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Jamshedpur
Tatanagar
Metropolitan area
Sakchi Golchakkar
Sakchi Golchakkar
Nickname: 
Steel City
CountryIndia
StateJharkhand
DistrictEast Singhbhum
Founded byJamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
Named forIron and Steel, Cement Industries
Government
 • TypeDemocratic
Area
 • Total150 km2 (60 sq mi)
Elevation
135 m (443 ft)
Population
 • Total1,337,131 (2,011)
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
831001 to 831020
Telephone code0657
Vehicle registrationJH 05
Literacy80.71%
LanguagesBengali, Odiya, Santali, English and Hindi
Websitewww.jamshedpur.nic.in

Jamshedpur (/ˈdʒɑːmʃɛdpɔːr/, pronunciationⓘ) is the largest and the most populous Urban Agglomeration in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is the largest city in Jharkhand, and a major industrial zone in Eastern India . Jamshedpur is the first planned industrial city of India, founded by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata. It is also known as Steel City, TataNagar or simply Tata.

Jamshedpur is the headquarters of the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. According to the 2011 census of India, Jamshedpur has a population of 1,337,131; the Jamshedpur urban agglomeration (UA), which includes the adjoining areas, Jamshedpur Urban Area is the third Largest city in Eastern India after Kolkata and Patna. It ranks 36th among the 53 million-plus cities in India.[1] It is located on the Chota Nagpur plateau and is surrounded by the picturesque Dalma Hills. The city is bordered by the rivers Subarnarekha 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 Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Lafarge Cement, Telcon, BOC Gases, Praxair, TCE, TCS, Timken, TRF, Tinplate and many more. It is home to one of the largest industrial zones of India known as Adityapur 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 India.[2] It has been predicted as the 84th fastest growing city in the world for the timeframe 2006–2020.[3] 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 South Asia

Etymology

In 1919 Lord Chelmsford named the city, which was early a village called Sakchi, to Jamshedpur in honour of its founder, Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, 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 (0.91 km2) Jubilee Park is decorated with brilliant lightwork for about a week. The city has several nicknames including "Industrial capital of Jharkhand" (spontaneous among native youngsters ); "Steel City" (which was referenced during Tata Steel's "Green City—Clean City—Steel City" campaign); "Tatanagar" after the name of its railway station or simply "Tata" in deference to the presence of Tata companies. At one time it was also known as "Kalimati" (meaning "Land of Goddess Kali") after the village near the Sakchi area. Sakchi was renamed to Jamshedpur in 1919.[4] The only trace of the name is the main road through Sakchi area of Jamshedpur which is named Kalimati Road.

History

At 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 Carlyle declaring that "the nation which gains control of iron soon acquires the control of gold" in a lecture in Manchester.[5] 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 Pradesh.

The prospectors C. M. Weld, Dorabji Tata and Shapurji Saklatvala, 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 Sakchi, on the densely forested stretches of the Chota Nagpur plateau, near the confluence of the Subarnarekha and Kharkai rivers. It seemed to be the ideal choice and the place was selected.[6]

In 1908 the construction of the plant as well as the city officially began.[6] The first steel ingot was rolled on 16 February 1912. It was a momentous day in the history of industrial India.[7]

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 from Pittsburgh prepared the first layout of the town of Jamshedpur.[8] What the city looks like today is a testament to his visionary plans.[9] 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.[10][11][12]

Geography

Jamshedpur is situated in the southern end of the state of Jharkhand and is bordered by the states of Orissa and West Bengal. The average elevation of the city is 135 metres[13] while the range is from 129 m to 151 m.[14] Total geographical area of Jamshedpur is 150 km square.[15] Jamshedpur is primarily located in a hilly region and is surrounded by the Dalma Hills 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.[16] The city is also a part of the larger Chota Nagpur Plateau region. The region is formed of the sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous rocks belonging to the Dharwarian period.

Jamshedpur is located at the confluence of Kharkai and Subarnarekha Rivers. Subarnarekha is the principal 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 Domuhani. 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 Dalma range and the Sitarampur reservoir situated beside Kharkai river.[17] 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.[18] The city falls under the Seismic Zone II region.[19]

Climate

Jamshedpur features a tropical wet and dry climate (Köppen: Aw). Summers start in mid-March and can be extremely hot in May and June. The temperature variation during summer is from 35 to 49 °C (95 to 120 °F). The minimum temperature during winters is 1 °C (34 °F). The climate of Jamshedpur is marked by south-west monsoon. Jamshedpur gets heavy rainfall from July to September and receives about 1,200 mm (47 in) of rainfall annually.

