Dhanbad Tourism - Jharkhand

Dhanbad is a mining and industrial town in Dhanbad district of Jharkhand. It is the largest city in Jharkhand and is famous for its coal fields. Dhanbad lies 168 km from Ranchi and has Giridhar, Bokaro, Dumka and Purulia districts as neighbours. Rivers Damodar, Bokaro and Barakar flow through the district. Dhanbad is also known as the 'Coal capital' and 'City of Coal' due to the rich deposits present in the district.  Its economy completely depends upon coal mining and related industries. The companies which have played a major role in the development of Dhanbad are Tata Steel, Indian Iron and Steel Company and Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. Most of the townships have been developed by these companies for their employees. Dhanbad does not have many places of tourist attraction