Damodar
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| location | Jharkhand , West Bengal ( India ) | |
| River system | Ganges | |
| Drain over | Hugli → Bay of Bengal | |
| Headwaters | 70 km west-northwest of Ranchi 23 ° 37 ′ 47 " N , 84 ° 40 ′ 12" E |
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| Source height | approx. 700 m | |
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Hugli coordinates: 22 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ N , 88 ° 5 ′ 18 ″ E 22 ° 21 ′ 0 ″ N , 88 ° 5 ′ 18 ″ E
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| length | 592 km | |
| Drain |
MQ |
296 m³ / s |
| Left tributaries | Barakar , Konar , Jamunia | |
| Right tributaries | Shilabati | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Panchet Dam , Tenughat Dam | |
| Big cities | Bardhaman , Durgapur | |
| Medium-sized cities | Phusro , Ramgarh Cantonment | |
 Bridge over the Damodar near Bardhaman |
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The Damodar is a right tributary of the Hugli in the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal .
The Damodar rises on the Chota-Nagpur plateau in Jharkhand at about 700 m . It flows in an easterly direction to West Bengal, then turns south and flows into the Hugli 35 km southwest of Calcutta . The Tenughat and Panachet dams lie along the river . At the lower reaches of the Mundeswari river branches off to the right and later joins the Rupnarajan . The Damodar has a length of 592 km. Larger cities along the river are Phusro , Ramgarh Cantonment , Durgapur and Bardhaman .
Due to countless industrial companies on its banks, which mostly discharge their sewage untreated, the Damodar is one of the most polluted rivers in India.
