Simdega

Simdega is a district in Jharkhand state of India. The district is spread over an area of 3761.2 sq km. It is bounded in the north by Gumla district, in the east by Khunti and West Singhbhum district, in the south by Odisha state, and in the west by Chhattisgarh state.

The district comprises of ten blocks namely, Simdega, Pakar Tanr, Kurdeg, Kersai, Bolba, Thethaitangar, Kolebira, Jaldega, Basjor and Bano. As per Census 2011, the district has 451 villages and 1 town distributed in two assembly constituencies. Census 2011 figure indicated that the percentage share of scheduled caste population to total population was 7.45 percent while that of scheduled tribes was 70.78 percent. Population of the district was 5,99,578 with literacy rate 67.59%.

The Major rivers of this area are Sankh, Deo, Girwa, and Palamara. Among these rivers Sankh is the main river of the district. Simdega district has about 32% of forested area. Important forest products are Saal seeds, Cocoon, Lac, Tendu leaves, Karanj, Chiraunji etc., The major trees are Sal, Bija, Gamhar, Jackfruit, Jamun, Mango, Bamboo, Neem etc.