Chota Nagpur division - wikipedia Chota Nagpur division For disambiguation, see Chota Nagpur ( disambiguation ). Chota Nagpur Division South - West Frontier Division of British India ← 1854 -- 1947 → Flag 1858 map of the Bengal Presidency with the ' South - West Frontier States ' in the SW History Creation of the division 1854 Independence of India 1947 Area 1901 70,161 km ( 27,089 sq mi ) Population 1901 4,900,429 Density 69.8 / km ( 180.9 / sq mi ) Chota Nagpur Plateau area. Political Divisions. 1909 Imperial Gazetteer of India map section. Chota Nagpur Division, also known as the South - West Frontier, was an administrative division of British India. It included most of the present - day state of Jharkhand as well as adjacent portions of West Bengal, Orissa, and Chhattisgarh. Contents 1 History 2 Administration 2.1 Districts 3 See also 4 References 5 External links History Chota Nagpur division was a hilly and forested area. The region came under the control of the British in the 18th and 19th centuries, and was annexed to the Bengal Presidency, the largest province of British India. After the Kol rebellion of 1831 - 2, the division was exempted by Regulation XIII of 1833 from the general laws and regulations governing Bengal, and every branch of the administration was vested in an officer appointed by the supreme Government and called the Agent to the Governor - General of India for the South - West Frontier. In 1854 the designation of South - West Frontier Agency was changed to Chota Nagpur and it began to be administered as a Non-regulation province under the Lieutenant Governor of the then Bihar. In 1855 - 56 there was the great uprising of the Santhals against the British but was brutally suppressed. was changed to Chota Nagpur by Act XX of that year, and was administered thereafter as a non-regulation province under the Lieutenant - Governor of Bengal Presidency. The title of the chief administrative officer was changed from Agent to Commissioner, and the officers in charge of the districts became Deputy Commissioners. The Commissioner exercised general control over the Chota Nagpur States. The present Divisional Commissioner is Shri. Surendra Singh Meena of the Indian Administrative Service ( IAS ) Chota Nagpur Division became part of the new province of Bihar and Orissa when it was created in 1912. In 1936 the province was split into the separate provinces of Bihar and Orissa, and the princely states were placed under the authority of the Eastern States Agency. Administration The administrative headquarters of the division was at Ranchi. The total area of the division was 27,101 square miles ( 70,161 km. ), and the population was 4,900,429 in 1901. In 1901 Hindus constituted 68.5 % of the total population, animists 22.7 %, Muslims 5.7 %, Christians 2.9 %, and 853 Jains. The Chota Nagpur States, a group of princely states, was under the political authority of the division 's commissioner. Districts The division included five districts : Hazaribagh Ranchi Palamu Manbhum Singhbhum See also Chota Nagpur Tributary States References Jump up ^ Rice, Ron ( 2001 ). New Indian States, Princely States Report, January 2001. Jump up ^ Hunter, William Wilson, Sir, et al. ( 1908 ). Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 12. 1908 - 1931 ; Clarendon Press, Oxford. External links `` Chota Nagpu Tributary ''. Bengal District Gazetteers : B Volume : Statistics, 1900 - 1901 to 1910 - 11. Bihar and Orissa Govt. Press. 1905. Coordinates : 23 ° 00 ′ N 85 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 23.000 ° N 85.000 ° E ﻿ / 23.000 ; 85.000 Divisions of the British Raj Berar Division Ceded and Conquered Provinces Cis - Sutlej states Chhattisgarh Division Chota Nagpur Division Delhi Territory Jubbulpore Division Marri - Bugti Country Medak Gulshanabad Division Nerbudda Division Northern Circars Orissa Division Saugor and Nerbudda Territories Sind Division Trucial States Agencies of British India British rule in Burma Districts of British India Provinces of British India List of princely states of British India ( alphabetical ) Residencies of British India Subdivisions of British India Territorial evolution of the British Empire Indian State of Jharkhand Capital : Ranchi Topics History Government Geography Education People Tourism Highest point Divisions Kolhan North Chotanagpur Palamu Santhal Pargana South Chotanagpur Districts and divisions Palamu Division Garhwa Palamu Latehar North Chotanagpur Division Chatra Hazaribagh Giridih Koderma Dhanbad Bokaro Ramgarh South Chotanagpur Division Ranchi Lohardaga Gumla Simdega Khunti Kolhan Division West Singhbhum Seraikela Kharsawan East Singhbhum Santhal Pargana Division Deoghar Jamtara Dumka Godda Pakur Sahebganj Major cities Jamshedpur Dhanbad Ranchi Bokaro Hazaribagh Deoghar Chaibasa Medininagar Dumka Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chota_Nagpur_Division&oldid=815182854 '' Categories : States and territories established in 1854 States and territories disestablished in 1947 Divisions of British India History of Jharkhand Talk Contents About Wikipedia Català Edit links This page was last edited on 13 December 2017, at 07 : 26. 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Question: when did bihar bifurcate from bengal and some parts of chota nagpur merged into bengal
Answer: 1912; 1912