District Profile

Hazaribagh district is surrounded by North-Gaya district of Bihar State and Koderma district, South- Ramgarh and Chatra district, East- Bokaro and Ramgarh district, West- Chatra district of Jharkhand State.

The Hazaribagh district is situated on National Highway 33 & 96 km away from state’s capital, Ranchi. The Geographical area of Hazaribagh District is 4302 sq. km. The climate is generally dry with average rainfall 1234.5 mm. The temperature varies between 180 to 42.20. However due to global warming, the temperature goes high up to 440 .The district of Hazaribagh is a part of North Chotanagpur Plateau. This area is full of several plateaus, mountains and valleys, most part of district are full of forest and stones.

The Latitude and Longitude of district is 23.5o -24.40 and 85.1o -85.90 respectively. The average altitude of Hazaribagh is 2012 feet above the sea level.

As in other districts of Chhotanagpur, Hazaribagh district too is endowed with mineral resources. In the district, minerals such as Limestone, Fire Clay, China Clay, Quartz & some quantity of coal are found. These can be termed as Major Minerals. Minor minerals such as Granite, sand etc. are also available in the District.