if:22.8|
http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Jamshedpur¶ms=22.8_N_86.18_E_type:landmark_region:IN-JH_22°48′N 86°11′E / 22.8°N 86.18°E / 22.8; 86.18]CoordinatesA geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position...
: http://toolserver.org/~geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Jamshedpur¶ms=22.8_N_86.18_E_type:landmark_region:IN-JH_22°48′N 86°11′E / 22.8°N 86.18°E / 22.8; 86.18]
|-
|- class=mergedrow
| |
Country
| |
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
| |
StateIndia is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
| |
JharkhandJharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
| |
District(s)A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. Districts are further subdivided, in some cases into Sub-Divisions, and otherwise directly into tehsils or talukas.District officials include:...
| |
East SinghbhumEast Singhbhum is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was created on 16 January 1990. The literal meaning of Singhbhum is land of lions. More than 50% of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely...
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|-
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|-
| |
MP
| |
Dr. Ajay KumarAjay Kumar, a former Indian Police Service officer, was elected as the new MP to the 15th Lok Sabha, from the Jamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency, for Jharkhand Vikas Morcha party, during the 2011 Jamshedpur by-elections. The by-election was held on 1 July 2011, and the result for the same was...
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
| |
Parliamentary constituencyThe 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the Indian general election, 2004 held in four phases during 20 April – 10 May 2004, which led to the formation of First Manmohan Singh Cabinet...
| |
JamshedpurJamshedpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers the entire East Singhbhum district.-Assembly segments:...
|- class=mergedrow
| |
Assembly constituencyThe Vidhan Sabha or the Legislative Assembly is the lower house or the sole house of the provincial legislature in the different states of India. The same name is also used for the lower house of the legislatures for two of the union territories, Delhi and Pondicherry...
| |
Jamshedpur East Jamshedpur East is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-References:*Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India...
Jamshedpur West Jamshedpur West is an assembly constituency in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-References:*Schedule – XIII of Constituencies Order, 2008 of Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies Order, 2008 of the Election Commission of India...
|- class=mergedrow
| |
Planning AgencyUrban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
| | JUSCO
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- style="white-space: nowrap"
| |
Population
•
DensityPopulation density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
| |
23,37,131 (2011[//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jamshedpur&action=edit [update]])
•
1,404 /km2 (3,636 /sq mi)
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
| |
LiteracyLiteracy in India is key for socio-economic progress, and the Indian literacy rate grew to 74.04% in 2011 from 12% at the end of British rule in 1947. Although this was a greater than sixfold improvement, the level is well below the world average literacy rate of 84%, and India currently has the...
| | 86%
|- class=mergedrow
Official language An official language is a language that is given a special legal status in a particular country, state, or other jurisdiction. Typically a nation's official language will be the one used in that nation's courts, parliament and administration. However, official status can also be used to give a...
s |
Hindi and English English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
|
|---|
|- class=mergedrow
| |
Time zoneA time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
| |
ISTIndian Standard Time is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino–Indian War of 1962 and the Indo–Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971...
(UTC+05:30)
|- style="white-space: nowrap"
| |
AreaThe geography of India describes the physical features of India, a country in South Asia, that lies entirely on the Indian Plate in the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate. The country lies to the north of the equator between 8°4' and 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' and 97°25' east...
•
ElevationThe term above mean sea level refers to the elevation or altitude of any object, relative to the average sea level datum. AMSL is used extensively in radio by engineers to determine the coverage area a station will be able to reach...
| |
149.23 square kilometres (57.62 sq mi)
•
159 metres (522 ft)
|- class=mergedrow style="white-space: nowrap"
|- style="white-space: nowrap"
|-
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|- class=mergedrow
|-
| colspan=2 |
Codes
{|
|-
| style="width: 85px" | • PincodeA Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or post code system used by India Post, the Indian postal administration. PIN stands for Postal Index Number and the code is 6 digits long. The PIN was introduced on August 15, 1972.-Structure:There are nine PIN zones in India,...
| • 8310xx
|-
| style="width: 85px" | • TelephoneThe Republic of India possesses a diversified communications system that links all parts of the country by Internet, telephone, telegraph, radio, and television...
| • +0657
|-
|-
| style="width: 85px" | • VehicleAll motorised road vehicles are tagged with a registration or licence number in India. The licence plate number is issued by the district-level Regional Transport Office of respective states — the main authority on road matters. The licence plates are placed in the front and back of the...
| • BR 16 (discontinued), JH 05
|}
|-
|-
|-
|-
| |
Website
| |
www.jamshedpur.nic.in
|-
|}
Jamshedpur ({{lang-hi|जमशेदपुर}}, {{lang-bn|জামশেদপুর}}, {{audio|Jamshedpur.ogg|pronunciation}}) is the largest urban conglomeration in the state of
JharkhandJharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
,
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. Jamshedpur is a planned industrial city of India, founded by the late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata. It is also known as
Steel City,
TataNagar or simply
Tata.
Jamshedpur is the headquarters of the
East SinghbhumEast Singhbhum is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was created on 16 January 1990. The literal meaning of Singhbhum is land of lions. More than 50% of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely...
district of Jharkhand. It has a population of 13,37,131 (according to the 2011 census). It is located on the
Chota Nagpur plateauThe Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of the Mahanadi River lies to the south...
and is surrounded by the picturesque
Dalma HillsThe Dalma Hills are located near the industrial town of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, eastern India. These small hills are part of the Dalma Forest reserve, famous for its Asiatic elephants, and are a popular trekking destination...
. The city is bordered by the rivers
SubarnarekhaSubarnarekha River flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.-Etymology:As per tradition, gold was mined near the origin of the river at a village named Piska near Ranchi. This is why it was named Subarnarekha, meaning ‘streak of gold’. Legend has it that traces of...
and Kharkai on the north and west parts of the city.
