Giridih (
Hindi: गिरिडीह) is headquarters of the
Giridih district of
Jharkhand state,
India. The literal meaning of
Giridih is the
land of hills & hillocks –
giri, a
Hindi word, means
hills and
dih, another word of the local
dialect, indicates
upland. Before 1972 Giridih was part of
Hazaribagh district.