Jungle Mahals

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Jungle Mahals

A vague term applied in the eighteenth century to the British possessions and semi-independent chiefdoms in Bengal, lying between the regular Districts of Birbhum, Burdwan, and Bankura, and the hill country of Chota Nagpur. As the administration became more precise, inconvenience arose from the vagueness of the juris- diction; and by Regulation XVIII of 1805 the Jungle Mahals were constituted into a distinctly defined District, consisting of 15 parganas or mahals from Birbhum District, 3 from Burdwan (including the greater part of Bishnupur), and 5 from Midnapore (including Manbhum and Barabhum). The separate District of the Jungle Mahals was abolished by Regulation XIII of 1833, and the territory redistributed among the adjoining Districts. The tract is now comprised within Blrbhum, the Santal Parganas, Bankura, Midnapore, and the eastern Districts of the Chota Nagpur Division, especially Manbhum.