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Jharkhand

State profile

🏭Fun factJharkhand's Jamshedpur, founded in 1907 by Tata, is India's first planned industrial city.

Factsheet

Capital: Ranchi
Language(s): Hindi
Formed: 2000
Area: 79,716 km²
Districts: 24
Head (2025): Hemant Soren
State animal: 🐾 Indian elephant
State bird: 🐦 Koel
State flower: 🌸 Palash
State tree: 🌳 Sal

Report Card

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SDG India Index

62

#35 of 36India: 71

NITI Aayog· 2023-24

Economy

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Per-Capita NSDP

₹99,288

#31 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Unemployment Rate

1.3%

#3 of 36India: 3.2%

Labour Force Participation

63.8%

#15 of 36India: 60.1%

Healthcare

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Infant Mortality Rate

25 per 1,000

#14 of 22India: 28 per 1,000

Life Expectancy at Birth

68.6 yrs

#17 of 21India: 70.0 yrs

Total Fertility Rate

2.3

#4 of 35India: 2.0

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Institutional Births

75.8%

#32 of 35India: 88.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Child Stunting (under 5)

39.6%

#32 of 35India: 35.5%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Full Immunisation (12-23 mo)

73.8%

#20 of 31India: 76.4%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Education

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Literacy Rate

66.4%

#32 of 35India: 74.0%

Census 2011· 2011

Female Literacy Rate

55.4%

#32 of 34India: 65.5%

Census 2011· 2011

Higher Education GER

18.6%

#31 of 36India: 28.4%

AISHE· 2021-22

Law & Order

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IPC Crime Rate

124.5 per lakh

#9 of 36India: 258.1 per lakh

Crimes Against Women Rate

40.2 per lakh

#13 of 36India: 66.4 per lakh

Government Budget

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Debt-to-GSDP Ratio

27.2%

#10 of 31India: 28.1%

Demographics

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Population

3,29,88,134

#14 of 36India: 1,21,08,54,977

Census 2011· 2011

Sex Ratio

948 per 1,000 men

#18 of 36India: 943 per 1,000 men

Census 2011· 2011

Urban Population Share

24.1%

#27 of 35India: 31.2%

Census 2011· 2011

Decadal Population Growth

22.4%

#8 of 34India: 17.7%

Census 2011· 2011

Infrastructure

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Electricity Access

92.5%

#28 of 31India: 96.8%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Improved Sanitation

56.2%

#29 of 31India: 70.2%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Clean Cooking Fuel

37.9%

#30 of 31India: 58.6%

NFHS-5· 2019-21

Agriculture

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Agriculture Share of GSVA

18.7%

#18 of 33

MoSPI· 2022-23

Foodgrain Yield

1,548 kg/ha

#33 of 35India: 2,494 kg/ha

DA&FW· 2022-23

Net Irrigated Area

19.7%

#25 of 30India: 56.4%

DA&FW· 2022-23

Average Landholding Size

1.10 ha

#18 of 34India: 1.08 ha

Agri Census· 2015-16

Sports

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Khelo India Medals

21

#16 of 33

Khelo India· 2025

Tourism

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Domestic Tourist Visits

3,57,76,000

#14 of 36India: 2,50,96,27,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023

Foreign Tourist Visits

1,89,000

#13 of 36India: 1,92,46,000

Ministry of Tourism· 2023