Giridih (cow shed) fair. Giridih has many prestigious colleges and schools. The major colleges in this town include – Khandoli Institute of Technology affiliated to AICTe Schools include – Hindi newspapers Hindustan Dainik, Dainik Bhaskar, Prabhat Khabar and Dainik Jagran are the popular newspapers as the local language is Hindi. The main English newspapers covering Giridih are The Telegraph, The Times of India and The Hindustan Times. City News (News line) channel for the cable network provides the local news from Giridih. Doordarshan Jharkhand is the official channel covering Giridih. Giridih has several religious and scenic tourist spots, including the following:
Kaak (cartoonist) but gave up the field to pursue cartooning. His first cartoon was published in "Dainik Jagran" in 1967. He has worked as an editorial cartoonist with "Jansatta" (Indian Express group) from 1983 to 1985 and with "Navbharat Times" (Times of India group) from July 1985 to Jan 1999. He has also been published in "Dinman", "Shankar's Weekly", "Current", "Blitz", "Ravivar", "Itwari Patrika", "Dharamyug", and "Saptahik Hindustan". National Hindi dailies such as "Dainik Jagran", "Aaj", "Navjeevan", "Rajasthan Patrika", and "Amar Ujala" have carried his work. At present he contributes to "Prabhasakshi". He was also Elected as the first president of "Cartoonists'