Ghatshila, Bihar, India

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Ghatshila, in present-day Jharkhand (formerly part of Bihar), is a scenic town on the banks of the Subarnarekha River known for its forested hills and as the place where renowned Bengali writer Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay spent his final years.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town ⓘ
administrativeStatus subdivision headquarters ⓘ
associatedWith Bengali literature ⓘ
climateType tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalInfluence Bengali culture ⓘ
tribal cultures of Jharkhand ⓘ
distanceFrom approximately 45 km from Jamshedpur ⓘ
formerlyLocatedIn Bihar ⓘ
linked to: Jharkhand
governingState Government of Jharkhand ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasIndustry small-scale industries ⓘ
hasNotableResident Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Ghatshila railway station ⓘ
hasScenicFeature dense forests ⓘ
low hills ⓘ
rocky riverbanks ⓘ
knownFor association with Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay ⓘ
forested hills ⓘ
riverside views ⓘ
scenic landscape ⓘ
languageSpoken Bengali ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Ho ⓘ
Santhali ⓘ
locatedIn East Singhbhum district ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Subarnarekha River ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Burudih Lake ⓘ
Dharagiri Falls ⓘ
linked to: Gautamdhara Falls

Phuldungri Hills ⓘ
Rankini Temple ⓘ
nearbyCity Jamshedpur ⓘ
nearestMajorRailwayJunction Kharagpur Junction ⓘ
partOf Chota Nagpur Plateau region ⓘ
postalCodeType PIN ⓘ
railwayLine Howrah–Mumbai main line ⓘ
region eastern India ⓘ
riverBankSettlement Subarnarekha River ⓘ
roadConnectivity connected by road to Jamshedpur ⓘ
connected by road to Ranchi ⓘ
stateCapitalDistance approximately 240 km from Ranchi ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType literary tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
UTCOffset +5:30 ⓘ

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Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay → deathPlace → Ghatshila, Bihar, India ⓘ
বিভূতিভূষণ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় → deathPlace → ঘাটশিলা, বিহার, ভারত (বর্তমান ঝাড়খণ্ড) ⓘ
linked to: Ghatshila, Bihar, India