and covers an area of 7629.679 km². The district is covered with hills alternating with valleys, steep mountains, and deep forests on the mountain slopes. It contains some of the best Sal tree forests and the famous Saranda forest. There are plenty of waterfalls and a large variety of wild life like elephants, bison, tigers, leopards, bear, wild dogs and wild boars. Sambar Deer and spotted deer are also found but their numbers are decreasing in the forests adjoining inhabited areas. Rivers Following are some of the rivers flowing in the West Singhbhum District: Koel, Karo-Koina, Kuju, Kharkai, Sanjai, Roro, Deo, and Baitarini. Mines and minerals The greater part of West Singhbhum district is covered with deposits of iron-ore used for iron and steel industry. Other industrially important minerals including the following: Chromite Magnetite Manganese Kainite Limestone Iron Ore Asbestos Soap-stone Politics |} Administration Blocks/Mandals West Singhbhum district consists of 18 Blocks. The following are the list of the Blocks in West Singhbhum district: Demographics According to the 2011 census West Singhbhum district has a population of 1,502,338, roughly equal to the nation of Gabon or the US state of Hawaii. This gives it a ranking of 335th in India (out of a total of 640). The district has a population density of . Its population growth rate over the decade 2001-2011 was 21.69%. Pashchimi Singhbhum has a sex ratio of 1004 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 59.54%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 3.8% and 67.3% of the population respectively. According to the 2011 census, 28.22% of the population was made up of Hindus, 5.83% Christians and 2.54% Muslims. Other religions (mainly Sarna) made up 62.96% of the population. At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 54.37% of the population in the district spoke Ho, 18.74% Odia, 9.16% Mundari, 4.64% Hindi, 2.53% Sadri, 2.08% Kurmali, 1.96% Urdu, 1.80% Bengali, 1.15% Kurukh and 1.03% Santali as their first language. The majority of the population of West Singhbhum consists of Ho tribals. Flora and fauna West Singhbhum district is full of dense forests and hills and harbors a variety of flora and fauna. References External links West Singhbhum District Administration website Districts of Jharkhand 1990 establishments in Bihar