Jharkhand…Akhand Bhart ka swarn
1. The spatial extent of Jharkhand state is 21 0 55 ’ to 25 0 3 5 ’ North Latitude 83 0 20 ’ to 88 0 02’ East Longitude. 2. The State is land locked and it shares its boundary Orissa with the southeast, Chhattisgarh on the southwest, Bihar on the north, West Bengal on the east and U.P on the northwest. 3. The total geographical area of the state is 79.70 lakh hectares, out of which 22.22 lakh hectares (29.33%) are under forest; 5.66 lakh hectares (7.12%) are barren land; 7.24 lakh hectares (9.10%) are put on non-agriculture land ; 0.90 lakh hectares (1.15%) are under pasture & other grazing lands; 3.07 lakh hectares (3.86%) are cultivable wastelands ; 0.80 lakh hectares (1.11%) are under miscellaneous trees and groves; 12.04 lakh hectares (15.14%) are current fallows; 8.45 lakh hectares (10.63%) are under other fallows; a...