Adityapur is named after Raja Aditya Pratap Singh Deo,the last ruler of Saraikela/Seraikella. It is today an industrial town/sister city, separated from the famous city of Jamshedpur by the Kharkai River. It lies in Seraikela-Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. Today it is considered as a part of Jamshedpur Metropolitian Region. It is predominantly an industrial region and once held the record of being the largest industrial belt in Asia
