Garhwa district is one of the twenty-two districts of Jharkhand and Garhwa town is the administrative headquarters of this district. On 1st April, 1991, some areas of Palamau district was carved out to form the new Garhwa district. The district lies between 23° 60’ and 24° 39’ north latitude and 83° 22’ and 84° 00’ east longitude, and is bordered by river Sone on the north, Palamau district of Jharkhand state on the east, Surguja district of Chhattisgarh state on the south, and Sonebhadra district of Uttar Pradesh on the west.
Places of Interest
There are so many famous and interesting places of historical and religious values in Garhwa district. Ketar in Bhawanathpur block is famous for temple of “Goddess Bhagawati”. Radha Krishna Mandir of Nagar-Untari is famous for Idol of Gold. It is said that this Idol is of 32 mand of Gold. Kanjia ia famous for Katholic Ashram set-up in 1937. Peoples have great faith in Garhdevi Mandir of the Garhwa town.
There are also so many places of tourist attraction. Sukhaldari on the bank of river Kanahar in Dhuraki block is a beautiful waterfall . Parasdiha fall in Bhawanathpur block and Gursandhu fall in Ranka block is also a sight seeing place. Raja Pahari famous for its natural beauty and here is a big temple of Lord Shiva. Saruat Pahar is said to be the second highest peak after Paras Nath in joint Bihar. It is noted for its natural beauty due to its plain lands where tiny village of Korba tribe is situated. Here is also a water called Hisatu fall.
