Porahat is a village in
West Singhbhum district
West Singhbhum or Pashchimi Singhbhum is one of the 24 districts of Jharkhand state, India. It came into existence on 16 January 1990, when the old Singhbhum district (then in Bihar) was bifurcated. Chaibasa is the district headquarters.
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Jharkhand
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state in eastern
India
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.
Before Indian independence in 1947, it was the capital of a
princely state of
British India
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. Porahat Forest Division is named after this village.
Forest divisions in West Singhbum are:
*
Saranda Forest Division
* Kolhan Forest Division
* Porahat Forest Division
* Chaibasa (South) Forest Division
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Cities and towns in West Singhbhum district
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