Basic information

| Attribute | Details | | :--- | :--- | | **Official Name** | Jamshedpur | | **Common Name** | Jamshedpur | | **Native Name(s)** | जमशेदपुर (Hindi), জামশেদপুর (Bengali) | | **Nicknames** | The Steel City, Tatanagar, Pittsburgh of India | | **Motto** | _Data not readily available for this location._ | | **Geographic Level** | City | | **Country** | India | | **State/Province** | Jharkhand | | **Capital** | N/A (Ranchi is the state capital) | | **Government Type** | Notified Area Committee / Municipal Corporation (Unique corporate-civic governance model) | | **Date Founded** | 1919 (Steel plant founded in 1907) | | **Time Zone** | IST (UTC+05:30) | | **Latitude** | 22.8046° N | | **Longitude** | 86.2029° E | | **Elevation** | 135 m (443 ft) | | **Total Area** | 224 km² (86 sq mi) for Urban Agglomeration | | **Population** | 1,339,438 (2011 Census, Urban Agglomeration) | | **Population Density** | ~5,980/km² (15,500/sq mi) | | **ZIP/Postal Codes** | 831001 to 831030 | | **Area Codes** | +91 657 | | **Official Languages** | Hindi, English (Santhali, Bengali, Odia, Urdu widely spoken) | | **Currency** | Indian Rupee (INR) | | **Demonym** | Jamshedpurian |