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{{Infobox waterfall
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| photo = Jonha_falls.jpg
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| location = [[Ranchi district]], [[Jharkhand]]      
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| watercourse = Raru River
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The '''Jonha Falls''' (also called '''Gautamdhara Falls''') is a [[waterfall]] located in [[Ranchi district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Jharkhand]]. 

==Geography==
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===Location===
Jonha Falls is located at {{Coord|23|20|30|N|85|36|30|E|display:inline}}

<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. Jonha Fall can be seen  without using 722 steps  of stairs via Jonha Fall Resort.</small>

==The falls==
[[File:Jonha Jalprapat.jpg|thumb|right|200px|July 2010.]]
Situated at an edge of the [[Chota Nagpur Plateau#Ranchi plateau|Ranchi plateau]], the Jonha Falls is an example of a hanging valley falls. The Gunga River hangs over its master stream, Radu River and forms the falls.<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=T1Y_Ytx9wp4C&q=Ranchi+plateau&pg=PA161 | title = Physical Geography: Hydrosphere By K. Bharatdwaj |access-date = 2010-05-02 | isbn = 9788183561679 | last1 = Bharatdwaj | first1 = K | year = 2006 | publisher = Discovery Publishing House }}</ref>
One has to descend 722 steps to admire the surroundings.<ref name=Jonha>{{cite web|url = http://www.mustseeindia.com/Ranchi-Jonha-Falls/attraction/13653 | title = Jonha Falls  |publisher = must see India |access-date = 2010-04-29}}</ref> Water in the falls drops from a height of  {{convert|43|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090429/jsp/jharkhand/story_10889766.jsp |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130203194512/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090429/jsp/jharkhand/story_10889766.jsp |url-status = dead |archive-date = 3 February 2013 | title = High and dry- Dasam drained, Hundru a trickle |publisher =  The Telegraph 29 April 2009 |access-date = 2010-04-29 }}</ref>

The Jonha Falls is an example of a nick point caused by rejuvenation. Knick point, 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 | publisher = Anmol Publications Pvt. Limited | isbn = 9788126124435 | access-date = 2010-07-11 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Culture==
There is a tourist rest house which encloses a Buddhist shrine with a deity of Lord [[Gautama Buddha]].<ref name=Jonha/> A temple and an ashram dedicated to Buddha was built atop Gautam Pahar by the sons of [[Baldeo Das Birla]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://go4indya.blogspot.com/2010/01/waterfall-around-ranchi.html |title = Waterfall Around Ranchi |publisher = exoticindia |access-date = 2010-04-29 |archive-date = 8 July 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708040454/http://go4indya.blogspot.com/2010/01/waterfall-around-ranchi.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> A fair is organized in Jonha every Tuesday and Saturday.<ref name=Jonha/>

Many remains of [[Buddhism]] are present in Jonha Falls, situated on Gautam Hill, 38&nbsp;km away from the capital [[Ranchi]]. There is an ancient temple of Lord [[Gautam Buddha]] on the hill of Jonha Falls. This temple was built hundreds of years ago by Raja Baldev Das Birla.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Jonha Falls attracts tourists, Lord Buddha's temple is built near Jonha Falls. |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/jharkhand/ranchi/jonha-fall-attracts-tourists-lord-buddha-temple-built-in-middle-of-mountain-mtj }}</ref>

==Transport==
The Jonha Falls is {{convert|40|km}} from [[Ranchi]]. It is approachable by both road and train.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://ranchi.nic.in/waterfalls.htm | title = Johna Falls  |publisher = Ranchi district administration |access-date = 2010-04-29 }}</ref> Jonha Station is just 1.5&nbsp;km from the fall. For travel by road, one has to take the Ranchi-Purulia Road and after travelling for about {{convert|20|mi}} one has to travel about {{convert|3|mi}} off the main road.<ref>[[John Wardle Houlton|Sir John Houlton]], ''Bihar, the Heart of India'', p. 144, Orient Longmans, 1949</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of waterfalls]]
*[[List of waterfalls in India]]
*[[List of waterfalls in India by height]]

==References==
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==External links==
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