Climate data for Jamshedpur, India (1971–2000)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 34.6
(94.3) 		38.6
(101.5) 		42.5
(108.5) 		46.3
(115.3) 		46.5
(115.7) 		46.6
(115.9) 		39.7
(103.5) 		38.6
(101.5) 		36.0
(96.8) 		35.8
(96.4) 		34.8
(94.6) 		32.5
(90.5) 		46.6
(115.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 26.2
(79.2) 		29.0
(84.2) 		34.2
(93.6) 		38.6
(101.5) 		38.8
(101.8) 		35.9
(96.6) 		32.3
(90.1) 		31.8
(89.2) 		32.1
(89.8) 		31.6
(88.9) 		29.1
(84.4) 		26.2
(79.2) 		32.2
(90.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 11.5
(52.7) 		14.2
(57.6) 		18.4
(65.1) 		23.4
(74.1) 		25.5
(77.9) 		25.7
(78.3) 		25.3
(77.5) 		25.1
(77.2) 		24.6
(76.3) 		21.7
(71.1) 		16.5
(61.7) 		11.6
(52.9) 		20.4
(68.7)
Record low °C (°F) 4.4
(39.9) 		6.0
(42.8) 		10.0
(50.0) 		16.2
(61.2) 		17.7
(63.9) 		16.4
(61.5) 		20.7
(69.3) 		18.4
(65.1) 		18.9
(66.0) 		11.2
(52.2) 		6.6
(43.9) 		4.5
(40.1) 		4.4
(39.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 14.7
(0.58) 		26.8
(1.06) 		33.0
(1.30) 		36.2
(1.43) 		79.5
(3.13) 		267.7
(10.54) 		331.1
(13.04) 		354.7
(13.96) 		260.5
(10.26) 		80.5
(3.17) 		10.1
(0.40) 		13.5
(0.53) 		1,508.5
(59.39)
Average rainy days 1.6 1.9 2.5 3.3 5.8 11.7 16.1 16.3 11.8 4.4 1.0 1.0 77.5
Source: India Meteorological Department (record high and low up to 2010)[20][21]

Demographics

Viewing Skyline at Jamshedpur

At the 2011 census of India,[22] Jamshedpur city proper had a population of 725,623, but the Jamshedpur Urban Agglomeration had a population of 1,337,131. The city is designated as a Million Plus Urban Agglomeration as per Government terminology.[23] 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 six years of age.[1]

The major conversational languages in Jamshedpur are Bengali, Odiya, English and Hindi though languages of other states are also spoken. Tribal languages such as Santali and Ho 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.

See also: List of cities in Jharkhand

Economy

Main article: Economy 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, coal, manganese bauxite and lime. It is a modern, industrial city; the main industries being iron and steel, truck manufacturing, tinplate production, cement and other small and medium scale industries revolving around these products.

Tata Steel at Night

The largest factory is that of Tata Steel (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. It is ranked 401 in the 2012 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations. It is the eighth most-valuable Indian brand according to an annual survey conducted by Brand Finance and The Economic Times in 2010. Currently the plant has 9 Blast Furnaces and is an employer to some 26500 employees. 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 Steel has won the Prime Minister's Trophy for Best Integrated Steel Plant for a record six times,[24] and the Deming Prize for major advances in quality improvement.

The other major factory in the city is Tata Motors with Telcon, 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 spreads over 822 acres, is one of the largest in the country, and at peak rate can roll out 450 vehicles per day.[25] It is the world's sixteenth-largest motor vehicle manufacturing company, fourth-largest truck manufacturer and second-largest bus manufacturer by volume. Tata Motors is ranked 314th in the 2012 Fortune Global 500 ranking of the world's biggest corporations.

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 2 January 2004, after its takeover by Tata Steel, and has commenced its rod mill operations.

File:Tata motor jamshedpur assembly line.jpg
Tata Motor assembly line in Jamshedpur

Other industries in the city include TRF Limited, which manufactures bulk material handling and processing machines and other engineering goods, Timken 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.

Praxair and Brin's Oxygen Company (BOC), 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, M.N.Dastur, Danielle, Italiam Pianti.

Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO) was carved out of Tata Steel from its Town Services Division in 2004. JUSCO is today India’s only comprehensive urban infrastructure service provider.

Most of the smaller companies are located in the 'Adityapur Industrial Estate' (33,970 acres, 53 sq. mile) which has been Asia's largest Industrial hub for long. About 1,200 industries are located here and about 250 are under construction. There are about 20 Large Scale Industries located like TGS, Usha Martin, Adhunik Group, RSB etc. Adityapur Industrial Estate have an average annual production of Rs.4,950 crores.

