District Profile

Dumka, the headquarters of the Dumka district and Santhal Pargana region, is a city in the state of Jharkhand, India. It was made the headquarters of the Santhal Pargana region, which was carved out of the Bhagalpur and Birbhum district after the Santal Hool of 1855. Dumka was carved out of the southern part of Bihar along with 18 other Districts on 15 November 2000 to form Jharkhand as 28th State of India. Dumka is a peaceful and green city and also sub-capital of Jharkhand. The nearest important cities are Rampurhat and Deoghar.

 

Dumka District, an administrative district of Jharkhand has its headquarter at Dumka. It was seperated from Santhal Pargana on 10.06.1983 when Deoghar, Sahibganj and Godda were upgraded as new Districts. After formation of new Jharkhand State, Dumka District was further divided and Jamtara Sub-Division was upgraded as a separate District. The district lies between 230 45’ to 240 38’ (North) Latitude and 860 20’ to 870 75’ (East) Longitude. The district is situated in the Northern Plain of India and eastern plateau and hill region. The Dumka District is surrounded by Sahibganj, Godda and Banka of Bihar in the north, by Pakur(Jharkhand) and Birbhum(West Bengal) in the east, by Jamtara(Jharkhand) and Burdwan( West Bengal ) in the south and by Deoghar in the west. The total geographical area of the district is about 3716.2 Sq. km. Dumka District have many popular temples like Basukinath, Sirshanath, Maruti Mandir and Dharamsthana. Baba Basukinath & Baba Sumeshwarnath is famous temple of Lord Shiva. In the month of Shravan lacs & lacs of people from different parts of country aswellas people of several country come to Basukinath to worship Lord Shiva. Also on the eve of Mahashivratri the people of different parts of the district come to Sumeshwarnath to worship Lord Shiva. Naag Mandir also a famous temple of Lord Shiva is situated at the top of a hill of Shiv Pahar at Dumka. Besides of above Masanjore Dam, Tatloi, Water Park, Shrishti Hill Park and Malooti are the famous tourist place in Dumka district having beautiful, attractive & greenish natural atmosphere. Malooti is a historical and religious place which is situated in Sikaripara Block on Dumka-Rampur hat interstate highway at a distance of 55 K.M. from district headquarter Dumka. In 1860 Malooti was made tax-free capital by the then king Basant Rai alias Bsant. Malooti is also associated with the archaeological and religious important place for natural beauty. Dumka is the sub-capital of Jharkhand state.