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Economy of Jharkhand
Economy of Jharkhand is thriving, mainly due to the plenty of minerals which enrich this Eastern Indian state.

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Economy of JharkhandEconomy of Jharkhand is booming since this Eastern Indian State is enriched with an adequate quantity of minerals and its gross domestic product is calculated to be approximately around $21.7 billion at the present prices, for the year 2011. Ramgarh, Dhanbad, Jamshedpur, Bokaro Steel City and Ranchi are the various significant industrial cities located in this state. Jharkhand boasts of the largest fertilizer factory in India, which was based at Sindri, the largest steel plant which is situated in Asia, the very first gas well of methane at Parbatpur, located in Bokaro, the first coal washery of Tata Steel located at Ghato, the first iron and steel factory at Jamshedpur, the biggest factory of explosives located at Gomia in Bokaro.

Major Industrial Units in Jharkhand
Economy of Jharkhand

Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro.
Electrosteel Plant, Bokaro.
Chandrapura Thermal Power Station
Tenughat Thermal/Hydro Power Station, Bokaro.
Bokaro Thermal Power Station, Bokaro Thermal, Bokaro.
Jay Pee Cement, Bokaro.
Ashok Industries, Bokaro Industrial Area.
BMW Steel, Bokaro.
Imperial Chemical Industries, Gomia, Bokaro
Kargali Coal Washery, CCL, Kargali, Bokaro
Kathara Coal Washery, CCL, Kathara, Bokaro
Bokaro Timber Seasoning Plant, BIADA, Bokaro
Dugda Coal Washery, BCCL, Dugda, Bokaro
Ratan Industries, Balidih, Bokaro
Inox Air Products, Bokaro
ONGC, Talgaria, Bokaro
Indian Oil Bottling Plant
Tata Steel Plant, Jamshedpur.
Metalsa, Seraikella, Jamshedpur.
Tata Power, Jojobera, Jamshedpur.
Tata Pigment, Jugsalai, Jamshedpur.
Tata Robins Fraser, Jamshedpur.
Auto Cluster, Adityapur, Jamshedpur.
Tata Yodogawa limited, Adityapur, Jamshedpur.
Tata Motors, Jamshedpur.
Tata Rayrson, Jamshedpur.
Turamdih Gold Mine, Musabani, Jamshedpur.
Tata Cummins, Jamshedpur.
Tata Growth Shops, Gamharia, Jamshedpur.
Tata Consulting Engineers, Jamshedpur
UCIL, Sundernagar, Jamshedpur.
Lafarge Cement, Jamshedpur.
BOC Gases, Burmamines, Jamshedpur.
Praxair Gas, Sakchi, Jamshedpur.
Tinplate, Jamshedpur.
Concast Cement, Hata, Jamshedpur.
Steel Strip Wheels, Jamshedpur.
Patratu Thermal Power Station, Ramgarh.
Maithon Hydro Power Station, Maithan, Dhanbad.
Panchet Hydro Power Station, Panchet, Damodar Valley Corporation, Dhanbad.
Telaiya Hydro Power Station, Telaiya, Damodar Valley Corporation
Jindal Steel Plant, Balkudra, Patratu, Ramgarh.
Kashish News, Ranchi
Usha Martin, Ranchi.
Metallurgical and Engineering Consultancy (MECON) Limited, Ranchi
Sun-Tech, NABL accredited Laboratory as per ISO/IEC 17025:2005 at Ranchi by Govt. of India
Abhijeet Group at Thermal Power Plant and Steel Plant at Chandwa, Saraikela
Jay Solar Systems at Dhanbad
Net Sanchar. Net, Dhanbad, Jharkhand


The state of Jharkhand possesses numerous villages and towns, empowered with many civic amenities. Mica, coal, iron ore, china clay, copper ore, bauxite, manganese, uranium, gold, silver, limestone, fire clay, chromite, kainite, sillamanite, asbestos, thorium, graphite, and numerous other important mines. Bokaro, Jamshedpur and Ranchi consist of an abundant concentration of iron and coal deposits.


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