Porahat

Porahat is a village in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand state in eastern India. Before Indian independence in 1947, it was the capital of a princely state of British India. Porahat Forest Division is named after this village.

Porahat
Village
Country India
StateJharkhand
Government
  TypeSabha
  BodyMonarch
Languages
  OfficialHindi, Santali, HO
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registrationJH 06

Forest divisions in West Singhbum are:

Sources

  • Taylor, James H. (1904). Final Report on the Survey and Settlement Operations in the Porahat Estate, District Singhbhum, 1900-1903. Bengal Secretariat Press. OCLC 140060257. Alt URL

22°36′N 85°26′E

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