Jharia
Jharia is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad city in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand state, India.
Jharia is a neighbourhood in Dhanbad city in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand state, India. Jharia's economy is heavily dependent on the local coal fields, used to make coke. However, fires in the coal fields have made the city heavily polluted, with several government studies recommending relocation of much of the population to nearby Belgaria.
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Worth seeing in and around Jharia
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Raja Talab
Raja Talab is a large man-made lake located at Jharia Jharkhand, India.
900 m · man-made lake in Jharia Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia - 02Railway Stadium, Dhanbad
Railway Stadium is a multi-purpose ground in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The ground has hosted Five first-class and T20 matches for Jharkhand cricket team till 2014.
4.6 km · multi-propose ground in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia - 03Tata Digwadih Stadium
Tata Digwadih Stadium is a sports stadium in Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The stadium is one of three cricket venues in the city besides Jealgora Stadium and Railway Stadium.
4.9 km · sports stadium in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Jharia
- Airports
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (CCU), 240 km
- Kolkata → Jharia238 km · quickest by road, 4h 53m · ₹1,980–2,470
- Siliguri → Jharia387 km · quickest by road, 8h 50m · ₹3,760–4,700
- Bhubaneswar → Jharia390 km · quickest by road, 7h 22m · ₹3,200–4,010
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No local-transport research exists yet for Jharia
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jharia. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Jharia
Jharia is 5 km from Dhanbad, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- DhanbadCity of Jharkhand, India4.8 km
- Dhanbad districtDistrict of Jharkhand, India400 m
- Jamadobahuman settlement in Dhanbad district, North Chotanagpur division, Jharkhand, India4.1 km
- Kenduadihhuman settlement in Dhanbad district, North Chotanagpur division, Jharkhand, India5.2 km
- Jorapokharhuman settlement5.1 km
- Kustaihuman settlement in Dhanbad district, North Chotanagpur division, Jharkhand, India3.2 km