Giridih

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Giridih (Hindi: गिरिडीह, Giridih ), the district capital is the eponymous administrative district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It has about 114,000 inhabitants ( 2011 census ).

The city is located about 115 kilometers northeast of Hazaribag on the banks of the river Usri. Literally, Giridih "in the land of hills and rocks ." The name comes from the Hindi words giri ( "hill" ) and dih ( in local dialect "Highland " ) together. Giridih is situated on the edge of some large coal fields, also it is considered as one of the main commercial centers of mica. Decades of clearcutting the former surrounding forests meant that the city will have a dusty and desolate impression today.

Before the district was founded in December 1972, he was part of the district of Hazaribag.

History

With the connection to the railway network of the Eastern Railway in 1871, the importance of the small town skyrocketed. The of the colonial masters, especially with the aim of departure of the rich coal deposits in the area single-track vehicle traffic from the eastern Madhupur route served until the first decades of the 20th century but also rich Bengal as an opportunity to retire in the summer months in the cooler regions to can. Many, now dilapidated magnificent buildings in the city are witnesses of this era. Since then progressed to the depletion of natural resources and in particular the clearing of the forests, there are vast areas of the district from karstic soils that appear desert-like unreal.

The physicist and botanist Jagadish Chandra Bose spent his last days in Giridih, so in his honor, the Sir JC Bose Girl's High School was named after him.

Attractions

In the near Giridih there are the following attractions:

• Usri Waterfalls (13 km east of the district capital )
• Khandoli Dam (8 km northeast of the city )
• Parasnath ( 27 km south of Giridih ), the highest mountain in Jharkhand is also an important sanctuary of the religious community of Jainism