page_title: Dhanbad
section_title: Universities and colleges
hierarchical_section_title: Dhanbad / Education / Universities and colleges
caption_attribution_description: English: Bitsindri
context_page_description: Dhanbad is the second most populous city in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Dhanbad ranks 33rd largest city in India and ranks 42nd largest million-plus urban agglomeration in India. It has been ranked 94th among 111 cities for Ease of Living Index and is 96th fastest growing urban area of world by City Mayors. Dhanbad shares its land borders with Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal. Dhanbad is also called Coal Capital of India for housing one of the largest coal mines of India. The prestigious institute, Indian School of Mines is also situated in Dhanbad.
  Dhanbad is 56th cleanest city of India according to Swachh Survekshan 2019. It showed a great change in terms of cleanliness which was considered as least cleanest in Swachh Survekshan 2018 snd Dhanbad Municipal Corp. also worked for increasing more green cover in city. Among the rail divisions of Indian Railway, Dhanbad Rail Division is the second-largest in revenue generation after the Mumbai division.
  Dhanbad ranked as top city in India with the highest 4G availability in India by a survey of Opensignal.
context_section_description: Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, was established by the British in 1926.
  Birsa Institute of Technology, Sindri is one of the oldest govt. engineering college in India.
  SSLNT Women's College is one of the oldest women's science and art college in east India established in 1956.
  K. K. Collegeof Engineering and Management, Gobindpur
  Patliputra Medical College and Hospital, established in 1971
  Law College Dhanbad was established in 1976.
  Guru Nanak College
  Raja Shiva Prasad College, established in 1949 by Raja of Jharia
  P.K. Roy Memorial College, established in 1977.
  Al Iqra Teacher's Training College, Gobindpur
  B.S.S Mahila College
  Bholaram Shibal Kharkia College, Maithon
  Binod Bihari Mahato Koylanchal University, a public university established in 2017.
caption: BIT Sindri, Dhanbad
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