Civic administration

The civic administration of the city is under multiple hands. They are

  • Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC)
  • Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (JUSCO), a Tata Steel subsidiary
  • Mango Notified Area Committee (MNAC)
  • Jugsalai Municipality (JMC)
  • Adityapur Municipal Council (AMC) and
  • Gamharia Nagar Panchayat

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.

MNAC looks after the residential regions of Mango and Pardih, 18 km2 in area.

AMC looks after the 49 km2 of Adityapur region comprising the residential as well the industrial belt.

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, Ghorabanda, Chhota Govindpur, Hurlung, Luabasa, Dhanchatani, Chhota Gamharia, Gadra, Sarjamdah, Haludbani, Kitadih, Nandup and Bagbera, which are a part of the Jamshedpur Block, East Singhbhum and Gamharia Block, Seraikela-Kharsawan. The JUA would cover an area of 150 km square[15]

Transport

The city is well connected via rail and road services. The intra city road network is very large and planned.

Railways

Tatanagar Railway station

Tatanagar Junction is a railway junction and a model station on the Chakradharpur division, of the South Eastern Railway and is one of the most important railway junctions of the state. It is one of the most busiest stations of South Eastern Railway, as it is connected directly to all the major cities of India, viz., Dhanbad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Alappuzha, Amritsar, Jabalpur, Patna, Nagpur, Kanpur, Ranchi, Pune, Jammu, Vishakapatnam, Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar etc. The main railway station of the city is known as Tatanagar Junction, city others railway station are Adityapur, Gamharia, Salgajhari, Kandra, Birajpur and Govindpur.

Tatanagar is served by an average of 100 trains per day.

Roadways

Adityapur-Kandra Expressway
Jamshedpur
National Highway 33

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 and further joins the NH32, which connects with Kolkata-Delhi NH2, NH33 and NH6 connects it to Kharagpur, Kolkata.
  • National Highway 32 (NH 32) connects Jamshedpur to Govindpur via Dhanbad, Bokaro.
  • 6 lane Expressway (Adityapur-Kandra Road) connects Jamshedpur to Barbil via Seraikela, Chaibasa.
  • Marine Drive 4 lane Expressway connects Adityapur Toll Bridge to Mango via Kadma, Sonari through the corridors of Jamshedpur.

Bus services are available from Jamshedpur to Ranchi (131 km), Dhanbad (180 km), Kolkata (250 km), Patna (480 km), Gaya, Jehanabad, Bhubaneshwar (430 km), Cuttack, Asansol, Bhagalpur and so on.

Buses for the capital city Ranchi and the Coal capital Dhanbad are always available, running in intervals of minutes.

City Transports

Sakchi Roundabout

For local transport, the commuters have the options of bus and auto-rickshaw. Auto rickshaws are the popular mode of local commuting. Jamshedpur was one of the three cities where city bus services were facilitated under the JNNURM scheme(Ranchi and Dhanbad were also covered).It was launched in March 2009 adding to the existing city bus fleet. There are 2 bus depots for city bus services that are Agrico, Baridih.

As Jamshedpur is a participating city in centres 63 city urban development scheme JNNURM the state government has introduced around 50 LFB buses under the scheme.[26]

Private Mini Buses also operate in the city areas. There are around 250 such buses. These buses connect most areas within the city and have scheduled times and bus stops. most of these routes will connect a part of the city with Sakchi.

Airport

Sonari Airport is a tiny 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-acre (2.4 km2) Greenfield airport on the outskirts of Jamshedpur in Adityapur-Seraikela region. In June 2011 Tata Steel and TRIL entered formally into a joint venture for building the airport.[27] The new airport will be of international standard with a 10,000 ft runway, it 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.[28] As of Dec 2012, Land acquisition process has started for the Airport. Out of 528 acres of required land 90% is owned by Govt. whereas rest is private land. The company is at present facing opposition in the acquisition process from the local villagers.[29]

Education and research

See also: List of educational institutes in Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur has many schools, some nationally known because of the performance of their quiz teams. A team from Rajendra Vidyalaya came second in the 2003 ESPN School Quiz.[30][31] Students from Loyola School were the international champions of the 2007 Bournvita Quiz Contest,[32] and were national runners up in the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) IT Wiz 2012.[33] Many Jamshedpur schools compete in the annual JRD Tata Inter-School Quiz. Part of the prize for winning this local contest is a joy-ride over the city in a company helicopter.[34][35]

Notable institutes in the city include XLRI Xavier School of Management, founded in 1949; Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, established in 1961; and the engineering college National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, an Institute of National Importance.[36][37]

The National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), one of the 38 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) laboratories, was inaugurated on 26 November 1950 by Jawaharlal Nehru.[38]

Shavak Nanavati Technical Institute (SNTI), established in 1921 as the technical training department of Tata Steel, now develops skilled employees for other companies as well. Its 400,000 volume library is one of the most popular in the city.[39][40]

Sports

Jamshedpur has a reputation as the sports capital of Jharkhand 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.