Jamshedpur is a major industrial centre of East India. It houses companies like
Tata SteelTata Steel is a multinational steel company headquartered in Jamshedpur, India and part of Tata Group. It is the world's seventh-largest steel company, with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes, and the largest private-sector steel company in India measured by domestic production...
,
Tata MotorsTata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO...
,
Tata PowerTata Power is India’s oldest and largest private sector power utility with an installed generation capacity of over 2977 MW.On the 22 March 2011 it has announced partnership with Sunengy an Australian firm, to build India's first floating solar plant....
, Lafarge Cement,
TelconTelcon Construction Solutions is India based joint venture between Tata Motors and HCM, Japan.It is the market leader in Indian construction equipment industry and has more than 50% market share in excavator segment....
,
BOC GasesThe BOC Group plc was the official name of the multinational industrial gas and British based company more commonly known as BOC, and now a part of The Linde Group. In September 2004, BOC had over 30,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over £4.6 billion. BOC was a constituent of the...
,
Tata Technologies LimitedTata Technologies Limited is a company in the Tata Group that provides services in Engineering and Design , Product Lifecycle Management , Enterprise Solutions, manufacturing and product development IT services to Tier 1 automotive and aerospace OEMs and their suppliers...
,
PraxairPraxair, Inc. is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases as well as high-performance coatings and related services to a wide diversity of customers around the world...
,
TCETata Consulting Engineers Limited is an Indian engineering consulting firm. The company, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons Limited, was established as Tata-Ebasco Consulting Engineering Services in 1962....
,
TCSTata Consultancy Services Limited is a global IT services, business solutions and outsourcing company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It is the largest provider of information technology in Asia and second largest provider of business process outsourcing services in India...
, Timken India, Tinplate and many more. It is home to one of the largest industrial zones of
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
known as
AdityapurAdityapur is named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo,the last ruler of Saraikela/Seraikella. It is today an industrial town/sister city, separated from the famous city of Jamshedpur by the Kharkai River. It lies in Seraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand....
which houses more than 1,200 small and medium scale industries.
Jamshedpur was declared the 7th cleanest city of India for the year 2010 according to survey by the
Government of IndiaThe Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
. In a survey in the year 2007, Jamshedpur was declared the 7th richest city of India. The survey was conducted on the basis of the percentage of population whose annual income is more than 1 million Rupees. It has been predicted as the 84th fastest growing city in the world for the timeframe 2006-2020. A major part of the city is run by Tata Steel itself. Jamshedpur has been selected as one of the cities for the Global Compact Cities Pilot Programme by United Nations, the only one to be selected in India as well as the entire South-East Asia.
Etymology
In 1919
Lord ChelmsfordFrederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, GBE, PC was a British statesman who served as Governor of Queensland , Governor of New South Wales from 1909 to 1913, and Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921, where he was responsible for the creation of the Montagu-Chelmsford...
named the city
Jamshedpur in honour of its founder,
Jamshedji Nausserwanji TataJamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian entrepreneur and industrialist, prominent for his pioneering work in Indian industry. He was born to a Parsi family in Navsari, Gujarat, India....
, whose birthday is celebrated on 3 March as Founder's Day. J. N. Tata had written to his son Dorabji Tata about his vision of a great city in the area. On Founders Day, the 225 acre (0.9105435 km²) Jubilee Park is decorated with brilliant lightwork for about a week .
The city has several nicknames including 'Steel City' (which was referenced during TATA Steel's 'Green City - Clean City - Steel City' campaign); 'Tatanagar' after the name of its railway station
Tatanagar Railway StationThe Tatanagar Railway Station , station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Previously, it belonged to the state of Bihar before a portion of south Bihar came to be incorporated into the new state of Jharkhand.Tatanagar is a...
or simply 'Tata' in deference to the presence of
TataTata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tata Group is one of the largest companies in India by market capitalization and revenue. It has interests in communications and information technology, engineering, materials, services, energy,...
companies. At one time it was also known as 'Kalimati' (meaning "black soil") after the village near the Sakchi area. The only trace of the name is the main road through Sakchi area of Jamshedpur which is named Kalimati road.
History
By the end of 19th century Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata met steel makers in Pittsburgh to get the most advanced technology for his plant. It is said that he got the idea of building a steel plant when he heard
Thomas CarlyleThomas Carlyle was a Scottish satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher during the Victorian era.He called economics "the dismal science", wrote articles for the Edinburgh Encyclopedia, and became a controversial social commentator.Coming from a strict Calvinist family, Carlyle was...
declaring that "the nation which gains control of iron soon acquires the control of gold" in a lecture in Manchester. At the turn of the twentieth century, Jamshetji Tata asked geologist Charles Page Perin to help him find the site to build India's first steel plant. The search for a site rich in iron, coal, limestone and water began in April 1904 in today's
Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....
.
The prospectors C. M. Weld,
Dorabji Tata Sir Dorabji Tata , was an Indian industrialist and philanthropist, and a key figure in the history and development of the Tata industrial empire...
and
Shapurji SaklatvalaShapurji Saklatvala was a British politician of Indian Parsi heritage. He was the third Indian Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom after fellow Parsis Dadabhai Naoroji and Mancherjee Bhownagree....
, took nearly three years in a painstaking search across vast stretches of inhospitable terrain to find a location. One day they came across a village called
SakchiSakchi was the village in north east India which was selected by Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata to be the location of a planned steel city, which in 1919 became Jamshedpur. Sakchi is now part of the city between the Tata Steel site and the river Subarnarekha....
, on the densely forested stretches of the
Chota Nagpur plateauThe Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of the Mahanadi River lies to the south...
