Ramgarh block explained

Horanda Alias Ramgarh
Settlement Type:Block
Pushpin Map:India Jharkhand
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates:23.88°N 83.95°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Jharkhand
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Palamu
Subdivision Type3:Block
Subdivision Name3:Ramgarh Block
Leader Title1:MLA
Leader Name1:Alok Chaurasiya
Bharatiya Janata Party
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Total:86139
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Languages
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Magahi, Hindi
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30
Postal Code Type:PIN
Postal Code:822132

Ramgarh block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand, India. It is also known as Horanda.

History

Horanda Alias Ramgarh a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 27 km from Medininagar (Daltonganj). Horanda is a part of Daltonganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Ramgarh surrounded on every side by mountains is a small beautiful town. It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM also available here for SBI near Horanda Bazar.

Languages

Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;[1] and Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: M. Paul Lewis . Ethnologue: Languages of the World . Asuri: A language of India . 2011-09-28 . 16th . 2009 . SIL International . Dallas, Texas.
  2. Encyclopedia: M. Paul Lewis . Ethnologue: Languages of the World . Bhojpuri: A language of India . 2011-09-30 . 16th . 2009 . SIL International . Dallas, Texas.