West Singhbhum district

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West Singhbhum district
District of Jharkhand
Kuju River near Chaibasa Bottom: Sanjay River near Chakradharpur
Location of West Singhbhum district in Jharkhand
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
Division	Kolhan
Headquarters	Chaibasa
Government
• Lok Sabha constituencies	Singhbhum (shared with Seraikela Kharsawan district)
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	5
Area
• Total	7,224 km2 (2,789 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,502,338
• Density	210/km2 (540/sq mi)
Demographic
• Literacy rate	67.70 %
• Sex ratio	958
Language
• Official	Hindi and English
• Regional	Ho, Mundari, Odia and Santali
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	JH-06
Average annual precipitation	1422 mm
Website	chaibasa.nic.in

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.^[1]

The district is bounded on north by Khunti district, on the east by Saraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand, on the southeast by Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, on the south by Kendujhar district of Odisha, and on the west by Simdega district of Jharkhand and Sundergarh district of Odisha.