, near the confluence of the
SubarnarekhaSubarnarekha River flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.-Etymology:As per tradition, gold was mined near the origin of the river at a village named Piska near Ranchi. This is why it was named Subarnarekha, meaning ‘streak of gold’. Legend has it that traces of...
and
KharkaiThe Kharkai River is a river in eastern India. It is one of the major tributaries of the Subarnarekha River.It arises in Mayurbhanj district, Orissa, on the north slopes of Darbarmela Parbat and the western slopes of Tungru Pahar, of the Simlipal Massif. It flows past Rairangpur and heads north...
rivers. It seemed to be the ideal choice and the place was selected.
In 1908 the construction of the plant as well as the city officially began. The first steel ingot was rolled on 16 February 1912. It was a momentous day in the history of industrial India.
Jamshedji's plan for the city was clear. He envisioned far more than a mere row of workers hutments. He insisted upon building all the comforts and conveniences a city could provide. As a result, many areas in the city are well planned and there are public leisure places such as the Jubilee Park. While building the city, Jamshedji Tata had said, "Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens; reserve large areas for football, hockey and parks; earmark areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and Christian churches."
Messrs Julin Kennedy Sahlin of Pittsburgh, U.S.A, prepared the first layout of the town of Jamshedpur. What the city looks like today is a testament to his visionary plans. Jamshedpur is the only million plus city in India without a municipal corporation.
Legend has it that in the late 1980s when the state government proposed a law to end the Tatas' administration of Jamshedpur and bring the city under a municipality, the local populace rose in protest and defeated the government's proposal. In 2005, a similar proposal was once again put up by lobbying politicians. The target audience was the working class. A large majority sided with the government and set up protest meetings outside the East-Singhbhum Deputy Commissioner's office. However, the objective was never achieved and Jamshedpur remains without a municipality.
Geography
Jamshedpur is situated in the southern end of the state of
JharkhandJharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
and is bordered by the states of Orissa and West Bengal. The average elevation of the city is 135 metres while the range is from 129 m to 151 m. Total geographical area of Jamshedpur is 149.23 km square. Jamshedpur is primarily located in a hilly region and is surrounded by the
Dalma HillsThe Dalma Hills are located near the industrial town of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, eastern India. These small hills are part of the Dalma Forest reserve, famous for its Asiatic elephants, and are a popular trekking destination...
running from west to east and covered with dense forests. The other smaller hill ranges near the city are Ukam Hill and the Jadugoda-musabani hill range. The city is also a part of the larger
Chota Nagpur PlateauThe Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of the Mahanadi River lies to the south...
region. The region is formed of the sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks belonging to the Dharwarian period.
Jamshedpur is located at the confluence of
KharkaiThe Kharkai River is a river in eastern India. It is one of the major tributaries of the Subarnarekha River.It arises in Mayurbhanj district, Orissa, on the north slopes of Darbarmela Parbat and the western slopes of Tungru Pahar, of the Simlipal Massif. It flows past Rairangpur and heads north...
and
Subarnarekha RiverSubarnarekha River flows through the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Orissa.-Etymology:As per tradition, gold was mined near the origin of the river at a village named Piska near Ranchi. This is why it was named Subarnarekha, meaning ‘streak of gold’. Legend has it that traces of...
s. Subarnarekha is the principle river of Jamshedpur, which flows from west to south eastern part of the territory. Many small rivers, especially the tributaries, join the Subarnarekha river in this area. Kharkai flows from the south and joins the Subarnarekha river at a place called
Domohani. The two rivers are the major sources of drinking water and groundwater for the city. Several lakes of varying size are also located near the fringes of the city. The major of them being the Dimna lake located in between the
DalmaThe Dalma Hills are located near the industrial town of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, eastern India. These small hills are part of the Dalma Forest reserve, famous for its Asiatic elephants, and are a popular trekking destination...
range and the Sitarampur reservoir situated beside Kharkai river. Both of them also act as reservoirs for drinking water in the city.
The city falls under deciduous type of forest region and the green cover is estimated to be around 33% of the total land area. The city falls under the
Seismic Zone II regionThe Indian subcontinent has a history of devastating earthquakes. The major reason for the high frequency and intensity of the earthquakes is that India is driving into Asia at a rate of approximately 47 mm/year. Geographical statistics of India show that almost 54% of the land is vulnerable...
.
Climate
Jamshedpur has a temperate climate, featuring a tropical wet and dry climate. Summers start in mid-March and can be extremely hot in May and June. The temperature variation during summer is from 35º – 42 °C The minimum temperature during winters is 8 °C. The climate of Jamshedpur is marked by south-west monsoon. Jamshedpur gets heavy rainfall from July to September and receives about 1200mm of rainfall annually.
