Civil Court Jamtara

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Jamtara is one of the twenty four districts of Jharkhand State in Eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district falls under Santhal Pargana Division. Santhal Pargana derives its name from two words Santhal which is a major tribe of India and Pargana of Parsian word meaning district. Santhal Pargana is one of the divisions or commissoneries of Jharkhand, its headquarter is Dumka having six districts comprising Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahebganj and Pakur. It was formerly a district in undivided Bihar State of India.. Santhals famously rebelled against the British in 1756-1760 under the leadership of Tilkamanjhi and again 1857-1858 under the leadership of Sido Murmu and his brother Kanhu Murmu. This district was carved out on 26th April, 2001 by separating four blocks – Kundahit, Nala, Jamtara, Narayanpur, all the erstwhile Dumka district. Prior to the formation of Bihar, it was a part of Bengal. The people of this area speak Hindi, but Santhali is the language of tribles. Bengoli is also widely spoken. At present there are six blocks in District-Jamtara namely- Narayanpur, Karmatar, Jamtara, Fatehpur, Nala and Kundahit.

JAMTARA JUDGESHIP AT A GLANCE

Jamtara was the oldest Sub-division of Bihar Judiciary (District-[...]