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Manbhum District was one of the districts of the East India during the British Raj. After India's independence, the district became a part of Bihar State. Upon the reorganization of the Indian states in the mid-1950s, the Manbhum district was partitioned based on language. The Bengal-speaking areas were included in West Bengal, while the rest were kept with Bihar (present-day Jharkhand).
In other versions, the district name derived from Manbazar or Manbhum khas . The headquarters of Jangal mahal region from around 1833 to 1838, when the district was formed.
In 1833, the East India Company formed the Manbhum district with its headquarters in Manbazar, covering an area of 7,896 square miles (chiefly Panchet and half of its adjacent Midnapore region), by dividing the Jungle Mahals region to enhance administrative efficiency. In 1838, the headquarters shifted to Purulia, and over the following years, the district underwent several divisions. These divisions occurred in 1845 (Dhalbhum curved out with 1,183 square miles area and merged with Singhbhum district), 1846, 1871, and finally, in 1879, reducing its size to 4,112 square miles. In 1901, the district area was 4,147 square miles, inhabited by a population of 1,301,364. In 1912, Manbhum became a part of the Bihar and Orissa Province.
On 1 April 1936, the Bihar and Orissa Province was partitioned into two separate provinces Bihar Province and Orissa Province based on language, though Manbhum continued to remain a part of Bihar. Post-independence, linguistic tensions emerged in the district due to Hindi imposition over the native Bengali-speaking majority. This led to the establishment of the State Reorganization Commission on December 23, 1953. The commission recommended the creation of a new district named Purulia, primarily for Bengali speakers, by carving it out of the former Manbhum district in Bihar. The proposed Purulia district included 19 police stations from Manbhum, while 10 police stations from the Dhanbad sub-division and 2 police stations from the Purulia sub-division of Manbhum remained in Bihar.
Subsequently, three police stations of West Bengal—Ichagarh block, Chandil block, and Patamda block—were transferred to Bihar upon a special request from Tata Steel. The "Bengal-Bihar Border Demarcation" Bill was passed in Parliament on August 17, 1956, and in Rajya Sabha on August 28, 1956, ultimately receiving the signature of the President of India on September 1, 1956. Consequently, on November 1, 1956, Purulia district officially became a part of West Bengal, comprising 16 police stations, covering an area of , and hosting a population of 1,169,097. However, other areas, including Ichagarh, Chandil, and Patamda, continued to remain under the jurisdiction of Bihar, with the former two became part of Saraikela, while Patamda (an area used to under the Barabhum police station) became part of Dhalbhum (presently East Singhbhum district). Furthermore, on November 15, 2000, South Bihar was bifurcated to form a separate state called Jharkhand due to demographic disparities between North Bihar and South Bihar. Today, these areas form parts of the Dhanbad district, Bokaro district, Ranchi district, Saraikela Kharsawan and East Singhbhum districts in Jharkhand.
In terms of social demographics, the Kudmi Mahato comprised the largest percentage at 17.84%, followed by Santal people at 15.59%. Other significant caste groups include Bauri (6.7%), Bhumij people (5.74%), Brahmin (4.58%), Kumhar (3.15%), Jolha (3.12%), Teli (2.68%), Goala, Ahir and Yadav (2.26%), Rajuar (2.15%), Kamar (1.95%), Bhuiya (1.86%), Rajput (1.7%), Hajam/Nai(1.38%), Dom (1.36%), Hari caste (1.15%), Ghatwar (0.98%), Mochi (0.94%), Kora (0.86%), Kayastha (0.8%), Dhobi (0.79%), Kahar (0.78%), Tanti (0.65%), Mahli (0.6%), Bania (0.56%), Koeri (0.54%), Chamar (0.51%), and Kewat (0.5%).
Demographics
As of the 1931 census, the Manbhum district recorded a total population of 1,810,890, with 940,009 males and 870,881 females. In terms of linguistic diversity, Bengali language constituted the majority with 1,222,689 individuals, followed by Hindustani speakers at 321,690 (including Kurmali language and Panchpargania) Alt URL : "In addition to the Munda and Dravidian languages, there are a number of distinctive dialects spoken by various primitive tribes, which in one sense might be called "tribal languages". But they have not been included in the present list, because they are little else than corrupt forms of the main Ariyan languages current in the locality. Kurmali and Panch Pargania are examples of this type, to which some reference has already been made. Both of these have been treated as Hindustani." and the Santhali at 242,091. Other noteworthy linguistic groups encompassed Koda language (4,623), Bhumij language (2,918), Gujarati (1,912), Kharia language (1,995), Marwari language (1,774), Odia language (1,563), Karmali language (1,568), Telugu language (1,332), Kurukh language (946), Khas Kura (662), Punjabi language (661), Mundari language (789), Tamil language (525), Mahali language (312), and Ho language (57). Alt URL
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