Jharkhand (lit. "Bushland") is a state in eastern India carved out of the southern part of Bihar on 15November 2000. The state shares its border with the states of Bihar to the north, Uttar Pradesh and Chhattisgarh to the west, Odisha to the south, and West Bengal to the east. It has an area of . The city of Ranchi is its capital while the industrial city of Jamshedpur is the most populous city of the state.