JHARKAND
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It was carved out of the southern part of Bihar state on 15th of november, 2000. Jharhkand is bordered by the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Orissa to the south, and West Bengal to the east. The industrial city of Ranchi is its capital. The other major cities, all highly industrialised cities of eastern India, are Jamshedpur, Bokaro, and Dhanbad. Jharkhand is also popularly known as 'Vananchal' means a land mass covered with forests.
Jharkhand has a population of 26.90 million. The population consists of 28% tribals, 12% Scheduled Castes and 60% others. There are 274 persons for each square kilometer of land. Jharkhand is home to a number of languages belonging to three major language families. Indo-Aryan languages include Bhojpuri , Hindi, Urdu, Bengali.
Hinduism, Islam and Christianity are the three religions. Christianity came in this state in the early 1800 from missionaries. Now 4.1% of the populations are Christians. Please pray for this state of India.