Introduction History & Heritage Geography Administrative Divison Climate Vegetation & Forest Socio-Economic Condition Population
East Singhbhum District is situated at the extreme corner of the southeast of Bihar, now Jharkhand. It has been formed after isolating 9 blocks from greater Singhbhum on 16th January 1990. From the industrial growth and mining quarrying point of view district has a leading position in Jharkhand.
HISTORY & HERITAGE Top Next Previous
Legendly it is said that in the past large number of lions were found in this area. Subsequently this geographical area has been named as Singhbhum "Land of Lions". Before independence the same area of this district was a part of old Manbhum District and Old Dhalbhum Estate. After independence it has been merged with the Greater Singhbhum.
The total geographical area of the district is 3533 Sq.Km. Which form about 2.03 % of the whole state. About 53% of the total area of the district is covered by residual mountains and hills consisting granite, gneiss, schist and basalt rocks. It is a part of Chhotanagpur plateau of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphosed rocks of Dharwarian period are found every where. The Dalma range is as main hill has been extended from west to East covered by dense forest. The Subernarekha river flows from west to south-east direction. All the tributaries of this area meet with the Subernarekha river. Generally the height of this area is 700 ft. to 3100 ft. above sea level. The district is rich in minerals and is found abundantly. Iron Ore, Copper, Uranium, Gold Kynite are the main minerals.
BOUNDARIES Top
LOCATION Top
District :
| Name of Block | Longitude |
Latitude |
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| East | East | North | North | |
| Patamda | 86 Deg 11 Min | 86 Deg 33 Min | 22 Deg 48 Min | 23 Deg 01 Min |
| Golmuri cum Jugsalai(Jamshedpur) | 86 Deg 08 Min | 86 Deg 28 Min | 22 Deg 40 Min | 22 Deg 51 Min |
| Potka | 86 Deg 04 Min | 86 Deg 24 Min | 22 Deg 26 Min | 22 Deg 44 Min |
| Ghatshila | 86 Deg 23 Min | 86 Deg 39 Min | 22 Deg 33 Min | 22 Deg 46 Min |
| Musabani | 86 Deg 17 Min | 86 Deg 30 Min | 22 Deg 26 Min | 22 Deg 40 Min |
| Dumaria | 86 Deg 17 Min | 86 Deg 32 Min | 22 Deg 18 Min | 22 Deg 31 Min |
| Dhalbhumgarh | 86 Deg 28 Min | 86 Deg 40 Min | 22 Deg 18 Min | 22 Deg 37 Min |
| Chakulia | 86 Deg 34 Min | 86 Deg 52 Min | 22 Deg 21 Min | 22 Deg 36 Min |
| Bahragora | 86 Deg 32 Min | 86 Deg 54 Min | 22 Deg 12 Min | 22 Deg 26 Min |
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISON Top Next Previous
From the administrative point of view this district has been divided into two Sub-Divisions namely (1) Dhalbhum and (2) Ghatshila. The district consists of total nine block e.g. Golmuri cum Jugsalai (Jamshedpur), Potka & Patamda (In Dhalbhum Sub-Division) and Ghatshila, Musabani, Dumaria, Baharagora and Chakulia ( In Ghatshila Sub-Division).There are 150 panchayats and 1770 Revenue Villages out of which 1612 Revenue Villages are inhabited and rest 158 Revenue are unhabitated. The Head Quarter of this district is Jamshedpur.
Consolidated breakups of Administrative Division Top
No of Subdivision |
No of Blocks |
No of Panchayat |
No of Inhabited Village |
No of unhabitated Village |
No of Total Village |
No of NAC |
No of Municipality |
2 |
9 |
150 |
1606 |
176 |
1782 |
2 |
1 |
Block / Panchayat and Village Related breakups Top
Name of Block |
No of Panchayat |
No of Village |
Total |
|
Inhibited Village |
Unhabitated Village |
|||
Patamda |
24 |
157 |
5 |
162 |
Golmuri cum Jugsalai |
14 |
93 |
0 |
93 |
Potka |
26 |
280 |
13 |
293 |
Ghatshila |
14 |
152 |
13 |
165 |
Musabani |
7 |
49 |
1 |
50 |
Dumaria |
7 |
90 |
0 |
90 |
Chakulia |
18 |
262 |
14 |
276 |
Dhalbhumgarh |
13 |
134 |
11 |
145 |
Bahragora |
27 |
389 |
119 |
508 |
Total |
150 |
1606 |
176 |
1782 |
The Climate of the district is temperate. Annual rainfall is 1200 mm to 1400 mm. This area comes under the path of south-west monsoon so sometimes it receives heavy rain during July to September, During the Summer seasons maximum temperature goes up 40 C - 45 C whereas in winter it has recorded a minimum of 8 C.
VEGETATION & FOREST Top Next Previous
In this District Deciduous type of forest is found in which Sal, Gamhar, Mahua, Palash, Bamboo, Shrubs and grass are the main vegetation. The district has at present 33 % forest area. Due to industrialization and large scale of mining quarrying deforestation has taken place. There is a Dalma wild animal sanctuary for elephants, which is very significant in scenario of the nation.
SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION Top Next Previous
In the urban area Socio-Economic condition of the inhabitants are comparatively sound. Industries and mines have provided employment opportunity whereas greater extent in rural areas inhabitant mainly depend on agriculture. As it is the part of Chhotanagpur plateau, its soil is full of grovels and red laterite containing sand and silica, which is not suitable for agriculture. Lowland is comparatively fertile paddy is main crop of this area. Approximately 49.32% people are engaged in agriculture and agriculture related works and a 2.45% person is engaged in industrial field.
More or less tribal population is found throughout the district. Santhal Munda, Ho, Bhumiz , Kharia, and Sabar are the main tribal . Their culture is still very sound. They have own dialect, Social rule and festival. The Manjhi and the village Prdhans traditionally guide them. Most of the tribe's population is educationally backward living below the poverty line. The tribal namely Kharia, Sabar are known as primitive tribes having first generation learners in plenty. Apart from the tribes most of the population of this area belong to backward community.
They are socially, educationally and economically backward still they have been neglected in developmental activities.
According to 1991 census the total population of the district is 16,13,088 and among them 8,46,456 is male and 7,66,632 is female. Scheduled caste population is 77,194, which is 4.8% of the total population. Where as scheduled tribe population 4,67,796, which is 29.7 % of the total population. Density of population is 457 person per Sqr.Km. due to the existence of the Jamshedpur industrial area urban population is comparatively higher than the rural population e.g. 52.69 % population is living in urban area and 47.31 % population living in rural area.
According to population composition medium of spoken is Bengali, Hindi, Santhali, and Oriya respectively. The percentage of Bengali speaking population is proportionately high. Linguistically District can be divided in to four zone.