Chota Nagpur Division

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Chota Nagpur Division
Division of British India
1854–1947
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1858 map of the Bengal Presidency with the 'South-West Frontier States' in the SW
Capital	Ranchi
Area
• 1901	70,161 km2 (27,089 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	4,900,429
Historical era	Modern Period
• Creation of the division	1854
• Independence of India	1947
Preceded by Succeeded by Bihar and Orissa Province South-West Frontier Agency Bihar and Orissa
Today part of	Bihar Jharkhand Odisha Chhattisgarh West Bengal[1]

Chota Nagpur Division, was an administrative division of British India. It included most of the present-day state of Jharkhand as well as adjacent portions of West Bengal, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh.^{[citation needed]}