Name and describe the city, town or village you were born---- MIne is Noamundi--

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Noamundi is a small mining town in Jharkhand state of India close to the Orissa border. It lies about 125 km from Jamshedpur and 64 km from Chaibasa. Nearby towns include Padapahar, Barajamda, Gua and Kiriburu. Noamundi TownshipThe major produce of this mine is iron ore (including blue dust). The mines are run by the Tata Steel company. Legend has it that when the first iron ore explorers came to this region, they were amazed to find the local tribal population (Adivasis) using iron axes. When the explorers asked the tribals where they had found the ore, they pointed to a hill nearby and called it Noamundi, which literally means 'that hill' in their language. The language spoken by the native tribals is known as 'Ho'.