{{Weather box
|location = Jamshedpur, India
|single line = Yes
|Jan high C = 24
|Feb high C = 27
|Mar high C = 32
|Apr high C = 36
|May high C = 38
|Jun high C = 33
|Jul high C = 31
|Aug high C = 31
|Sep high C = 30
|Oct high C = 30
|Nov high C = 27
|Dec high C = 24
|Jan high F = 76
|Feb high F = 81
|Mar high F = 91
|Apr high F = 98
|May high F = 98
|Jun high F = 93
|Jul high F = 88
|Aug high F = 88
|Sep high F = 87
|Oct high F = 86
|Nov high F = 82
|Dec high F = 76
|year high C = 30
|year high F = 87
|Jan low C = 14
|Feb low C = 16
|Mar low C = 21
|Apr low C = 25
|May low C = 27
|Jun low C = 27
|Jul low C = 26
|Aug low C = 26
|Sep low C = 25
|Oct low C = 22
|Nov low C = 18
|Dec low C = 13
|Jan low F = 57
|Feb low F = 62
|Mar low F = 70
|Apr low F = 78
|May low F = 81
|Jun low F = 81
|Jul low F = 80
|Aug low F = 79
|Sep low F = 78
|Oct low F = 73
|Nov low F = 65
|Dec low F = 57
|year low C = 22
|year low F = 72
|Jan precipitation cm = 1.08
|Feb precipitation cm = 1.33
|Mar precipitation cm = 1.94
|Apr precipitation cm = 1.77
|May precipitation cm = 5.49
|Jun precipitation cm = 17.28
|Jul precipitation cm = 23.09
|Aug precipitation cm = 25.27
|Sep precipitation cm = 16.58
|Oct precipitation cm = 5.45
|Nov precipitation cm = 0.87
|Dec precipitation cm = 0.59
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.43
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.52
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.76
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.70
|May precipitation inch = 2.16
|Jun precipitation inch = 6.8
|Jul precipitation inch = 9.09
|Aug precipitation inch = 9.95
|Sep precipitation inch = 6.53
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.15
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.34
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.23
|source 1 = Weatherbase and MSN Weather
|date=August 2010
}}
Demographics
As of 2011 India
censusA census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Jamshedpur Metropolitian Area had a population of 13,37,131. It is designated as a Million plus Urban agglomeration as per Govt terminology. Males constitute 52.1% of the population and females 47.9%. Tribals constitute around 28 % of the population. Jamshedpur has an average literacy rate of 85.94%, higher than the national average of 74%. In Jamshedpur, 11.5% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The major conversational languages are
HindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
,
BengaliBengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
,
OriyaOriya , officially Odia from November, 2011, is an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family. It is mainly spoken in the Indian states of Orissa and West Bengal...
, and
SantaliSanthali is a language in the Santhali subfamily of Austro-Asiatic, related to Ho and Mundari. It is spoken by about six million people in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan . Most of its speakers live in India, in the states of Jharkhand, Assam, Bihar, Orissa, Tripura, and West Bengal. It has...
, though languages of other states are also spoken by immigrants in Jamshedpur. Tribal languages such as Santali and
HoHo is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in India by about 3,803,126 people. It is written with the Devanagari and the Varang Kshiti scripts. It is spoken by the Ho people. 0.103% of India's Population speaks this language as per the 2001 census.The Script was...
are spoken in the city outskirts. The population is multi-ethnic owing to migration of people from all over the country to work in the numerous industries present in the city.
Major festivals celebrated include Baha, Mage,
Durga PujaDurga puja ; দুর্গা পূজা,ଦୁର୍ଗା ପୂଜା,‘Worship of Durga’), also referred to as Durgotsava ; , is an annual Hindu festival in South Asia that celebrates worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. It refers to all the six days observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Saptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami and...
, Makar Sankranti, Deepavali,
Kali PujaKali Puja or Shyama Puja is a festival dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, celebrated on the new moon day of the Hindu month Ashwin in Bengal. It coincides with the pan-Indian Lakshmi Puja day of Diwali...
,
Holi,
ChristmasChristmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
, Id-ul-Fitr etc.
Economy
{{Main|Economy and Industries of Jamshedpur}}
Jamshedpur is home to the first private iron and steel company of India. The areas surrounding Jamshedpur are rich in minerals, including
iron ore,
coalCoal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
,
manganeseManganese is a chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. It has the atomic number 25. It is found as a free element in nature , and in many minerals...
bauxiteBauxite is an aluminium ore and is the main source of aluminium. This form of rock consists mostly of the minerals gibbsite Al3, boehmite γ-AlO, and diaspore α-AlO, in a mixture with the two iron oxides goethite and hematite, the clay mineral kaolinite, and small amounts of anatase TiO2...
and
limeLime is a general term for calcium-containing inorganic materials, in which carbonates, oxides and hydroxides predominate. Strictly speaking, lime is calcium oxide or calcium hydroxide. It is also the name for a single mineral of the CaO composition, occurring very rarely...
.It is a modern, industrial city; the main industries being
ironIron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...
and
steelSteel is an alloy that consists mostly of iron and has a carbon content between 0.2% and 2.1% by weight, depending on the grade. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as manganese, chromium, vanadium, and tungsten...
, truck manufacturing, tinplate production, cement and other small and medium scale industries revolving around these products.
The largest factory is that of
Tata SteelTata Steel is a multinational steel company headquartered in Jamshedpur, India and part of Tata Group. It is the world's seventh-largest steel company, with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes, and the largest private-sector steel company in India measured by domestic production...
(the erstwhile Tata Iron and Steel Company or TISCO), situated almost at the center of the city. Tata Steel is the largest iron and steel producing plant in India, as well as the oldest. Plans have been made for the expansion of Tata Steel's existing plant at Jamshedpur from 7 million tonnes per annum to 10 million tonnes per annum. It would then be the first plant in the world to have 10 million tonne capacity in a single campus. The steel plant covers around a fourth of the land area of Jamshedpur, and has two inland water lakes.
Tata has won awards like the Prime Minister's Trophy for Best Integrated Steel Plant for a record five times, ranked World’s Best Steel Maker for three times by World Steel Dynamics, world renowned
Deming PrizeThe Deming prize, established in December 1950 in honor of W. Edwards Deming, was originally designed to reward Japanese companies for major advances in quality improvement...
for major advances in quality improvement.
The other major factory in the city is
Tata MotorsTata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO...
with
TelconIn Air Traffic Control a Telcon refers to the routine telephone conferences that take place between Traffic Management Coordinators at different FAA facilities throughout the day...
, which manufactures heavy vehicles and construction/earth moving equipment. Tata Motors was previously called The Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (TELCO), as railway locomotives were once manufactured here. The plant spread over 822 acres is one of the largest in the country and at peak rate can roll out 450 vehicles per day.
