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Ranchi

Southern Asia

The capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand and its largest district by population, formed when Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar's Chota Nagpur and Santhal Parganas divisions on 15 November 2000. The city was the centre of the Jharkhand movement that campaigned for a separate tribal state, and it has since been selected as one of a hundred Indian cities developed under the national Smart Cities Mission.

Facts
Population
1,073,427 1
Area (sq km)
175.12 1
Founding Year
1833 1
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
651 1
Latitude
23.36 degrees north 1
Longitude
85.33 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 2
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Capital Of

Source GeoNames: Ranchi - GeoNames
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Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Jharkhand High Court (Wikipedia)English Wikipedia lead [seat-city]
Quote, English Wikipedia lead [seat-city]
functioning from a newly constructed complex at Dhurwa, Ranchi
Sources
1. Ranchi (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: Population (total)
    1,073,427
  • Infobox: Population census year
    2011
  • Infobox: Area (Municipal Corporation)
    175.12 km2 (67.61 sq mi)
  • Infobox: Elevation
    651 m (2,136 ft)
  • Infobox: Coordinates
    23.36°N, 85.33°E
  • Article text
    In 1833, Captain Wilkinson established headquarter of the South-West Frontier agency in Lohardaga but in 1843 they moved the headquarters to the village of Kishunpur, which he renamed into Ranchi after the hamlet located at the foot of the Hill.
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names Jharkhand; continent follows from the atlas record for Jharkhand
    city and also the largest district by population of the Indian state of Jharkhand
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2. GeoNames: Ranchi - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1258526
    23.34316 85.3094 P PPLA IN 38 364 2684 1120374 643 Asia/Kolkata
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 643 m
  • Capital Of: Jharkhand, cities500 record 1258526, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 38)
    23.34316 85.3094 P PPLA IN 38 364 2684 1120374 643 Asia/Kolkata
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 23.25, 85.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 23.25, 85.25
23.25 85.25 Cwa
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Wikidata: Ranchi
  • Wikidata Q174461, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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