The Jamunia River rises on the
Hazaribagh plateau, originating from Jamunia Dam near
Bishungarh. It runs near the
Grand Trunk Road from around
Bagodar to past
Dumri and then turns towards
Gomoh in the south, forms the border between
Dhanbad and
Bokaro districts and joins the
Damodar near Jamuniatand. Jamunia Dam constructed across the river near Hazaribagh is 3.68 kms long and 17 meters high and has a gross storage capacity of 259 Million Cubic Meters (9.14 TMCft) covering a reservoir area of 175 sq km ==References==