Tata Cummins Ltd. (also known as TCL1) is situated beside Tata Motors.It is a joint venture of Tata Motors and Cummins India ltd. , manufacting diesel engines for vehicles assembled at Tata Motors. Other than engines for vehicles , it also manufactures engines for generators and marine use.
Lafarge Cement, earlier Tata Cement, is located near Tata Motors. Along with the smokestacks of Tata Power, a coal fired captive power station that supplies a great deal of the city's electricity, it can be conspicuously seen from the railway tracks while coming to Jamshedpur by rail.
Tata Tinplate (the erstwhile Tinplate Co. of India Ltd.) manufactures tinplate. It was originally a British company built in Golmuri, later on taken over by Tata. Another factory, located near Tata Motors, is the Indian Steel and Wire products (ISWP). ISWP was reopened after more than five years by Tata Steel. ISWP resumed production in its wire mill on January 2, 2004, after its takeover by Tata Steel, and has commenced its rod mill operations.
Other industries in the city include TRF Limited, which manufactures bulk material handling and processing machines and other engineering goods,
TimkenTimken may refer to:* Timken, Kansas, a small town in the United States* Timken 1111, 4-8-4 steam locomotive built in 1930* Timken Company, a manufacturer of industrial parts* Timken High School, in Canton, Ohio, United States...
manufacturers of industrial bearings, Tata Ryersons, Agrico, a subsidiary of Tata Steel, manufactures agricultural implements, and Tata Yodogawa Ltd manufactures rolls and dies for rolling mills.
PraxairPraxair, Inc. is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases as well as high-performance coatings and related services to a wide diversity of customers around the world...
and
Brin's Oxygen Company (BOC)The BOC Group plc was the official name of the multinational industrial gas and British based company more commonly known as BOC, and now a part of The Linde Group. In September 2004, BOC had over 30,000 employees on six continents, with sales of over £4.6 billion. BOC was a constituent of the...
, are producers of liquefied oxygen, nitrogen and other gases, they both have plants adjacent to the steel mill.Usha Martin located in Adityapur is a wire rope manufacturing company. Other companies are ABB, TCS, L&T, S&L, SMS, Danielle, Italiam Pianti.
Most of the smaller companies are located in the 'Adityapur Industrial Estate' which has been Asia's largest Industrial hub for long.
Civic administration
The civic administration of the city is under multiple hands. They are
- Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC)
- Adityapur Municipal Council (AMC)
- Jugsalai Municipality and
- Mango Notified Area Committee (MNAC).
JNAC is divided into two parts, one is the Tata lease area while the other is the non-Tata lease area. The leased area which is 41 km² is managed by JUSCO while the rest is managed by JNAC itself.
AMC looks after the 49 km
2 of Adityapur region comprising the residential as well the industrial belt. MNAC looks after the residential regions of Mango and Pardih, 18 km
2 in area.
The government is considering creating a unified municipal administrative body called the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration or JUA. The proposed body would comprise the areas currently under the Jamshedpur Notified Area, Adityapur Municipal council, Mango Notified Area, Jugsalai Municipality and the towns of Parsudih, Ghorabandha, Chotagovindpur, Gadhra, Sarjamdah, Haldubani, Kitadih, and Bagbera, which are a part of the Jamshedpur Block. The JUA would cover an area of 149 km square
Transport
The city is well connected via rail and road services. The intra city road network is very large and planned.
Railways
Tatanagar JunctionThe Tatanagar Railway Station , station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Previously, it belonged to the state of Bihar before a portion of south Bihar came to be incorporated into the new state of Jharkhand.Tatanagar is a...
is a railway junction and a model station on the South Eastern Railway and is the most important railway junction of the state as it is connected directly to all the major cities of
IndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, viz.,
KolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
,
MumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
,
DelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
,
ChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
,
BangaloreBengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
,
AhmedabadAhmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...
,
Kochi-Places:* Kochi, a city in the state of Kerala, India, formerly known as Cochin* Kingdom of Cochin, a former feudal city-state on Malabar Coast, India** Fort Kochi, one of the three main urban components which constitute the present day city of Kochi, Kerala, India...
,
AmritsarAmritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077...
,
Jabalpur,
PatnaPaṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
,
NagpurNāgpur is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune...
,
Kanpur,
Ranchi-Climate:Ranchi has a humid subtropical climate. However, due to its position and the forests around the city, it is known for its pleasant climate. Its climate is the primary reason why Ranchi was once the summer capital of the undivided State of Bihar...
,
PunePune , is the eighth largest metropolis in India, the second largest in the state of Maharashtra after Mumbai, and the largest city in the Western Ghats. Once the centre of power of the Maratha Empire, it is situated 560 metres above sea level on the Deccan plateau at the confluence of the Mula ...
,
JammuJammu , also known as Duggar, is one of the three administrative divisions within Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state in India.Jammu city is the largest city in Jammu and the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir...
, Vishakapatnam,
GuwahatiGuwahati, Pragjyotishpura in ancient Assam formerly known as Gauhati is a metropolis,the largest city of Assam in India and ancient urban area in North East India, with a population of 963,429. It is also the largest metropolitan area in north-eastern India...
, Bhubaneshwar etc. The main railway station of the city is known as Tatanagar Junction, others are
AdityapurAdityapur is named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo,the last ruler of Saraikela/Seraikella. It is today an industrial town/sister city, separated from the famous city of Jamshedpur by the Kharkai River. It lies in Seraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand....
, Gamahria, Salgajhari, Kandra and Govindpur.
Roadways
Jamshedpur is connected to other parts of India through national and state highways. The major highways are:
- National Highway 33 (NH 33) touches the city and connects it to Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
and further joins the NH32, which connects KolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
with DelhiDelhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
.
