Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Complete Guide 2026: Bastar, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Chitrakote, Betla
Browse more guides: India travel | Asia destinations Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh Complete Guide 2026: Bastar, Jamshedpur, Ranchi, Chitrakote, Betla I planned my central east India loop around two states that most foreign travellers skip. Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh sit side by side below Bihar and east of Madhya Pradesh, and together they hold the largest concentration of Adivasi communities in the country, the widest waterfall in India by volume, and one of the longest continuous festivals on the planet. This guide is my account of two weeks across both states, with prices, train timings, food, tribal etiquette, and the safety call I made around the Bastar interior. TL;DR Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh are the two states that India quietly carved out of Bihar and Madhya Pradesh on 15 November and 1 November 2000. Jharkhand covers 79,716 square kilometres with a population near 33 million and a capital at Ranchi (about 1.1 million people). Chhattisgarh covers 135,192 square kilometres ...