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Map of Chhota Nagpur in 1906. The Chota Nagpur Plateau consists of three steps. The highest step is in the western part of the plateau, where pats as a plateau is locally called, are 910 to 1,070 metres (3,000 to 3,500 ft) above sea level. The highest point is 1,164 metres (3,819 ft).
The Chota Nagpur Tributary States [1] or Chota Nagpur States were a group of small, non-salute states (minor princely states) during the British Raj in India, located on the Chota Nagpur Plateau. British suzerainty over the states was exercised through the government of the Bengal Presidency .
It is located towards the eastern end of the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Giridih district (Hazaribagh district in British India) of the Indian state of Jharkhand, India. [2] The hill is named after Parshvanatha, the 23rd Jain Tirthankara who got salvation here. [3] In this connection, there is Jain pilgrimage Shikharji on the top of hill.
Chota Nagpur Division became part of the new province of Bihar and Orissa when it was created in 1912 to 1936. [7] In 1936, the province was divided into two separate entities: Bihar and Orissa . Following this division, Sambalpur district was incorporated into Orissa, while Manbhum district remained in Bihar.
Chota Nagpur Plateau The Vindhya Range (also known as Vindhyachal ) ( pronounced [ʋɪnd̪ʱjə] ) is a complex, discontinuous chain of mountain ridges , hill ranges, highlands and plateau escarpments in west-central India .
South Chotanagpur division is one of the five divisions in the Indian state of Jharkhand.The South Chotanagpur Division, also known as the Ranchi Division.The division comprises the following districts: Gumla, Khunti, Lohardaga, Ranchi and Simdega.
The Chota Nagpur Plateau receives an average annual rainfall of around 1,400 mm (55 in), almost all of it in the monsoon months between June and August. [8] The huge volume of water that flows down the Damodar and its tributaries during the monsoons used to be a fury in the upper reaches of the valley.
Purulia district forms the lowest step of the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The general scenario is undulating land with scattered hills. [4] Raghunathpur subdivision occupies the north-western part of the district. 83.80% of the population of the subdivision lives in rural areas. However, there are pockets of urbanization and 16.20% of the population ...