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Netarhat
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Netarhat
Location in Jharkhand, India
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Netarhat
Netarhat (India)
Coordinates: 23°29′00″N84°16′00″E / 23.4833°N 84.2667°E / 23.4833; 84.2667
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
BlockMahuadanar
Elevation
1,071 m (3,514 ft)
Languages
 • Official Hindi, Nagpuri kurukh
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration JH-19
Website latehar.nic.in

Netarhat is a hill station in Latehar district [1] in the Indian state of Jharkhand. [2] It is also referred to as the "Queen of Chotanagpur", and is a hill station. [3] The town is also famous for Netarhat Residential School, set up in 1954.

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Geography

Netarhat is located at 23°29′00″N84°16′00″E / 23.4833°N 84.2667°E / 23.4833; 84.2667 , at a height of 1,071 metres (3,514 ft). [4]

It is a plateau covered with thick forest. [3] Located in the Pat region of Chota Nagpur Plateau, Netarhat plateau is about 4 miles (6.4 km) long and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) broad. It consists of crystalline rocks and has a summit capped with sandstone trap or laterite. Region of Netarhat is covered with Sal, Kendu, Mahua and Eucalyptus. The highest point is 3,696 feet (1,127 m) [5]

Transport

It is located 156 kilometres (97 mi) west of Ranchi, the state capital. [2] It is 118 kilometres (73 mi) from Daltonganj. It is located 82 kilometres (51 mi) from district headquarter Latehar

Tourism

Netarhat is known for its sunrises and sunsets during the summer months. [6] It is located within forests which have varied flora and fauna.[ citation needed ]

Netarhat has several places of tourist interests:

There are some government and private hotels are available for accommodation. Some of them are Hotel Parvat Vihar, Dak bunglow, Arunoday Athithi Grih, Hotel Sunrise etc. There are some other places newly added to Netarhat like Lake park, Sunrise Park, Naina Fall, Tahir Village, 90° fall.

Education

Netarhat Vidyalaya is a residential public school set up in 1954. [8] It sits on over 780 acres.

Jungle Warfare School

There is another academy of police training college located in Jharkhand police named as Jungle Warfare School, or JWFS in short. It has a big campus spreading over 192 acres near Upper Ghagri waterfall and was established in 2008 to train state police especially on the lines of Armed Forces to fight and counter growing Naxal insurgency in the state. It also holds a CIAT I.e Counter Insurgency and Anti Terrorist training school. Short term courses are taken by state forces to excel in jungle warfare tactics and counter-insurgency and naxalism. Later the school was upgraded to train police recruit constables and also to train promotee upgraded refreshment courses for Head constables. The size of batch is almost 890.[ citation needed ]

There is one more school the ST Xavier's Boarding school in hill station.[ citation needed ]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Gumla -'The land of Gaw-Mela'". traveljharkhand.com. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Destinations – Netarhat". Bihar State tourism Development Corporation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. ↑ "Netarhat, India page". Falling Rain Genomics. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Gazetteer of Palamu District". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Netarhat Tour, Netarhat Sightseeing, Sunset Point, Netarhat School - Travel News India". travelnewsindia.com. 19 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "IN: Official apathy hits country's lone wolf sanctuary | Timber Wolf Information Network" . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Netarhat Vidyalaya" . Retrieved 17 April 2010.
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