?Chatra Jharkhand • India
Chatra
Coordinates: 24°13′N 84°52′E / 24.22, 84.87
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Area • Elevation	• 427 m (1,401 ft)
District(s)	Chatra
Population	41,990 (2001)

Coordinates: 24°13′N 84°52′E / 24.22, 84.87 Chatra is a city and a municipality and headquarter of Chatra district in the state of Jharkhand, India. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Location of Mirzapur and the 82. ... The geography of India is diverse, with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts, plains, rainforests, hills, and plateaus. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The divisions of a district. ... Chatra district is one of the twenty-two districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Chatra is the administrative headquarters of this district. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly referring to a city, town, or village, or a small grouping of them. ... Chatra district is one of the twenty-two districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Chatra is the administrative headquarters of this district. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

History

Over the ages, Chatra has been considered a gateway to Jharkhand, particularly to Chota Nagpur Plateau. It is bounded on the north by Gaya and Hazaribagh districts, on the east by Hazaribagh district, on the south by Palamu and Ranchi districts and on the west by Gaya and Palamu districts. The Chota Nagpur Plateau (also Chhota Nagpur) is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Orissa, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh. ... Gaya is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. ... Hazaribagh town is the divisional headquarters of South Chota Nagpur division and headquarters of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand state, India. ... Palamau is a district of Jharkhand state, India. ... , For the ship, see SS Ranchi. ... Gaya is a city in Bihar, India, and it is also the headquarters of Gaya District. ...

Although Chatra has a long historical past, tracing its history to Magadha period, the modern Chatra came into being in 1991, after carving out a portion from Hazaribagh district. Magadha was an ancient kingdom of India, mentioned in both the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ...

Institutions

Nazareth Vidya Niketan high school,Godfray public school,S.S Boys & Girls high school,Navodaya school,Rose Bird School,Anil vidya niketan.D.A.V(under construction) are the main institutions in chatra.There are two colleges in chatra which are chatra college chatra and hunterganj college.

Geography

Chatra is located at 24.22° N 84.87° E^[1]. It has an average elevation of 427 metres (1400 feet). Chatra covers an area of 3706 square kilometers. The metre or meter is a measure of length. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ...

Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Chatra had a population of 41,990. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Chatra has an average literacy rate of 65%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 71% and female literacy of 58%. 17% of the population is under 6 years of age. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 - A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall appears in Seattles Magnuson Park, placed by an anonymous... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Around 60% of Chatra district is covered by thick forests and it is home to a variety of flora and fauna. In Botany a Flora (or Floræ) is a collective term for plant life and can also refer to a descriptive catalogue of the plants of any geographical area, geological period, etc. ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life. ...

External link

• Chatra District Administration

References

1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Chatra