Damodar River (, ) originates near Chandwa village,
Palamau district, on the
Chota Nagpur Plateau in the
Jharkhand state in eastern
India, and flows eastward for about 592 km through the states of
Jharkhand and
West Bengal to the estaury of the
River Hooghly. It has a number of tributaries and subtributaries, such as
Barakar,
Konar,
Bokaro, Haharo,
Jamunia, Ghari, Guaia, Khadia and Bhera. Chattopadhyay, Akkori,
Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), , Vol I, pp. 21- 26, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3Sabharwal, L.R., I.F.S., Conservator of Forests, Bihar, Notes as part of Appendix IV to
Report of the Damodar Flood Enquiry Committee, 1943, republished in
Rivers of Bengal, a compilation, Vol III, 2002, p. 236, West Bengal District Gazeteers, Government of West Bengal
In some of the local languages of Jharkhand, Damodar River is called
Damuda,
damu means sacred and
da means water. The Damodar earlier used to flow through Bengal on a direct west to east course and join the River Hughli near Kalna. However, it has changed its course and in its lower reaches most of the water flows into the
Mundeswari River, which combines with other rivers and finally most of the Damodar water flows into the
Rupnarayan River. The remaining mass of water flows through what is known as Damodar into the Hughli south of Kolkata.<ref name =...
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