Ramgarh block
Horanda Alias Ramgarh | |
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Block | |
Coordinates: 23°53′N 83°57′E / 23.88°N 83.95°E | |
Country | India |
State | Jharkhand |
District | Palamu |
Block | Ramgarh Block |
Government | |
• MLA | Alok Chaurasiya Bharatiya Janata Party |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 86,139 |
Languages | |
• Official | Magahi, Hindi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 822132 |
Website | palamu |
Ramgarh block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand, India. It is also known as Horanda.
History
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Asuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 30 September 2011.