Jharkhand's Peculiar Places: From Booty More to Chutia, Names That Will Make You Laugh
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Jharkhand's Quirky Place Names: From Booty More to Chutia, You Won't Believe Them!
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News18•01-03-2026, 16:20
Jharkhand's Quirky Place Names: From Booty More to Chutia, You Won't Believe Them!
•Jharkhand boasts numerous places with amusing names like Booty More, Ulti, and Chutia, often causing laughter or embarrassment for outsiders.
•Names like Booty More Chowk in Ranchi, despite sounding funny, derive from local language or historical context, with 'booty' meaning grass or small bushes.
•Places such as 'Ulti' (vomiting) and 'Badia' (good) often lead to residents requesting name changes due to ridicule from outsiders.
•The list includes 'Korea' (a district and village), 'Lamba', 'Babupur', 'Kuttim Sidhu', 'Gulu', 'Darar', and 'Bhang', each with a humorous or unexpected connotation.
•Ranchi's 'Chutia' area, historically the capital of Nagvanshi kings, causes embarrassment due to its Hindi phonetic similarity to a derogatory term, prompting demands for a name change.