Chota Nagpur Plateau
Eastern Indian highlands
The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a highland region in eastern India, covering much of Jharkhand and parts of neighboring states.
Rich in mineral deposits—coal, iron ore, mica—it became central to Indian industrialization: The steel plants of Jamshedpur sit on the Chota Nagpur Plateau.
The terrain is hilly and forested, home to significant tribal populations.
- mining industryCommercial mineral extraction business
- hillLow natural elevation
- coal depositsUnderground accumulations of fossilized carbon
- forestTree-dense ecosystem
- tribal artIndigenous cultural artifacts
iron ore · elephants · sacred groves · sal · steel production · endemic species · oral histories · coalfields · folk dances · monsoon · indigenous languages · tribal · archaeological sites · agriculture · granite · tigers · copper · coal
- Asian PlateausArmenian Highlands
- geologybedrock, fault lines, faults, rock, basalt
terrain elevation
Chota Nagpur Plateaufloodplain
Flood-prone riverside lowland
river delta · coastal plain · lowland · depression · valley floor