Porahat

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

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.

Forest divisions in West Singhbum are:

  • Saranda Forest Division
  • Kolhan Forest Division
  • Porahat Forest Division
  • Chaibasa (South) Forest Division

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
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Cities and towns in Kolhan division
Cities, municipal
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East Singhbhum district
Seraikela Kharsawan district
West Singhbhum district
Locations
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East Singhbhum district
Seraikela Kharsawan district
West Singhbhum district
  • Porahat
Related topics
  • Kolhan Division topics
Cities and towns
in other divisions
  • North Chotanagpur
  • Palamu
  • Santhal Parganas
  • South Chotanagpur

22°36′N 85°26′E / 22.600°N 85.433°E / 22.600; 85.433

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