Ghatshila

Ghatshila
—  city  —
Ghatshila Location of Ghatshila in Jharkhand and India
Coordinates	22°22′N 86°17′E
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District(s)	Purbi Singhbhum
Population	37,850 (2001)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 103 metres (338 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 832303

Ghatshila (also spelt as Ghatsila) (Hindi: घाटिशला) 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. Ghathsila was formerly the headquarters of the Rajas of Dhalbhum whose ancestors were from royal house of Cuttack(Orissa).

History

Dhalbhum Family is one of a group of families whose ancestor’s comes from THE NORTH-WEST (DHARA & MANDU), border of Rajasthan and established themselves by conquest in that part of Bengal. This is known as Jungle Mahals. These families keep up a sort of Semi Royal state and dignify their heir-apparent and those in immediate succession with title of honor, which denotes Precedence. Thus the Dhalbhum family the oldest son of the ruling Rajah takes the title of Jubraj, the second that of Hikkim, the third of Barathakur the fourth that of Kuar, the fifth that of Musib and the rest Babu.

The area of Dhalbhum Raja is 1,200-square-mile (3,100 km²) .Dhabaldeo Title is only Title in the world .Raja Jaganath constructed the "Rankini Mandir" at galudih. But due to some problem, he shifted the Kali temple along with all the associates and other people to Ghatsila and build up a temple for Kalimata, which is known as "Rankini Mata". Rankini Devi is very much Jagrat & Popular.

According to past stories NARBALI was done in the temple of Ghatsila. But when this news reached to the British collector and officers, Raja was charged of this fact Raja denied and challenge officers to have a look in the temple for the skins and accompanied them to the mandir. There all of them including high Rank officers show that the Skins are of goat, not of human being.

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Ghatshila had a population of 37,850. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Ghatshila has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 65%. In Ghatshila, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Geography

Ghatshila is located at 22.60°N 86.48°E / 22.60; 86.48. It has an average elevation of 103 m (338 ft).

Ghatshila is situated on the banks of Subarnarekha River. Ghatshila is a part of Jharkhand state in the East Singhbhum District. Ghatshila, basically is a Block with its headquarters at Ghatshila, was established on 4 May 1962. The Block is situated on the banks of River Subarnarekha at a distance of approximately 45 km from District Headquarters Jamshedpur.Due to the natural beauty of Ghatshila, it is becoming a favourite tourist spot, especially for Bangalis from Kolkata and other places.

Economy

Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) is located at Moubhandar, a mile away. This is the chief employer or indirect source of income for the people of Ghatshila, Moubhandar, Musabani and nearby villages. Ghatshila is best known for the HCL mines because they are Asia's first copper mines^{[citation needed]} and the world's second deepest mines^{[citation needed]}.

Education

• Marwari Hindi High School
• St. Joseph's Convent High School, Mosaboni [1]
• Jagadish Chandra High School
• Jagadish Chandra Sr. Sec. School(Inter)
• Sant Nand Lal Smriti Vidya Mandir(Co-Ed English Medium CBSE Affiliated Sr. Sec. School)
• Kendriya Vidyalaya, Surda
• Saraswati Sishu Mandir and Vidya Mandir
• Girls' High School
• Irvine Adventist School
• Ghatsila College
• B.D.S.L. Mahila College, Ghatshila
• JK B.Ed College, Ghatsila
• Indian Institute of Metal, Ghatsila Chapter
• ICC High school moubhander, Moubhander
• NAC - MIT COMPUTER GHATSILA

• Atlanta Computer Institute, Laldih, Ghatsila
• Gyandeep Shishu Mandir, College Road, Ghatsila by Mrityunjai Pati
• Loyalty Convent Public School, Laldih, Ghatsila
• Parijaat Institute Of Technology College Road Ghatsila

Medical Facility

Ghatshila has remarkable medical feciliteies, which serves thousand of residents and tourist from Kolkata.

Transport

Its connected to most of the important stations in Bihar and Jharkhand through rail and road-network. Jamshedpur is at a distance of 45 kilometre (by road)and 37 km (by railroad) west of this town. Trains from Kharagpur that goes to west in Jamshedpur direction mostly have stoppages here. Distance between Ghatsila and Kharagpur is 98 kilometres.

• By rail - It is a railway station on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar stretch of Howrah-Mumbai track, 215& nbsp;km from Howrah are 12781/12782 Ispat Express, 18030/18029 Kurla/ Howrah Express, 12813/12814 Steel Express. It is well connected to 3 Metros in India namely Mumbai(by Bombay Express), Kolkata (many trains starting from 6 o'clock in the morning by Steel Exp. to midnight at 1.15 by Samleshwari Exp) and New Delhi(by Neelachal,Purushottam Exp & Utkal Exp).

There are many Local Passenger trains connecting Jamshedpur and Kharagpur with Ghatshila. For timings etc. check with Indian Railways.

• By road – It is about 240 km from Kolkata. Those travelling from Kolkata first have to take NH 6 to Baharagora and then take the road to Jamshedpur. Buses plying between Kharagpur and Jamshedpur pass through Ghatshila. Buses going from Bhubaneswar & Kolkata to Jamshedpur & Ranchi also pass through Ghatshila. By road Jamshedpur is 42 km away.

Places to see

• Rankini Mandir (Galudih)
• Burudih Dam
• Bibhuti Smarak Bhavan
• Picnic Spot
• Mosabani
• Fulldungri Hillock
• Dharagiri Fall
• Subarnarekha River
• Pancha Pandava
• Hindustan Copper Limited
• The River Subarnarekha
• Ratmohona
• Purna Pani

References

Panch Pandav

External links

Ghatshila travel guide from Wikitravel