West Singhbhum
West Singhbhum (Pashchimi Singhbhum) district profile
West Singhbhum (area: 5,351.41 sq km) is one of the districts covered by PACS in Jharkhand. The district of West Singhbhum, or Pashchimi Singhbhum, came into existence in 1990, when the old Singhbhum district was divided. Chaibasa is the district headquarters.
West Singhbhum district forms the southern part of the newly-created state of Jharkhand and is the largest district in the state.
The district is bordered on the north by Khunti district, on the east by the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, on the south by Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj and Sundergarh districts of Orissa, and on the west by Gumla district of Jharkhand and Orissa’s Sundargarh district.
West Singhbhum has dense forests and harbours a variety of flora and fauna. It also contains large deposits of iron ore which are increasingly being mined to feed the growing demand for steel production. Most of the population of West Singhbhum (53%) belongs to the scheduled tribes.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 2,082,795 | |
| Male | 1,054,641 | |
| Female | 1,028,154 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 249,509 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 16.35% | |
| Rural | 1,731,897 (83.15%) | |
| Urban | 350,898 (16.85%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 975 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 101,629 (4.88%) | |
| ST population | 1,111,322 (53.36%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 50.17 | |
| Male | 65.60 | |
| Female | 34.37 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Others | 1,043,701 | |
| Hindus | 890,741 | |
| Muslims | 72,044 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| Adityapur | 119,233 | |
| Chaibasa | 63,648 | |
| Chakradharpur | 38,403 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 2,777 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 2,732 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 244 | |
| Primary schools | 1,914 | |
| Medical facility | 449 | |
| Paved approach road | 625 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 32.6% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 65.5% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 21.9% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 60.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 66.5% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 237,588 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 1,290,880 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 358 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-2017.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. Jharkhand. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
