Saranda, Jharkhand 23 September 2014 :: In his Jharkhand vist, Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited dence area of Saranda. He visited many areas by driving on Moterbike.
As known Saranda is badly affected Naxal area of Jharkhand. Saranda forest is a dense forest in the hilly region of West Singhbhum district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. The forest covers an area of 820 km². Saranda literally means seven hundred hills.Thalkobad is a scenic village at a height of 550 m (1,800 ft) in the heart of the forest. Thalkobad is about 46 km (29 mi) from Manoharpur, and about 160 km (99 mi) from Jamshedpur.
Ho people inhabit the area, which is dotted with iron ore mining towns including Gua, Chiria, Kiriburu and Noamundi.
Sal (Shorea robusta) is the most important tree in the area and it seems to have a preference for the rocky soil of the area. Although sal is a deciduous tree and sheds its leaves in early summer, the forest undergrowth is generally evergreen, which has such trees as mangoes, jamun, jackfruit, and piar. Other important trees are mahua, kusum, tilai, harin hara (Armossa rohitulea), gular (Fiscus glomerata), asan.
