Ghatsila

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Ghatsila or Ghatshila (In Hindi : घाटिशला) is a town in the State of Jharkhand in India . It is located in the East Singhbhum district. If searched on the globe it is found to be in 22°36'00 N Longitude and 86°28'60 E Latitude. Its relative altitude is about 540 meters (1800 feet) above sea level.

The city is located on the bank of the River Subarnarekha (the word ‘Subarnarekha’ means golden streak), and is situated in a forested area.

1 Education
2 Transport
3 Places to see
4 External links

[edit] Education

A famous Post-graduate school Indian Institute of Metal is situated here.[1] The Other institutes of Learning include schools, colleges and coaching centres.

The Marwari hindi high school
The St. Joseph's Convent High School, Mosaboni
The Jagadish Chandra Bose High School
The Sant Nand Lal Smriti Vidya Mandir
The Kendriya Vidyalaya, Surda
The Saraswati Sishu Mandir and Vidya Mandir
The Girls' High School
The Ghatsila College

Coaching Centres and Institutes Include

ACETECH Education Ghatsila
NAC-MIT Computers
Jagdish Chandra Institute of Modern Technologies & Industrial Studies
NIIT Centre
The School of Comerce
Tally Academy
Atlanta Computer Centre,Laldih
Balaka Coaching Classes
Target Coaching Classes

Local news channels:

Informat Center

Sun Technolgies
IT Service Provider Ghatsila

[edit] Transport

Its connected to most of the important stations in Bihar and Jharkhand through rail and road-network. Jamshedpur is at a distance of 45 kilometer (by road)and 37 km (by railroad) west of this town. Trains from Kharagpur that goes to west in Jamshedpur direction mostly have stoppages here. Distance between Ghatsila and Kharagpur is 98 kilometers

By rail - It is a railway station on the Kharagpur-Tatanagar stretch of Howrah-Mumbai track, 215 km from Howrah are 2781/2782 Ispat Express, 8030/8029 Kurla/ Howrah Express, 2813/2814 Steel Express. It is well connected to 3 Metros in India namely Mumbai(by Bombay Express), Kolkata (many trains starting from 6 o'clock in the morning by Steel Exp. to midnight at 1.15 by Samleshwari Exp) and New Delhi(by Neelachal & Utkal Exp).

There are many Local Passenger trains connecting Jamshedpur and Kharagpur with Ghatshila. For timings etc check with Indian Railways.

By road – It is about 240 km from Kolkata. Those travelling from Kolkata first have to take NH 6 to Baharagora and then take the road to Jamshedpur. Buses plying between Kharagpur and Jamshedpur pass through Ghatshila. Buses going from Kolkata to Jamshedpur and Ranchi also pass through Ghatshila. By road Jamshedpur is 42km away.