About East Singhbhum

East Singhbhum is one of the twenty-two districts of Jharkhand state, India. It came into being on 16th January, 1990. The literal meaning of Singhbhum is land of lions: Singh in Oriya means a lion and Bhum indicates land. This appears to be apt as 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.

It has the tourist attraction for chitreshwar,temple situated in chitreshwar village in Baharagora Block just 12 km from Baharagora.The temple has its own importance because it is said to be one the largest shiva linga among all which is natural and not man made. Temple importace also raises due to lots of divotees of lord shiva coming daily and the people of village who create impotance for the temple.Chitreshwar temple is believed to be have largest shiva linga after that comes ligaraja shiva linga in bhubneshwar.

It has another temple called bhuteshwar which is another place of attarction 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.