Places to visit
Places to visit in Jharkhand
68 places on one map: 26 temples, 14 waterfalls, 3 lakes, 3 museums and more. Tick off the ones you have seen and they go into your India passport.
The best-known places

William Hodges, CC0 Baidyanath TempleTemple- Betla National ParkNational park

CaptVijay, Public domain ShikharjiTempleJain pilgrimage centre and hill forest in Jharkhand, India.
- Hundru FallsWaterfall
Waterfall on the Subarnarekha River in Jharkhand, India.

Samratbit, CC BY-SA 3.0 Dassam FallsWaterfall
Skmishraindia, Public domain Hirni FallsWaterfall- Hazaribagh Wildlife SanctuaryNational park
- Lodh FallsWaterfall

Binayrungta at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 Jonha FallsWaterfall
Jaiprakashsingh, CC BY-SA 3.0 Maithon DamLandmark- RajrappaWaterfall
- Lower Ghaghri FallsWaterfall

Jharkhand on one page
Jharkhand's Palamau was one of India's first nine tiger reserves. It joined the list in 1973. The state's new year festival, Sarhul, honours the sal, which is also the state tree.
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Everything in Jharkhand by type
Forts 1
Temples 26
- Vaidyanath Jyotirlinga
- Shikharji
- St. Mary's Cathedral, Ranchi
- Jagannath Temple
- Chhinnamasta Temple
- Basilica of the Divine Motherhood of Our Lady
- Kalyaneshwari Temple
- Bhringesvara Siva Temple
- Maa Dewri Temple
- Harihar Dham
- Surya Temple, Ranchi
- Jharkhand Dham
- Rani Sati Mandir Mahuda
- Gurdwara Guru Singh Sabha Kedli Kalan
- Sri Sri Kalika Maharani Temple
- Karneshwar Dham
- Pahari Mandir
- Baidyanath Dham
- Kauleshwari Temple
- Naulakha Temple, Deoghar
- Rankini Temple, Jadugora
- Dhori Mata Tirthalaya
- Amreshwar Dham
- Gayatri Gyan Mandir , Mahuda
- Maa Pathrol Kali Temple, Madhupur
- Kapilnath Temple
Mosques 1
Monuments 1
Ancient sites 1
Museums 3
National parks 2
Wildlife sanctuaries 8
Lakes 3
Waterfalls 14
Gardens and parks 1
Zoos 2
Dams and other landmarks 5
Cities: Ranchi, Jamshedpur, Deoghar, Hazaribagh, Medininagar, Gumla, Chakradharpur, Adityapur.
Food to try in Jharkhand
Dishes 6
- Dhuska
- Litti chokha
- Chirka roti
- Pittha
- Malpua
- Arsa roti
Tick what you have tried. It all counts on the food passport.
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Places come from Wikidata (CC0) and our own destination guides; checked 19 Oct 2026.