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:
S. S. Khaplang is absolutely imperative." S. S. Khaplang Shangwang Shangyung Khaplang (April 1940 – 9 June 2017) was a Burmese leader of National Socialist Council of Nagaland, an insurgent group that operates to establish Greater Nagaland (or Nagalim), a sovereign state bringing all Naga-inhabited areas of Myanmar and India under one administrative setup. Khaplang was born in Waktham in April 1940, a village east of Myanmar's Pangsau Pass as the youngest of ten children. Born into Hemi Naga tribe that lived predominantly in Myanmar, his early childhood was shaped by the opening up of isolated Naga communities by the World War II.