West Singhbhum district came into existence when the old Singhbhum District bifurcated in 1990. With 9 Community Development Blocks Eastern part became the East Singhbhum with Jamshedpur as its district Hqr. and with remaining 23 C.D.Blocks West Singhbhum with Chaibasa as its district Hqr. In 2001 West Singhbhum again divided in two parts. With 8 Blocks Saraikela-Kharsawan district came into existence. At present West Singhbhum remain with 15 blocks and two administrative Sub-divisions. The district is full of hills alternating with valleys, steep mountains, and deep forests on the mountain slopes. The district contains one of the best Sal forests and the SARANDA ( seven hundred hills) forest area is known world over. Scenically it is beautiful with water holes and also contains wild life like Elephants, Bison, rarely found tigers & panthers, bear, wild dogs, wild pigs. Sambhar, deer and spotted deer are also found but their numbers are decreasing in the forests adjoining habitation. There are two accounts relating to the origin of the name of the district. According to one the name Singhbhum, or the lands of “SINGHS” has been derived from the patronymic of the Singh Rajas of Porahat. The second account suggests that the name is a corrupt form of the SinghBonga the Principal deity of tribal population of the district.
According to the 2011 census data of the provisional population, the total number of the board is 64.
Name | Details | Name | Details |
Area | 12,805 sq. km | No. of Revenue Disivions | 7 |
No. of erstwhile Taluks | 19 | No. of revenue Mandals | 64 (62 Rural + 2 Urban) |
No. of Mandal Praja Parishads | 62 | No. of Gram Panchayats | 1069 |
No. of Municipalities | 7 | No. of Municipal Corporations | 2 |
No. of Census | 14 | No. of Villages | 1681 |
Last Modified : 12/11/2023
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