Jharkhand

This new state, carved out of Bihar's northern regions, has 40% of India's minerals. It is one of the places in the world where Uranium is found. It is the state through which the Tropic of Cancer passes. The main rivers are the Damodar and Swarnarekha. Tagore Hill is named after Rabindranath Tagore, the author of the Indian national anthem. The first Indian Nobel laureate for Literature is supposed to have written a number of books here.

Jamshedpur also called Tatanagar or The Steel City, this has put Bihar on the steel map of the world.