- National Highway 32 (NH 32) connects Jamshedpur to Govindpur via Dhanbad
Dhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
, BokaroBokaro district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad District and six blocks from Giridih District. Bokaro Steel City is the district headquarters...
.
Bus services are available from Jamshedpur to
Ranchi-Climate:Ranchi has a humid subtropical climate. However, due to its position and the forests around the city, it is known for its pleasant climate. Its climate is the primary reason why Ranchi was once the summer capital of the undivided State of Bihar...
(131 km),
PatnaPaṭnā , is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second largest city in Eastern India . Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world...
(480 km),
GayaGaya is the second largest city of Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District.Gaya is 100 kilometers south of Patna, the capital city of Bihar. Situated on the banks of Falgu River , it is a place sanctified by both the Hindu and the Buddhist religions...
,
KolkataKolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...
(250 km), Bhubaneshwar (430 km),
AsansolAsansol is a coal mining and industrial metropolis and one of the busiest commercial centres in India. It is the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal after Kolkata and the 19th largest urban agglomeration in India. Asansol is located in the western part of the Burdwan...
,
DhanbadDhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
etc.
A new four lane expressway, which connects the industrial town of Adityapur to the city was started in July 2011 to ease traffic congestion and curb road mishaps in both cities.
Local transport
For local transport, the commuters have the option of bus and auto-rickshaw.
Auto rickshawAn auto rickshaw or three-wheeler is a usually three-wheeled cabin cycle for private use and as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw...
s are the popular mode of local commuting. Jamshedpur City Ride Bus is run by JUSCO(Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company, a Tata Enterprise)
http://www.juscoltd.com/. It was launched in March 2009,which added to the already existing city bus fleet in the city. The fleet comprises Tata Star Buses.
It services most areas of the city. Each bus is equipped with GPS, electronic sign boards and computerized vending machines. As Jamshedpur is a participating city in centres 63 city urban development scheme JNNURUM the State government has introduced around 50 LFB buses under the scheme
http://jnnurm.nic.in/.
Airport
Sonari AirportSonari Airport is a public airport located in Jamshedpur, in the state of Jharkhand, India. Tata Steel has proposed a new airport for city of Jamshedpur of 600 acers at Adityapur-Seraikella area. The Adityapur-Seraikella Airport will be able to handle Airbus A320 flights. This is not possible on...
is a small airport serving the city at present. It is spread over a 25 acre area in the Sonari area of the city. The airport is primarily used for bringing in chartered planes of TATA group.
A few airlines that started operations from Jamshedpur in 2007 were forced to withdraw due to unviable operations following conversion of the airport from Category 3C to 2C which means that runway length will be shorter and that no more than 45 passengers can be accommodated on a flight. Kingfisher and MDLR airlines had flights from the airport till November 2009. From 16 August 2010, airlines services were resumed by Deccan Charters with three daily flights to Kolkata.
The airport has a flight training school and simulator center for commercial pilots called Alchemist Aviation (formerly known as Tatanagar Aviation). The Jamshedpur Co-operative Flying Club was started by the Tata Sons group chairman Mr. Ratan Tata who is a pilot himself. The nearest commercial airports are Kolkata and Ranchi.
Tata Steel had in proposed to set up a 600 acres (2.4 km²) greenfield airport on the outskirts of Jamshedpur in Adityapur-Seraikella region. In June 2011 Tata Steel and TRIL entered formally into a joint venture for building the airport. The project is awaiting clearance from Ministry of civil aviation for further progress. The new airport will have the capacity to allow commercial airliners such as the Airbus A320 to land and take off which was not possible from the present airport.
Education and research
Jamshedpur has a high literacy rate, close to the highest in India. The Steel City has 183 schools and 13 colleges. Of these, 25 schools and one inter-college are managed by JUSCO Education Department. They cater to over thirty thousand children, with fees at a concessional rate. Tata Steel also endows scholarships, enabling talented students to pursue higher studies. These include the Golden Jubilee scholarship (KUNAL) which is awarded to deserving students.
Institutes in the city include Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College,
XLRIThe XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur is a graduate business school in Jamshedpur, India. Established in 1949, XLRI is arguably the oldest business school in India and is regarded as consistently among the top 5 business schools of the country...
(Xavier Labour Relations Institute), the oldest and one of the best management institutes in India, and the
National Institute of Technology, JamshedpurNational Institute of Technology Jamshedpur , formerly Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, is a technology higher education institute located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India...
, an
Institute of National ImportanceAn Institute of National Importance, in India is defined as one which serves as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country/state. Institutes on the list are usually supported by the Government of India...
in the field of engineering/technology.
Jamshedpur has many schools, some of them acclaimed nationally, like
Loyola School, JamshedpurLoyola School of Jamshedpur was established in 1947 by the Society of Jesus , a Roman Catholic religious order founded by St. Ignatius Loyola in 1540...
, Rajendra Vidyalaya,
DBMS English SchoolD.B.M.S. English School is an English-medium private co-educational day-school run by Dakshin Bharat Mahila Samaj in the city of Jamshedpur, India....
,
Sacred Heart ConventSacred Heart Convent School is an English-medium Catholic Education private school for girl run by Apostolic Carmelite nuns in the city of Jamshedpur. The school focuses on general all around development of its students, including moral, physical, social, scientific, and humanitarian education...
, Chinmaya Vidyalaya,
Little Flower SchoolLittle Flower School Jamshedpur is one of the premier institutions of Jamshedpur imparting quality education primarily to the wards of the employees of Tata Motors...
and others. See
Educational institutions in JamshedpurThis is a list of educational institutes in Jamshedpur* XLRI * R.D.Tata Technical Education Centre Managed by NTTF, Nettur Technical Training Foundation, Bangalore* National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur...
for a list of the schools and colleges in the city.
