East Singhbhum

East Singhbhum is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India. It was created on 16 January 1990. The literal meaning of Singhbhum is "land of lions". More than 50% of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely.

The district is bounded on the east by Midnapore district, on the north by Purulia district, both of West Bengal, on the west by West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state, and on the south by Mayurbhanj district of Orissa.

One tourist attraction is chitreshwar temple situated in Chitreshwar village in Baharagora Block 12 km from Baharagora. The temple is said to be one of the largest natural shiva linga. Lots of devotees of Shiva come daily. Chitreshwar temple is believed to be have the largest shiva linga after ligaraja shiva linga in bhubneshwar. It has another temple called Bhuteshwar which is in Baharagora Block.

East Singhbhum district has a leading position in respect of mining and other industrial activities in Jharkhand state. Jamshedpur, a leading industrial city of India, is the district headquarters.

External links

* [http://jamshedpur.nic.in/ East Singhbhum District Administration]