Civil Court, Jamshedpur

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Purbi Singhbhum District is situated at the extreme corner of the South-East of Bihar, now Jharkhand. It has been formed after carving out 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. 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. There is a Dalma wild animal sanctuary for elephants, which is very significant in scenario of the nation. The district consists of eleven blocks namely Golmuri-cum-Jugsalai (Jamshedpur), Potka, Patamda and Boram in Dhalbhum Sub-Division and Ghatshila, Musabani, Dumaria, Baharagora, Dhalbhumgarh, Chakulia and Gurabandha in Ghatshila Sub-Division. There are 231 Panchayat and about 1810 revenue villages out of which 1669 Revenue Villages are inhabited and rest 141 Revenue Villages are unhabitated. The Head Quarter of this district is Jamshedpur. The geographical area of the district is about 3533 Sq. Kilometers, which is about 2.03[...]