The Sankh River flows across

Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...

Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh (; ) is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in Central India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, ninth largest state by area, and with a population of roughly 30 million, the List ...

and

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

states in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. The river flows for before it meets the Koel River in Odisha.

Course

The river starts above sea level in Lupungpat village in

Gumla district Gumla district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Gumla town is the administrative headquarters of this district. Etymology For centuries, the place was a meeting center for people from the hinterland who flocked ...

in Jharkhand and flows in the state before entering

. It runs for about in Chhattisgarh and enters Jharkhand where it flows for another . The river finally enters

and travels another before merging with the Koel. The South Koel enters Odisha and joins the Sankh River at Vedavyas near

Rourkela Rourkela () is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about west of the state capital Bhubaneswar and is ...

from where it is called the Brahmani (see ).

Sadni Falls

The high

Sadni Falls Sadni Falls (also called Sadnighagh Falls) is a waterfall located about from Rajadera village in Gumla district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location Sadni Falls is located at The Falls The falls on the Sankh River is a s ...

on the Sankh River at the edge of the Ranchi plateau is an example of scarp falls or knick line falls.

References

Rivers of Chhattisgarh Rivers of Jharkhand Sundergarh district Rivers of Odisha {{India-river-stub