Singhbhum district

Singhbhum was sometime a large district in the present-day n of. was the district headquarters of the erstwhile Singhbhum district. The area was part of the of  in.

That district has in recent decades been divided into three smaller districts, being, and. All the three are currently part of state of India.

The name
The literal meaning of Singhbhum is Land of s:  in means lion and Bhum indicates land. This appears to be apt as more than 50% area of the district is covered by dense forests and mountains, where wild animals once roamed freely. However, the lion is not found in these forests any more.