Garhwa
Sign in to saveGarhwa is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Garhwa district. Due to its proximity to the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, Garhwa functions as an important regional hub for transportation and trade. The nearby Garhwa Road (Rehla) railway junction connects the region to major Indian cities such as Delhi and Kolkata. The city also offers regular bus services to Ranchi, Ambikapur, Gaya, Varanasi, Patna, and other urban centers.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Garhwa
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Jharkhand#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Jharkhand, India
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jharkhand
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Garhwa district
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipal governance in India
- Settlement.governing_body
- Municipal Council Garhwa (Nagar Parishad)
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 197
- Settlement.population_total
- 46,059
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2011
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
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Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Transport
- Rail
- Road
- Air
- Helipad
- Demographics
- Languages
- Religion
- Urbanization
- Tourism
- Anraj Dam
- Birsa Munda Helipad Park
- Nilambar–Pitambar Park
- Football Stadium
- Garhwa Town Hall
- See also
- References
- External links
Garhwa is a city and municipality in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It serves as the administrative headquarters of Garhwa district. Due to its proximity to the states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Chhattisgarh, Garhwa functions as an important regional hub for transportation and trade. The nearby Garhwa Road (Rehla) railway junction connects the region to major Indian cities such as Delhi and Kolkata. The city also offers regular bus services to Ranchi, Ambikapur, Gaya, Varanasi, Patna, and other urban centers.
==History== Garhwa was originally a subdivision of the former Palamu district. On 1 April 1991, it was separated along with eight administrative blocks to form the independent Garhwa district.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Garhwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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