JRD Tata Sports Complex
Aerial View of JRD Sports Complex
and Keenan Stadium

Academies and stadiums include:

JRD Tata Sports Complex has an international standard multi-use stadium and an eight-lane monosynthetic track. It is primarily used for football and athletics but it has facilities for various other sports including archery, basketball, field hockey, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball as well as a modern gymnasium, are available at the complex. The stadium hosted the women football competition & archery event of the 34th National Games in 2011.

Keenan Stadium 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 7 December 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 Singh 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.

Keenan Stadium

Tata Football Academy (TFA) was started in 1987 to nurture budding Indian footballers and raise the standard of Indian football. TFA is a football club in Jamshedpur, sponsored by Tata Steel. Today, Tata Football Academy is one of the premier football breeding grounds in India.

Tata Archery Academy: archery is a sport indigenous to the tribal people of Chhotanagpur 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 6000 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.

Golmuri Golf Course,
Jamshedpur

Media

English, Bhojpuri, Urdu newspapers are published from the city, including Dainik Jagran, Qaumi Tanzeem, Aalami Sahara, The Telegraph, Dainik Bhaskar, Hindustan, Prabhat Khabar and The Avenue Mail.

Electronic media

All India Radio Jamshedpur, Seraikela-Kharsawan.

Jamshedpur has the following FM radio stations:

  • Big FM 92.7,
  • Red FM 93.5,
  • Radio Dhoom 104.8 FM,
  • Vividh Bharati (All India Radio) is broadcast on 100.8 FM.

TV programming is provided by regional news channels like Sahara Samay, ETV Bihar and Jharkhand, Naxatra News Hindi, Sadhna News, Mahua News. There are several news programmes broadcast by local cable operators in city areas.

Life In Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur has got one of the most intellectual crowds in the country, and to cater to the needs of its citizens, there are a plethora of activities to offer to its citizens. Most notable are the clubs, some of which(United Club, Beldih Club & G.Town Club) had been established during the British Raj.The JRD Tata Stadium has played host to many concerts having hosted the likes of Shankar Ehsaan Loy.

Tata Steel constantly organizes one event or the other for the citizens' welfare .The Centennial Celebrations of Tata Steel in 2007 was a remarkable extravaganza with the citizens witnessing a plethora of events spread over an entire week all around the city.

Places of tourist attractions

Dimna Lake
Jamshedpur
Jubilee Park
Jamshedpur

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 Nehru 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 Hills 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 attractions.

The other important ones are Tata Steel Zoological Park, Chandil dam, Rivers Meet, Hudco Lake, Centre for Excellence (CE), Sir Dorabji Tata Park, Moolgaokar Park, Bhuvneswari temple,Amusement Park,Laser Show,Picnic Spots and others. A small town named Ghatshila which is famous for its scenic beauty is some 40 km from the city.

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Jamshedpur

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 Melbourne (Australia), Porto Alegre (Brazil), Tianjin (PRC), Nairobi (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.[41]

Bollywood interaction

Images of different places in Jamshedpur
  • Namda Park Fountain, Nildih
    Namda Park Fountain, Nildih
  • Statue of Jamsetji Tata at Jubilee Park
    Statue of Jamsetji Tata at Jubilee Park
  • Bat Island, Jayanti Sarovar
    Bat Island, Jayanti Sarovar
  • Tata Steel view from JRD Sports Complex
    Tata Steel view from JRD Sports Complex
  • Dimna Dam, Jamshedpur
    Dimna Dam, Jamshedpur
  • Dimna Dam, during monsoon season.
    Dimna Dam, during monsoon season.
  • Kadma Sonari Link Road
    Kadma Sonari Link Road
  • Rose Garden, Jamshedpur
    Rose Garden, Jamshedpur
  • Jublie Lake
    Jublie Lake
  • Ganesh Mela, Kadma
    Ganesh Mela, Kadma
  • Tata Consulting Engineers
    Tata Consulting Engineers
  • A street in the Kadma locality near the Kadma - Sonari Link Road.
    A street in the Kadma locality near the Kadma - Sonari Link Road.

Distance of major cities from Jamshedpur

Ranchi-135 km; Kolkata-260 km; Patna- 485 km; Bhubaneshwar-350 km; New Delhi- 1335 km; Rourkela- 154 km; Gaya-350 km; Bangalore-1786 km; Mumbai- 1833 km

See also

References

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