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A plateau,
four miles long and two and a half miles broad. It is in the extreme of
the district, the highest point of which is 3,800 feet above the sea
level. It is in Mahuadanr police station and is 96 miles west of Ranchi
across seven hills. This is the highest point on the plateau of
Chhotanagpur. Netarhat is a place of peculiar charm which has a laid its
spell on many casual visitors. The stillness of the jungle and the cool
and refreshing air brings relief from the dust and heat of the plains.
Netarhat has a game sanctuary amidst pine forest the bestow singular
arboreal interest in this part. Some time back it used to be the
permanent summer station of the Governor.
The temperature of Netarhat is cooler than Ranchi all the year on round.
It can be said that this place is the coolest in the whole of Jharkhand
State. The place has also been provided with an Agricultural Farm. There
are inspection bungalows and rest houses.
Netarhat Public School :
In November,1954 a public
school was started at this place by the state Government, admission to
which is received merit alone. The admission fees are charged according
to the parents income. The admission age is 10 - 12 years and the
education is imparted for preparing the boys for higher secondary
examination, Jamalpur Railway Engineering and various other technical
and vocation pursuits.
The medium of
instruction is Hindi but English and Sanskrit are also taught from the
beginning to secure a satisfactory standard. A number of top Bureaucrats
and Tecnocrats are the product of this august institutions.
Upper Ghaghri water
Falls : 4 kms from Netarhat and
a unique picnic spot. Inside a beautiful valley the over flown water o
Netarhat Dam makes a very loving small waterfall.
Lower Ghaghri water
Falls : Situated at a distance
of 10 kms from Netarhat in lush green and pass through the forests of a
poet's imagination-deep, dense and delighting. On reaching there witness
the stunning fall of water deep down to about 320 feet making a majestic
waterfall. The forest is so dense that even sunrays find difficult to
pierce through it. forest. A place of scenic beauty and picnic spot.
Lodh Falls :
About 60 kms away from Netarhat deep
in to the forests the river Burha makes a fantastic and majestic water
fall of about 468 feet height claiming to be the highest waterfall of
Jharkhand. The thundering sound of the fall is audible even 10 kms from
it. The spectacular sight of the fall explains the profundity and
greatness of the nature. water falls from a height of 468 feet.
Photos of Tourist
Places in Netarhat : Netarhat has a wonderful climate and in the
July and August it does not become moist. In summer Netarhat has a very
cool climate. The plateau is ringed by forest and the rainfall usually
does not exceed 60 inches per year. There are patches of pines and
cypresses grown by the Forest Department and both the species have taken
to the soil very kindly. Apples and peaches are grown but the fruits are
not very big. English vegetables could easily be grown. The place has
now been freed from malaria.
There are a number of flowering trees particularly of Bauhinia and
Cassia species. Season flowers could be grown throughout the year. It
has been held the flowering trees of different species could be very
well grown on the plateau which will ensure a feast of flowers
throughout the year. There are bus services both from Ranchi and
Daltonganj to Netarhat. The development of Netarhat will open the
neighbouring Chhechhari valley and other hill tops such as Jamirapat
(3,747 feet above sea level ) and Gulgupat (3,819 feet above sea level
). Jharkhand’s second highest fall, the Burhaghagh with a sheer drops of
466 feet is also near Netarhat but at present accessible only to the
hiker. Netarhat offers plenty of big game shooting with permission from
the Forest Department. Tigers are common in certain sections. With the
development of Netarhat which has been taken up, it will have great
attraction to the general tourists, hiker, shikari and anthropologists.
There is one important beauty spot in Netarhat.
The sight of the sunrise
near the Palamu dak bungalow and sunset at Mangolia point about six
miles from the Public school. It is advisable that tourist must see the
SUNRISE and SUNSET in Neterhat. Presently Neterhat is situated in new
created district LATEHAR from PALAMU.
With the opening of Communication through forests and the availability
of a series of beautiful camping sites and place on of interest and
beauty, Palamau Division is ideal for the development of tourism
particularly for the motorists and the hikers. As a matter of fact it is
possible probably to exploit the wonderful facility of tourism by
organizing visits of tourism tourists keen to shot wild life by gun of
camera some of the forest bungalows namely Neterhat, Kechaki, Mahuamilan,
Belta, etc., Offer very good facilities for stay Neterhat is one of the
most famous beauty spots in Jharkhand. Presently Neterhat and National
Park Betla are situated in the newly created Districts Latehar there are
also a number of excellent camping sites. There are a series of water
falls in this Districts which are well worth a visit.
Rivers : The
general line of drainpipe is from south to north towards the SON, which
forms parts of the northern boundary of the districts .The principals
rivers are Koel and its tributaries, the Auranga and the Amanat. There
are also last of smaller streams, most of which are mere mountain
torrents which rock–strewn beds.
The Koel Auranga and Amanat are similar in this respect for their upper
reaches are characterized by high banks Generally rugged and
occasionally precipitous with a rapid stream dashing over boulders and
shingle or gliding. Calmly, except in time of spate, in shadow parts
terminated by rocky barriers. Further north these rivers have deep sandy
beds, into which the water sinks out of sight in the hot weather,
percolating through the soft sand. Until some outcrop of rock arrests
its course and forces it to the surface.
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