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title: "Chota Nagpur Plateau: India's Mineral Heartland"
description: "The Chota Nagpur Plateau is eastern India's Precambrian mineral belt holding most of the nation's coal, mica and iron ore. A core UPSC GS1 geography topic."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a Precambrian shield plateau in eastern India spanning Jharkhand and adjoining states, holding India's richest concentration of coal and metallic minerals.
- Why is the Chota Nagpur Plateau so rich in minerals?
- What are the main sub-divisions of the Chota Nagpur Plateau?
- How does the Chota Nagpur Plateau differ from the Deccan Plateau?
- What is the significance of the Damodar Valley Corporation here?

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Tata Steel began producing pig iron at Jamshedpur on the Chota Nagpur Plateau in 1912, drawing on Jharia coal and Singhbhum iron ore to build India's first integrated steel plant.

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