The National Metallurgical Laboratory is located here. The third in the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) family of 38 laboratories, NML was inaugurated and dedicated to the nation on the 26th of November, 1950 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru "in a spirit of hope and faith in the future".
SNTI or Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute was one of the first labour training institutes of the country and gives technical education to the employees of Tata group of companies and others too. This institute has the largest library in town.
Sports
Jamshedpur has a reputation as the sports capital of
JharkhandJharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
with Tata Steel promoting sporting activities. Jamshedpur's private clubs provide opportunities for activities, such as golf, tennis, squash, billiards, horse riding and water scootering.
Academies and stadiums include:
JRD Tata Sports ComplexJRD Tata Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Jamshedpur, India. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics competitions. The stadium holds 40,000 spectators.-Information:...
has an international standard football ground and an eight-lane monosynthetic track. Facilities for handball, tennis, volleyball, hockey, basketball, boxing, and table tennis, as well as a modern gymnasium, are available at the complex.
Keenan StadiumWith the backdrop of the Dalma Hills and the chimneys of the Tata Steel factories, the Keenan Stadium provides a picturesque setting for cricket. The stadium has been named after John Lawrence Keenan, a former general manager at Tata Steel...
has a backdrop of the Dalma Hills, providing a picturesque setting for cricket. The stadium is named after John Lawrence Keenan, a former general manager at Tata Steel. The stadium hosted its 1st International One Day Cricket match on December 7, 1983 in which India lost to the touring West Indies Team. Many other International matches have been played here in which India has won only one match against South Africa in 1999-2000.
Yuvraj SinghYuvraj Singh Bhandal is an Indian cricketer, and the son of former Indian fast bowler and Punjabi movie star Yograj Singh. He has been a member of the Indian cricket team since 2000 and played his first Test match in 2003. He was the vice captain of the ODI team from late-2007 to late-2008...
scored his first class highest score of 358 against Bihar at this ground before being selected for the National Team to play the ICC Knock Out Trophy in 2000.
Tata Football AcademyTata Football Academy is a football club in Jamshedpur, India, sponsored by Tata Steel.Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata envisaged not only Asia's first fully integrated Steel Plant but also the model township of Jamshedpur. He advised his son, Sir Dorab Tata, to earmark "areas for Football, hockey and...
(TFA) was started in 1987 to nurture budding Indian footballers and raise the standard of Indian football.
Tata Archery Academy - archery is a sport indigenous to the tribal people of
ChhotanagpurChhotanagpur is an area including the tribal areas of Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, and West Bengal states in India. Many residents of the area identify with the name even though there is no political recognition of the area. A local dialect of Hindi called Nagpuri is common in the area....
and Santhal Pargana. Tata Steel has pursued and nurtured the local tribals and provided them with facilities and training to bring them up to international competition standards in archery. Its students have attributed a lot of fame to the institute by bringing in many medals in National and Intentional competitions.
Jamshedpur has two golf courses - the
Beldih Golf Course and the
Golmuri Golf Course. Both these courses are at the heart of the city. The biggest is the Beldih Golf Course which is around 600 yards. The Golmuri Golf Course although smaller is also challenging. They together hold the annual
Tata Open Golf Tournament which is an event held under the support of the
Professional Golf Tour of India. The tournament was started in 2002.
Media
HindiStandard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
,
BengaliBengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
and
EnglishEnglish is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
newspapers are published from the city, including
Dainik JagranDainik Jagran is a Hindi language daily broadsheet newspaper in India. According to the IRS Q1 2010, Dainik Jagran ranks No. 1 among the dailies with a Total Readership of 54,254,000.-Overview:...
,
Ananda Bazar Patrika,
Dainik BhaskarDainik Bhaskar is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper published by D B Corp Ltd.. It was started in year 1958 from Bhopal, the capital city of Madhya Pradesh...
,
HindustanHindustan Dainik or Hindustan is published by Hindustan Media Ventures Limited. Earlier it was part of HT Media Ltd group, which spun off its Hindi business into a separate company named Hindustan Media Ventures Limited in December 2009. It ranks as the third largest-read daily in the country....
,
Prabhat KhabarPrabhat Khabar is a Hindi language newspaper published daily in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal. The newspaper is circulated in several states in India, including Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and some part of Orissa. It was founded in August 1984 in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand...
and
The TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
.
TV programming is provided by regional news channels like Sahara Samay, ETV Bihar and Jharkhand. There are several news programmes broadcast by local cable operators in city areas.
Jamshedpur has the following FM radio stations:
- Big FM
92.7 BIG FM is a nationwide private FM radio station in India owned by Indian businessman Anil Ambani. It broadcasts at 92.7 MHz ....
92.7,
- Red FM
The name Red FM refers to more than one radio station:* Red FM , a commercial radio network covering the remote areas of Western Australia* Red FM , an Indian radio brand with stations broadcasting at 93.5 MHz across the country...
93.5,
- Radio Dhoom 104.8 FM,
- Vividh Bharati (All India Radio) is broadcast on 100.8 FM.
Places of interest
Jamshedpur though being primarily an Industrial city has also started to attract tourists. It has the benefit of being near a hill and forest range hence it serves as a nodal point for all the further destinations. Some of the major tourist attractions of the city are
Jubilee park which was a gift by Tata Steel to the citizens of Jamshedpur on the completion of its 50 years. It was inaugurated by Pandit
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
the then Prime minister. It is famous for its lighting display on 3 March which is observed as founders day.
Dimna Lake is an artificial reservoir and one of the main sources for the city's drinking water. The Lake has facilities for water sports like jetskiing, rowing and water scooting.
Dalma HillsThe Dalma Hills are located near the industrial town of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, eastern India. These small hills are part of the Dalma Forest reserve, famous for its Asiatic elephants, and are a popular trekking destination...
are north of the Subarnarenkha river, they stretch 16 km from east to west. Accessible by road it is famous for herds of wild elephants, Trekking and mountain climbing are the major atractions.
