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{{Infobox waterfall
| name = Hundru Falls
| photo = Hundru.jpg
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| location = [[Ranchi district]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]
| coords = {{coord|23.4500|N|85.6500|E|format=dms}}<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/38/Hundru.html
| title = Hundru, India Page|publisher =Falling Rain Genomics |access-date = 2010-04-20 }}</ref>
| elevation = {{convert|456|m}}<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.travelsradiate.com/asia/republic-of-india/state-of-jharkhand/1269877-hundru.html
| title = Hundru, State Of Jharkhand, India |publisher = travelsradiate.com|access-date = 2012-02-12 }}</ref>
| type = Segmented
| height = {{convert|98|m}}
| height_longest =
| average_width =
| number_drops =
| average_flow =
| watercourse = [[Subarnarekha River]]
}}
[[File:Hundru falls.JPG|thumb|Hundru falls]]
The '''Hundru Falls''' ({{lang-hi|हुन्डरु जलप्रपात}}) is a [[waterfall]] located in [[Ranchi district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]]. It is the 34th [[List of waterfalls in India by height|highest waterfall in India]].<ref name=database>{{cite web| title =Showing all Waterfalls in India| url =http://www.world-waterfalls.com/database.php?s=T&t=G&category=country&search=India&orderby=height%20DESC| publisher =World Waterfalls Database| access-date =2010-06-20| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://www.webcitation.org/6AC0BJT4W?url=http://www.worldwaterfalldatabase.com/country/India/| archive-date =2012-08-25}}</ref> It is one of the most famous tourist places in the region.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://travelnewsindia.com/jharkhand-tourism-major-attraction/|title=Jharkhand Tourism {{!}} Major Destinations and Attraction {{!}} How to Reach|date=2016-08-07|newspaper=Travel News India|access-date=2017-02-24|language=en-US}}</ref>

On the course of the [[Subarnarekha River]], where it falls from a height of {{convert|98|m}} creating one of the highest water falls in the state. The spectacular scene of water fallit height has been described as a sight to behold. The different formations of rock due to the erosion by the constantly falling of water have added to the beauty of the place.<ref name=maps>{{cite web|url = http://www.mapsofindia.com/ranchi/tourism/hundru-falls.html | title = Hundru Falls Ranchi |publisher = Maps of India |access-date = 2010-04-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2003/07/28/stories/2003072800130300.htm | title = The other side of this industrial city |publisher = The Hindu Business Line, 28 July 2003 |access-date = 2010-04-20 }}</ref><ref name=admin >{{cite web|url = http://ranchi.nic.in/waterfalls.htm | title =Hundru Falla |publisher = District administration|access-date = 2010-04-20 }}</ref>

The Hundru Falls at one of the edges of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Ranchi plateau|Ranchi plateau]] is one of the several [[Fault scarp|scarp]] falls in the region.<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T1Y_Ytx9wp4C&q=hundru+falls&pg=PA161 | title = Physical Geography: Hydrosphere By K. Bharatdwaj | isbn = 9788183561679 |access-date = 2010-04-20 | last1 = Bharatdwaj | first1 = K. | year = 2006 }}</ref> During rainy season it takes a formidable form but in the dry season it turns into an exciting picnic spot.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://scstsenvis.nic.in/Jharkhand2.htm |title=Places of interest |access-date=2010-04-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406044753/http://scstsenvis.nic.in/Jharkhand2.htm |archive-date=2011-04-06 }}</ref> At the base of the Hundru Falls, there is a pool, which serves as a bathing place.<ref name=maps/>

The Hundru Falls is an example of a Knick point caused by [[rejuvenation (river)|rejuvenation]]. [[Knickpoint]], also called a nick point or simply nick, represents breaks in slopes in the longitudinal profile of a river caused by rejuvenation. The break in channel gradient allows water to fall vertically giving rise to a waterfall.<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Iz_m9dlXEUYC&q=Odda+Falls&pg=PA110 | title = Encyclopedia of nature of geography | work= p. 110 | last= A.Z.Bukhari | year = 2005 | isbn = 9788126124435 | access-date = 2010-07-11 }}</ref>

One has to travel some about {{convert|21|km}} from the main road, Purulia Road.<ref name=admin/><ref>Sir John Houlton, ''Bihar, the Heart of India'', p. 144, Orient Longmans, 1949</ref>

There is also a shortcut and simple four-lane road from Ranchi via Ormanjhi via Sikidiri to Hundru. From this road the distance is about {{convert|39|km}} which is about {{convert|6|km}} short from the normal road.

There is also a Suvarna Rekha Hydral Project located down the falls which is also a good place for Tourists.<ref name=admin/>

==See also==
*[[List of waterfalls in India]]
*[[List of waterfalls in India by height]]
*{{Wikivoyage-inline|Ranchi}}

==References==
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{{Hydrography of Jharkhand}}
{{South Chotanagpur Division topics}}

[[Category:Waterfalls of Jharkhand]]

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