Tourist Attractions

• Maithon - The Lake at Maithon is spread across an area of 65 km. Boating is available here. A Bird Sanctuary and Deer park is also present near this place. From Dhanbad Railway Station, the distance is 45 km.This is the most popular picnic spot. During the 15th December to 20 January lacs of people comes for picnic.

• Kalyaneshwari temple - This temple of Maa Kalyaneshwari is very close to Maithon.

• Topchanchi Lake - This lake is a very famous Picnic spot. Situated at Golden quadrilateral, 37 km from Dhanbad railway station. This lake is surrounded by green hills of Parasnath and forest.

• Bhatinda Falls - The Waterfall is near Moonidih, 14 km from Dhanbad railway station. Surrounded by greenery, this place draws lot of crowd specially in winter.

• Panra - Panra is near Nirsa. This place has derived its name from Pandavas. According to the locals, pandavas spent some time here during their exile. A temple of Pandeshwar mahadev is also present.

• Shakti Mandir - This is one of the most famous Hindu Temple in Dhanbad. It is situated in the main city. Temple of Goddess Durga draws large crowd through out the year.

• Lillori-sthan Mandir - An ancient temple of Goddess Kali is present here. Situated on the bank of river katri. This Place is 19 km from Dhanbad Railway station.

• Chark- khurd - This place is known for its hot water spring. It is in tundi.

• Gopalpur - Situated in Nirsa. This place contains ancient structures built during the period of emperor Ashoka. A large stone image of emperor Ashok is also present here.

• Panchet Dam - Around 54 km from Dhanbad Railway station is a popular picnic spot.

• Birsa Munda Park - Around 8 km from Dhanbad Railway station is a Park in around 25 Acre land and prime picnic spot for the people. -->
• Jagannath Temple, Dhansar—One of the most famous Hindu temple in the city, about 1 km. from Bank More on the left side of the road connecting Jharia, opposite of reliance fresh.Temple of Lord Jagannath, famous for the car festival.

Festivals

Dhanbad is home to people from all across India. Vishwakarma Puja, Saraswati Puja, Durga Puja, Chhath, Deepawali, Holi, Eid, Moharram, Guru Purnima and Christmas are among the long list of festivals celebrated in Dhanbad.

Shopping Centers and Malls

Bank More being the central hub for Shopping, now the city has malls and shopping centers spread across length and breadth of Dhanbad city namely City Centre,City Style-Dutta Tower(Hirpur), Ozone Galleria Big Bazaar, Ozone Plaza (Bank More), Sunny Garments(Hirapur),Sri Ram Plaza, Urmila Tower, The family Store, New Market, Park Market (Hirapur). These are the places where one can shop and many more upcoming, namely Prabhatam Grand, Center-Point Mall(With Bank,Retail Shops, Food Court containing Restaurants,PVR Cinemas Multiplex), Shristi Plaza (First Green Project of Jharkhand)^[12] creating shopping paradises and housing major brands for people of Dhanbad.

Presently Fame is the only Multiplex in the Jharkhand state situated in the Ozone Galleria Mall, Saraidhela. Fame is the First Multiplex of Bihar and Jharkhand!, Fame Dhanbad,^[13] the multiplex has 4 screens with a seating capacity of 996 people.

Famous Places At Dhanbad

• Bank More
• Jharia
• SteelGate
• Koyla Nagar
• Sijua
• Bhadri Chack
• Katras
• Park Market
• Birsa Munda Park
• Big Bazaar
• Ozone Galleria

Education

ISM,The Indian School of Mines,was started by Britishers in 1926. Located in Dhanbad, it draws students from all over India through IIT-JEE, as well as other countries. It is one of the pioneer university of its kind in Asia. Indian School of Learning (ISM Annexe) is developing under ISM.

BIT, Jharkhand Government's only engineering college, located in (Sindri), known as Birsa Institute of Technology (BIT Sindri).

PMCH, Patliputra Medical College and Hospital. Apart from these, there are many other colleges.

Some renowned schools are as follows in Dhanbad.

• De-Nobili School,CFRI/CMRI/Maithon/Mugma/Bhuli/Sijua/Sindri
• P.K Roy M. College, Dhanbad
• Guru Gobind Singh Public School, Bank More, Dhanbad
• TATA D.A.V SCHOOL, SIJUA
• Delhi Public School, Dhanbad
• Mount Carmel, CFRI/CMRI/Jharudih
• Dhanbad Public School
• D.A.V Public School , Koyla Nagar