One of Jharkhand state, India’s twenty-four districts is Dhanbad, which also serves as the district’s administrative center. It is Jharkhand’s second most populous district (out of 24) as of 2011. Ranchi is the most populous district. At 908, it also has Jharkhand’s lowest sex ratio.

The district of Dhanbad is dominated by the coal mining sector, earning it the moniker “coal capital of India.”