The other important ones are Tata Steel Zoological Park, Jubilee Nicco Amusement Park, Chandil dam, Rivers Meet, Hudco Lake, Centre for Excellence (CE), Sir Dorabji Tata Park and others. A small town named
GhatshilaGhatshila is a census town in Purbi Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. The city is located on the bank of the Subarnarekha River, and is situated in a forested area. It contains a station on the main line of the South Eastern Railway...
which is famous for its scenic beauty is some 40Km from the city.
List of notable people from Jamshedpur
{{Main|List of people from Jamshedpur}}
- Indian cine star R. Madhavan
R. Madhavan is an Indian actor, writer, film producer and television host. Madhavan has received a Filmfare Award, an award from the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards alongside recognition and nominations from other organisations...
was born and brought up in Jamshedpur
- Miss India World 2000; Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...
2000 and BollywoodBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actress Priyanka ChopraPriyanka Chopra is an Indian actress and former Miss World. Before starting her acting career, she worked as a model and gained fame after winning the Miss World title in 2000. She is often referred to by the nickname "Piggy Chops", which was given to her by co-stars on the set of the film...
was born here
- Miss India Universe 2004 and Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
actress Tanushree DuttaTanushree Dutta is an Indian actress who appears in mainly Bollywood films. A former beauty queen, she won the Femina Miss India universe title in 2004.- Biography :...
was born and raised here
- Imtiaz Ali
Imtiaz Ali is an Indian film director, actor and writer. His 2007 film Jab We Met was a huge success in India. His 2009 film Love Aaj Kal was a bigger success and was declared a super-hit by Box Office India.His recent movie Rockstar has been declared successful at the box office.- Early life...
, Hindi filmBollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
director
- India Cricketers Saurabh Tiwary
Saurabh Sunil Tiwary is an Indian One Day International and first class cricketer. Tiwary is a left-handed middle order batsman. He was one of the key batsmen in the Indian team that won the 2008 U/19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia...
and Varun AaronVarun Raymond Aaron is an Indian cricketer who is a positive attacking fast bowler. He has bowled at 150 kmph which is the fastest by any Indian. He first played for Jharkhand U-19 followed by Jharkhand Ranji Team. His bowling style is right arm fast and he is a right-hand batsman...
.
UN selection for Pilot Project
Jamshedpur was chosen to be one of the six cities to participate in the UN Global Compact Cities pilot programme. The other five cities are
MelbourneMelbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
(Australia),
Porto AlegrePorto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
(Brazil),
Tianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
(PRC),
NairobiNairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...
(Kenya) and San Francisco (USA).
Jamshedpur represented south Asia. Tata Steel's record in community development and its close involvement in providing services to the steel city has been the reason behind Jamshedpur being nominated for the international pilot project.
Jamshedpur in popular culture
- The 2010 Hindi film
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
, UdaanUdaan is a 2010 Hindi film produced by Sanjay Singh, Anurag Kashyap, and Ronnie Screwvala; and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. The film was officially selected to compete in the Un Certain Regard category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.- Plot :17-year-old Rohan is expelled from the reputed...
was set in the city.
- The 2011 Hindi film
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
, Bubble Gum is about two teen brothers growing up in Jamshedpur.
Gallery
- List of people from Jamshedpur
- Economy and Industries of Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur is the largest urban conglomeration in the state of Jharkhand, India and is also the first well-planned industrial city of India, founded by late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata. It is also known as Steel City and TataNagar or simply Tata....
- Tata Steel
Tata Steel is a multinational steel company headquartered in Jamshedpur, India and part of Tata Group. It is the world's seventh-largest steel company, with an annual crude steel capacity of 31 million tonnes, and the largest private-sector steel company in India measured by domestic production...
- Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15 November 2000. Jharkhand shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east...
- Tatanagar Railway Station
The Tatanagar Railway Station , station code TATA, is the main railway station serving the city of Jamshedpur in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Previously, it belonged to the state of Bihar before a portion of south Bihar came to be incorporated into the new state of Jharkhand.Tatanagar is a...
- Adityapur
Adityapur is named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo,the last ruler of Saraikela/Seraikella. It is today an industrial town/sister city, separated from the famous city of Jamshedpur by the Kharkai River. It lies in Seraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand....
- Bistupur
Bistupur is a residential and commercial area of the city of Jamshedpur in the state of Jharkhand, India.It is mainly a market area with stores catering to the higher income population. It is also home to many of the city's offices, including all of the major bank's main branches. It is one of the...
- Jugsalai
Jugsalai is an area near to Tatanagar Railway Station, Jamshedpur and a municipality in Purbi Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.-Geography:Jugsalai is located at . It has an average elevation of 140 metres ....
- Mango
The mango is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. The mango is native to India from where it spread all over the world. It is also the most cultivated fruit of the tropical world. While...
- List of educational institutes in Jamshedpur
- List of mobile network operators in Jamshedpur
- National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur
National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur , formerly Regional Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, is a technology higher education institute located at Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India...
- XLRI
The XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur is a graduate business school in Jamshedpur, India. Established in 1949, XLRI is arguably the oldest business school in India and is regarded as consistently among the top 5 business schools of the country...
- B. Muthuraman
- Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College Jamshedpur
- Jamsetji Tata
Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian entrepreneur and industrialist, prominent for his pioneering work in Indian industry. He was born to a Parsi family in Navsari, Gujarat, India....
- Tata Motors
Tata Motors Limited is an Indian multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. Part of the Tata Group, it was formerly known as TELCO...
- East Singhbhum
East Singhbhum is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was created on 16 January 1990. The literal meaning of Singhbhum is land of lions. More than 50% of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely...
External links
{{commons category}}