British Land Settlement Reports

Final Report on the Revisional Survey and Settlement Operations of Porahat Estate, District of Singhbhum, 1928-32. By Taylor, F.E.A.
India Office Records; IOR V/27/314/123 (India Land Settlement Reports).

  • Chapter III: Mankis and Village Headmen of Taylor’s report provides a detailed description of the traditional Munda-Manki and village headmen system as it applied to the Porahat area, Singhbhum district.
  • Chapter IV: Mundari Khuntkattidars – Origins of Taylor’s report provides a detailed description of the Mundari Khuntkatti system as it applied to the Porahat area, Singhbhum district.