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Chakradharpur is a town with a municipality in West Singhbhum district in the state of Jharkhand, India. It is located on the Chota Nagpur Plateau west of Jamshedpur, south of Ranchi, east of Rourkela and north of Chaibasa (which is the district headquarters). The town serves the mineral-rich areas of Jharkhand and Odisha, as well as the cement, steel and limestone industries in the region. The major languages spoken in this area are Bengali, Odia, Gujarati, Hindi, English, Santali, Kurmali, Telugu, Urdu, Punjabi, and Tribal language Ho. Major inhabitants of the town are railway employees. It has a large share of area covered with railway establishments, primarily employees' quarters. It has scenic views and secluded landscapes in the periphery. In the Indian Independence perspective, Chakradharpur had been the place for freedom fighters like Raja Arjun Singh Deo, Jagabandhu Pattanayak (Jaggu Dewan), Pandit Gopabandhu Dash, Pundit Godabarish Mishra, Rahim Bux and Fakeer Chand supporting Gandhiji for his non-cooperation movement and Khilafat Movement by Maulana Mazharul Haque against British Raj in 1920. This is one of the Railway divisions generating huge profits in goods freight sector . It is also known as CKP named after its Railway Station code. It is the divisional headquarters of Chakradharpur Railway Division in South Eastern Railway Zone (India) with a huge historical touch of tribal area of Chotanagpur. Chakradharpur is close to boundaries of two neighbouring states Odisha and West Bengal. It is enriched with huge amount of natural resources like rivers, mountain valleys, and forest reserves. ==Geography== Chakradharpur is located at .〔(Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chakradharpur )〕 It has an average elevation of 227 metres (744 ft). Covered by mountains on most sides, and the river Sanjay running in the South-Western periphery. Chakradharpur is believed to be a quasi hill station in the mid 1900s and still sports an equally enticing weather. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chakradharpur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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